UIC CS594: (Special Topics) Linux Kernel Programming

Course Information

Instructor:

Xiaoguang Wang (Office: SEO 1331)

Time & Location: Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30AM – 10:45AM, TBH 180E

Office hours: Thursday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (SEO 1331), or by appointment (in-person or via Google Meet, please use Calendly)

Primary course information can be found here Syllabus.

Acknowledgment: This course is based on Dr. Changwoo Min’s (Advanced) Linux Kernel Programming and Dr. Pierre Olivier’s Virtualization 101. The material is used with permission.

Weekly Schedule

Linux Kernel Programming

Week 01
Intro to Linux kernel programming and toolchain for kernel development
HW 1 due: 01/12Readiness exercise
Week 02
Isolation, system calls and Linux kernel data structures
HW 2 due: 01/19Build the kernel
Week 03
Kernel debugging, and tracing techniques
HW 3 due: 01/29System calls
Week 04
Process management and process scheduling
HW 4 due: 02/02Kernel Module & Linked List
Week 05
Interrupt handling: top half, bottom half
HW 5 due: 02/09More Kernel Data Structures
Week 06
Kernel synchronization
HW 6 due: 02/16CPU Profiler I
Week 07
Timer and time management
HW 7 due: 02/23CPU Profiler II
Week 08
Device Drivers, Virtualization
HW 8 due: 03/01CPU Profiler III
Week 09
Memory management, address space
HW 9 due: 03/15I/O Virtualization and Device Drivers
Week 10
Virtual file system, page cache, and page fault
Week 11
Spring break
Week 12
Filesystem and Block IO & Paper reading and discussion
Week 13
Paper reading and discussion
Final project check-in due: 04/05
Week 14
Paper reading and discussion
Week 15
Paper reading and discussion & Final Project Presentation