Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
by William Stallings
9th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780134670959 |
| eText ISBN | 9780134700113 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Publishing Year | 2018 |
| Edition | 9th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 800 |
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 9th Edition, presents a structured introduction to the internal mechanisms, key structures, and design principles of operating systems. Author William Stallings examines the fundamental concepts that govern contemporary systems and the practical choices that shape their implementation.
The volume explores process management, concurrency, memory allocation, and processor scheduling, focusing on design trade-offs that influence system performance and security.
Designed for undergraduate courses for computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors, the text reinforces abstract concepts with real-world case studies in Linux, UNIX, Android, and Windows 10.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Computer System Overview
- • 1.1. Basic Elements
- • 1.2. Evolution of the Microprocessor
- • 1.3. Instruction Execution
- • 1.4. Interrupts
- • 1.5. The Memory Hierarchy
- • 1.6. Cache Memory
- • 1.7. Direct Memory Access
- • 1.8. Multiprocessor and Multicore Organization
- • 1.9. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
- • 1A. Performance Characteristics of Two-Level Memories
Chapter 2: Operating System Overview
- • 2.1. Operating System Objectives and Functions
- • 2.2. The Evolution of Operating Systems
- • 2.3. Major Achievements
- • 2.4. Developments Leading to Modern Operating Systems
- • 2.5. Fault Tolerance
- • 2.6. Os Design Considerations for Multiprocessor and Multicore
- • 2.7. Microsoft Windows Overview
- • 2.8. Traditional Unix Systems
- • 2.9. Modern Unix Systems
- • 2.10. Linux
- • 2.11. Android
- • 2.12. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 3: Process Description and Control
- • 3.1. What is a Process?
- • 3.2. Process States
- • 3.3. Process Description
- • 3.4. Process Control
- • 3.5. Execution of the Operating System
- • 3.6. Unix Svr4 Process Management
- • 3.7. Summary
- • 3.8. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 4: Threads
- • 4.1. Processes and Threads
- • 4.2. Types of Threads
- • 4.3. Multicore and Multithreading
- • 4.4. Windows Process and Thread Management
- • 4.5. Solaris Thread and Smp Management
- • 4.6. Linux Process and Thread Management
- • 4.7. Android Process and Thread Management
- • 4.8. Mac OS X Grand Central Dispatch
- • 4.9. Summary
- • 4.10. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 5: Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization
- • 5.1. Mutual Exclusion: Software Approaches
- • 5.2. Principles of Concurrency
- • 5.3. Mutual Exclusion: Hardware Support
- • 5.4. Semaphores
- • 5.5. Monitors
- • 5.6. Message Passing
- • 5.7. Readers/Writers Problem
- • 5.8. Summary
- • 5.9. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 6: Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation
- • 6.1. Principles of Deadlock
- • 6.2. Deadlock Prevention
- • 6.3. Deadlock Avoidance
- • 6.4. Deadlock Detection
- • 6.5. An Integrated Deadlock Strategy
- • 6.6. Dining Philosophers Problem
- • 6.7. Unix Concurrency Mechanisms
- • 6.8. Linux Kernel Concurrency Mechanisms
- • 6.9. Solaris Thread Synchronization Primitives
- • 6.10. Windows Concurrency Mechanisms
- • 6.11. Android Interprocess Communication
- • 6.12. Summary
- • 6.13. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 7: Memory Management
- • 7.1. Memory Management Requirements
- • 7.2. Memory Partitioning
- • 7.3. Paging
- • 7.4. Segmentation
- • 7.5. Summary
- • 7.6. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
- • 7A. Loading and Linking
Chapter 8: Virtual Memory
- • 8.1. Hardware and Control Structures
- • 8.2. Operating System Software
- • 8.3. Unix and Solaris Memory Management
- • 8.4. Linux Memory Management
- • 8.5. Windows Memory Management
- • 8.6. Android Memory Management
- • 8.7. Summary
- • 8.8. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 9: Uniprocessor Scheduling
- • 9.1. Types of Processor Scheduling
- • 9.2. Scheduling Algorithms
- • 9.3. Traditional Unix Scheduling
- • 9.4. Summary
- • 9.5. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 10: Multiprocessor, Multicore, and Real-Time Scheduling
- • 10.1. Multiprocessor and Multicore Scheduling
- • 10.2. Real-Time Scheduling
- • 10.3. Linux Scheduling
- • 10.4. Unix Svr4 Scheduling
- • 10.5. Unix Freebsd Scheduling
- • 10.6. Windows Scheduling
- • 10.7. Summary
- • 10.8. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 11: I/O Management and Disk Scheduling
- • 11.1. I/O Devices
- • 11.2. Organization of the I/O Function
- • 11.3. Operating System Design Issues
- • 11.4. I/O Buffering
- • 11.5. Disk Scheduling
- • 11.6. Raid
- • 11.7. Disk Cache
- • 11.8. Unix Svr4 I/O
- • 11.9. Linux I/O
- • 11.10. Windows I/O
- • 11.11. Summary
- • 11.12. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 12: File Management
- • 12.1. Overview
- • 12.2. File Organization and Access
- • 12.3. B-Trees
- • 12.4. File Directories
- • 12.5. File Sharing
- • 12.6. Record Blocking
- • 12.7. Secondary Storage Management
- • 12.8. Unix File Management
- • 12.9. Linux Virtual File System
- • 12.10. Windows File System
- • 12.11. Android File Management
- • 12.12. Summary
- • 12.13. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 13: Embedded Operating Systems
- • 13.1. Embedded Systems
- • 13.2. Characteristics of Embedded Operating Systems
- • 13.3. Embedded Linux
- • 13.4. Tinyos
- • 13.5. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 14: Virtual Machines
- • 14.1. Virtual Machine Concepts
- • 14.2. Hypervisors
- • 14.3. Container Virtualization
- • 14.4. Processor Issues
- • 14.5. Memory Management
- • 14.6. I/O Management
- • 14.7. Vmware Esxi
- • 14.8. Microsoft Hyper-V and Xen Variants
- • 14.9. Java Vm
- • 14.10. Linux Vserver Virtual Machine Architecture
- • 14.11. Summary
- • 14.12. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 15: Operating System Security
- • 15.1. Intruders and Malicious Software
- • 15.2. Buffer Overflow
- • 15.3. Access Control
- • 15.4. Unix Access Control
- • 15.5. Operating Systems Hardening
- • 15.6. Security Maintenance
- • 15.7. Windows Security
- • 15.8. Summary
- • 15.9. Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems
Chapter 16: Cloud and IoT Operating Systems
- • 16.1. Cloud Computing
- • 16.2. Cloud Operating Systems
- • 16.3. The Internet of Things
- • 16.4. IoT Operating Systems
- • 16.5. Key Terms and Review Questions
Chapter Appendix A: Topics in Concurrency
Chapter Appendix B: Programming and Operating System Projects
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