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    Ecs150 f2010 Program 1

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    This document outlines programming assignment 1 for an operating systems course. Students are asked to modify and compile a FreeBSD 5.4 kernel to add new functionality. Specifically, students will add a new attribute to the process struct, a new global variable, and four new system calls via a kernel loadable module. The assignment requires recompiling the kernel to add the new attribute and variable, but not for the system calls. Students must submit the modified source files and write a README explaining the changes and differences between user and kernel space use of printf.

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    This document outlines programming assignment 1 for an operating systems course. Students are asked to modify and compile a FreeBSD 5.4 kernel to add new functionality. Specifically, students will add a new attribute to the process struct, a new global variable, and four new system calls via a kernel loadable module. The assignment requires recompiling the kernel to add the new attribute and variable, but not for the system calls. Students must submit the modified source files and write a README explaining the changes and differences between user and kernel space use of printf.

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    This document outlines programming assignment 1 for an operating systems course. Students are asked to modify and compile a FreeBSD 5.4 kernel to add new functionality. Specifically, students will add a new attribute to the process struct, a new global variable, and four new system calls via a kernel loadable module. The assignment requires recompiling the kernel to add the new attribute and variable, but not for the system calls. Students must submit the modified source files and write a README explaining the changes and differences between user and kernel space use of printf.

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    Ecs150 f2010 Program 1

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    This document outlines programming assignment 1 for an operating systems course. Students are asked to modify and compile a FreeBSD 5.4 kernel to add new functionality. Specifically, students will add a new attribute to the process struct, a new global variable, and four new system calls via a kernel loadable module. The assignment requires recompiling the kernel to add the new attribute and variable, but not for the system calls. Students must submit the modified source files and write a README explaining the changes and differences between user and kernel space use of printf.

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    ECS-150, Fall 2010, Programming Assignment #1 Due date: 11:59 p.m.

    , October 11, 2010 Total 10% (1% penalty per 24 hours after the due date) Modifying the FreeBSD 5.4 kernel and Loading new kernel modules In this homework assignment, you will learn how to modify and compile a new FreeBSD kernel as well as how to utilize the kld (Kernel Loadable Module) interface to change the behavior of the kernel such as adding new system calls. Information regarding how to compile a FreeBSD kernel and how to program the KLD is available in the class website. During the discussion hours, the TA will also talk about kernel compilation and dynamically loadable kernel modules. The TA will provide a test program as well. You must use the 5.4 kernel to do this and other kernel programming assignments, and you need to submit all the kernel source code files you modify as well as the Makefile. Please do NOT hand-in the whole source tree or any binary. You also need to write a README file regarding which files you have changed, and a brief description (less than two pages) about the steps for a system call to trap into the FreeBSD kernel. In order to do this part, you need to identify the path of system call implementation in the FreeBSD source tree. In this programming assignment, you will add one new attribute int tickets into struct proc defined in /usr/src/sys/sys/proc.h, and one global variable int lottery_mode in /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_switch.c. Then, you will add the following four system calls via the KLD interface: int int int int setProcessTickets(int pid, int tickets); getProcessTickets(int pid); setLotteryMode(int mode); getLotteryMode(void);

    The first two system calls will return an error code (-1) if the PID doesnt exist in the kernel. Please note that you need to re-compile the kernel in order to add the new attribute (tickets in struct proc) and the new global variable (lottery_mode), but you dont need to re-build the kernel to add new system calls. Finally, in the development of this programming assignment, you will likely use the printf function call. Please also describe, in the README file, the difference between calling printf in the user space and in kernel space (i.e., in the kernel module). If you encounter any difficulty, please feel free to ask the instructor or the TA. Also, some useful links have been posted on our class Facebook group ecs150 Operating Systems @ UCDavis as well as the ecs150 HW#1 chat room.

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