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Course Overview
15-213/18-213/15-513: Introduction to Computer Systems 1st Lecture, May 19, 2020
Instructors:
Brian Railing
The course that gives CMU its “Zip”!
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Overview
Big Picture
▪ Course theme
▪ Five realities
▪ How the course fits into the CS/ECE curriculum
Academic integrity
Logistics and Policies
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The Big Picture
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Why take this course?
What do you want to learn?
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Course Theme:
(Systems) Knowledge is Power!
Systems Knowledge
▪ How hardware (processors, memories, disk drives, network infrastructure) plus software (operating systems, compilers, libraries, network protocols) combine to support the execution of application programs
▪ How you as a programmer can best use these resources
Useful outcomes from taking 213/513 ▪ Become more effective programmers
▪ Able to find and eliminate bugs efficiently
▪ Able to understand and tune for program performance ▪ Prepare for later “systems” classes in CS & ECE
▪ Compilers, Operating Systems, Networks, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, Storage Systems, etc.
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It’s Important to Understand How Things Work
Why do I need to know this stuff?
▪ Abstraction is good, but don’t forget reality
Most CS and CE courses emphasize abstraction ▪ Abstract data types
▪ Asymptotic analysis
These abstractions have limits
▪ Especially in the presence of bugs
▪ Need to understand details of underlying implementations
▪ Sometimes the abstract interfaces don’t provide the level of control or
performance you need
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Great Reality #1:
Ints are not Integers, Floats are not Reals Example 1: Is x2 ≥ 0?
▪ Float’s: Yes!
▪ Int’s:
▪ 40000 * 40000 –> 1600000000 ▪ 50000 * 50000 –> ?
Example 2: Is (x + y) + z = x + (y + z)? ▪ Unsigned & Signed Int’s: Yes!
▪ Float’s:
▪ (1e20 + -1e20) + 3.14 –> 3.14
▪ 1e20 + (-1e20 + 3.14) –> ?? Bryant and O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition
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Computer Arithmetic
Does not generate random values
▪ Arithmetic operations have important mathematical properties
Cannot assume all “usual” mathematical properties ▪ Due to finiteness of representations
▪ Integer operations satisfy “ring” properties
▪ Commutativity, associativity, distributivity
▪ Floating point operations satisfy “ordering” properties
▪ Monotonicity, values of signs
Observation
▪ Need to understand which abstractions apply in which contexts
▪ Important issues for compiler writers and serious application programmers
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Great Reality #2:
You’ve Got to Know Assembly
Chances are, you’ll never write programs in assembly
▪ Compilers are much better & more patient than you are
But: Understanding assembly is key to machine-level execution model
▪ Behavior of programs in presence of bugs ▪ High-level language models break down
▪ Tuning program performance
▪ Understand optimizations done / not done by the compiler ▪ Understanding sources of program inefficiency
▪ Implementing system software
▪ Compiler has machine code as target
▪ Operating systems must manage process state
▪ Creating / fighting malware
▪ x86 assembly is the language of choice! Bryant and O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition
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Great Reality #3: Memory Matters
Random Access Memory Is an Unphysical Abstraction
Memory is not unbounded
▪ It must be allocated and managed
▪ Many applications are memory dominated
Memory referencing bugs especially pernicious ▪ Effects are distant in both time and space
Memory performance is not uniform
▪ Cache and virtual memory effects can greatly affect program performance
▪ Adapting program to characteristics of memory system can lead to major speed improvements
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Memory Referencing Bug Example
typedef struct {
int a[2];
double d;
} struct_t;
double fun(int i) {
volatile struct_t s;
s.d = 3.14;
s.a[i] = 1073741824; /* Possibly out of bounds */ return s.d;
}
fun(0) –> fun(1) –> fun(2) –> fun(3) –> fun(4) –> fun(6) –>
3.14
3.14 3.1399998664856 2.00000061035156 3.14
Segmentation fault
▪ Result is system specific
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Memory Referencing Bug Example
typedef struct {
int a[2];
double d;
} struct_t;
Explanation:
fun(0) –> fun(1) –> fun(2) –> fun(3) –> fun(4) –> fun(6) –>
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
3.14
3.14 3.1399998664856 2.00000061035156 3.14
Segmentation fault
Critical State
?
?
d7 … d4
d3 … d0
a[1]
a[0]
struct_t
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Location accessed by
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Memory Referencing Errors
C and C++ do not provide any memory protection ▪ Out of bounds array references
▪ Invalid pointer values ▪ Abuses of malloc/free
Can lead to nasty bugs
▪ Whether or not bug has any effect depends on system and compiler ▪ Action at a distance
▪ Corrupted object logically unrelated to one being accessed
▪ Effect of bug may be first observed long after it is generated
How can I deal with this?
▪ Program in Java, Ruby, Python, ML, …
▪ Understand what possible interactions may occur
▪ Use or develop tools to detect referencing errors (e.g. Valgrind)
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Great Reality #4: There’s more to performance than asymptotic complexity
Constant factors matter too!
