Process Management and Scheduling
Practice problems on process management including process creation, scheduling algorithms, context switching, inter-process communication, and process lifecycle management.
Thread Synchronization Primitives
Comprehensive coverage of pthread synchronization mechanisms including mutexes, semaphores, barriers, and read-write locks for coordinating concurrent thread access.
Thread Programming and POSIX
POSIX threads API reference including pthread_create, pthread_join, pthread_mutex, condition variables, and practical patterns for multi-threaded program development.
Concurrency Bugs and Debugging
Explores common bugs in multi-threaded programs including race conditions, deadlocks, and order violations. Discusses debugging techniques and tools for finding and fixing concurrency issues.
File Systems and Data Structures
Practice problems on xv6 filesystem design including file descriptors, inode structures, buffer cache, file operations, directory operations, and crash consistency with logging mechanisms.