And even exact op count does not predict performance
▪ Easily see 10:1 performance range depending on how code written
▪ Must optimize at multiple levels: algorithm, data representations, procedures, and loops
Must understand system to optimize performance
▪ How programs compiled and executed
▪ How to measure program performance and identify bottlenecks
▪ How to improve performance without destroying code modularity and
generality
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Memory System Performance Example
void copyij(int src[2048][2048],
int dst[2048][2048])
{
int i,j;
for (i = 0; i < 2048; i++)
for (j = 0; j < 2048; j++)
}
dst[i][j] = src[i][j];
4.3ms
81.8ms
void copyji(int src[2048][2048],
int dst[2048][2048])
{
int i,j;
for (j = 0; j < 2048; j++)
for (i = 0; i < 2048; i++)
}
2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 Haswell
Hierarchical memory organization
Performance depends on access patterns
▪ Including how step through multi-dimensional array Bryant and O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition
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Why The Performance Differs
copyij
16000 14000 12000
10000 8000 6000
4000 2000 0
copyji
s1
s3
Stride (x8 bytes)
32k 128k
s5
s7
8m 32m
2m 512k
Size (bytes)
s9
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Read throughput (MB/s)
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Great Reality #5:
Computers do more than execute programs They need to get data in and out
▪ I/O system critical to program reliability and performance
They communicate with each other over networks ▪ Many system-level issues arise in presence of network
▪ Concurrent operations by autonomous processes ▪ Coping with unreliable media
▪ Cross platform compatibility
▪ Complex performance issues
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Course Perspective
Most Systems Courses are Builder-Centric ▪ Computer Architecture
▪ Design pipelined processor in Verilog ▪ Operating Systems
▪ Implement sample portions of operating system ▪ Compilers
▪ Write compiler for simple language ▪ Networking
▪ Implement and simulate network protocols
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Course Perspective (Cont.) Our Course is Programmer-Centric
▪ By knowing more about the underlying system, you can be more effective as a programmer
▪ Enable you to
▪ Write programs that are more reliable and efficient ▪ Incorporate features that require hooks into OS
– E.g., concurrency, signal handlers
▪ Cover material in this course that you won’t see elsewhere ▪ Not just a course for dedicated hackers
▪ We bring out the hidden hacker in everyone!
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Role within CS/ECE Curriculum
Foundation of Computer Systems Underlying principles for hardware, software, and networking
CS Systems
• 15-319
• 15-330
• 15-410
• 15-411
• 15-415
• 15-418
• 15-440
• 15-441
• 15-445
Cloud Computing Computer Security Operating Systems Compiler Design Database Applications Parallel Computing Distributed Systems Computer Networks Database Systems
213/513
ECE Systems
CS 122 Imperative
Programming
• 18-349
• 18-349
• 18-441
• 18-447
• 18-452
• 18-451
Computer Security
Intro to Embedded Systems Computer Networks Computer Architecture Wireless Networking Cyberphysical Systems
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CS Graphics
• 15-462 Computer Graphics
• 15-463 Comp. Photography
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Academic Integrity
Please pay close attention, especially if this is your first semester at CMU
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Cheating/Plagiarism: Description
Unauthorized use of information
▪ Borrowing code: by copying, retyping, looking at a file
▪ Describing: verbal description of code from one person to another. ▪ Searching the Web for solutions
▪ Copying code from a previous course or online solution
▪ Reusing your code from a previous semester (here or elsewhere)
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Cheating/Plagiarism: Description (cont.)
Unauthorized supplying of information
▪ Providing copy: Giving a copy of a file to someone ▪ Providing access:
▪ Putting material in unprotected directory
▪ Putting material in unprotected code repository (e.g., Github) ▪ Applies to this term and the future
▪ There is no statute of limitations for academic integrity violations
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Cheating/Plagiarism: Description
What is NOT cheating?
▪ Explaining how to use systems or tools
▪ Helping others with high-level design issues ▪ Using code supplied by us
▪ Using code from the CS:APP web site
See the course syllabus for details. ▪ Ignorance is not an excuse
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Cheating: Consequences
Penalty for cheating:
▪ Best case: -100% for assignment
▪ You would be better off to turn in nothing
▪ Worst case: Removal from course with failing grade
▪ This is the default
▪ Permanent mark on your record
▪ Loss of respect by you, the instructors and your colleagues ▪ If you do cheat – come clean asap!
Don’t do it!
▪ Manage your time carefully
▪ Ask the staff for help when you get stuck
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Cheating Notes
Prof. Railing has written over 100 letters for cheating cases ▪ Don’t add to this total
▪ Some have been for years earlier
Your work is sophisticated enough that there are many different solutions
▪ Things that look the same are very suspicious
▪ If you do your own work and commit regularly, your work is unique
We use PhD-level research to detect similarities
▪ Inputs include: multiple tools, online searches, past semester submissions
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Some Concrete Examples: This is Cheating:
▪ Searching the internet with the phrase 15-213, 15213, 213, 18213, malloclab, etc.
▪ That’s right, just entering it in a search engine
▪ Looking at someone’s code on the computer next to yours
▪ Giving your code to someone else, now or in the future
▪ Posting your code in a publicly accessible place on the Internet, now or in the future
▪ Hacking the course infrastructure
This is OK (and encouraged): ▪ Googling a man page for fputs
▪ Asking a friend for help with gdb
▪ Asking a TA or course instructor for help, showing them your code, ... ▪ Looking in the textbook for a code example
▪ Talking about a (high-level) approach to the lab with a classmate Bryant and O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition
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How it Feels: Student and Instructor
Fred is desperate. He can’t get his code to work and the deadline is drawing near. In panic and frustration, he searches the web and finds a solution posted by a student at U. Oklahoma on Github. He carefully strips out the comments and inserts his own. He changes the names of the variables and functions. Phew! Got it done!
The course staff run checking tools that compare all submitted solutions to the solutions from this and other semesters, along with ones that are on the Web.
▪ Remember: We are as good at web searching as you are
Meanwhile, Fred has had an uneasy feeling: Will I get away with it? Why
does my conscience bother me?
Fred gets email from an instructor: “Please see me tomorrow at 9:30 am.”
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How it Feels: Student and Instructor
The instructor feels frustrated. His job is to help students learn, not to be police. Every hour he spends looking at code for cheating is time that he cannot spend providing help to students. But, these cases can’t be overlooked
At the meeting:
▪ Instructor: “Explain why your code looks so much like the code on Github.”
▪ Fred: “Gee, I don’t know. I guess all solutions look pretty much alike.”
▪ Instructor: “I don’t believe you. I am going to file an academic integrity violation.”
▪ Fred will have the right to appeal, but the instructor does not need him to admit his guilt in order to penalize him.
Consequences
▪ Fred may (most likely) will be given a failing grade for the course
▪ Fred will be reported to the university
▪ A second AIV will lead to a disciplinary hearing
▪ Fred will go through the rest of his life carrying a burden of shame
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A Scenario: Cheating or Not?
Alice is working on malloc lab and is just plain stuck. Her code is seg faulting and she doesn't know why. It is only 2 days until malloc lab is due and she has 3 other assignments due this same week. She is in the cluster.
Bob is sitting next to her. He is pretty much done.
Sitting next to Bob is Charlie. He is also stuck.
1. Charlie gets up for a break and Bob makes a printout of his own code and leaves it on Charlie’s chair.
▪ Who cheated: Charlie? Bob?
2. Charlie finds the copy of Bob’s malloc code, looks it over, and then copies one function, but changes the names of all the variables.
▪ Who cheated: Charlie? Bob?
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Another Scenario
Alice is working on malloc lab and is just plain stuck. Her code is seg faulting and she doesn't know why. It is only 2 days until malloc lab is due and she has 3 other assignments due this same week. She is in the cluster.
Bob is sitting next to her. He is pretty much done. Sitting next to Bob is Charlie. He is also stuck.
1. Bob offers to help Alice and they go over her code together. ▪ Who cheated: Bob? Alice?
2. Bob gets up to go to the bathroom and Charlie looks over at his screen to see how Bob implemented his free list.
▪ Who cheated: Charlie? Bob?
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Another Scenario (cont.)
3. Alice is having trouble with GDB. She asks Bob how to set a breakpoint, and he shows her.
▪ Who cheated: Bob? Alice?
4. Charlie goes to a TA and asks for help
▪ Who cheated: Charlie?
If you are uncertain which of these constitutes cheating, and which do not, please read the syllabus carefully. If you’re still uncertain, ask one of the staff
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Version Control: Your Good Friend
All labs will be distributed via GitHub Classroom
Must be used by all students
Students must commit early and often
If a student is accused of cheating (plagiarism), we will consult the GIT server and look for a reasonable commit history
Missing GIT history will count against you
Please make sure you have one!
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Logistics
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Instructor
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15-213/18-213 and 15-513
15-213/18-213
▪ Only undergraduates
▪ 12 units
▪ Live lectures via Zoom
▪ Lectures on TWR, F? 12:00-1:20 (see website) ▪ Midterm 12% / Final 18%
15-513
▪ Only Masters students ▪ 6 units
▪ If you have the proper background, take 6 credits
▪ If this is all new to you, take 12 credits in the Fall ▪ Lectures by video (on the website and panopto)
▪ Midterm 12% / Final 18%
Everything else is the same for all the courses Bryant and O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition
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Lecture Style
You are going to be active learners
▪ Come prepared to class based on the readings / videos
▪ Practice and gain assessment feedback in class
▪ Immediately address misconceptions with expert intervention ▪ You will work in teams (Zoom breakout rooms of ~20)
▪ 70% attendance (~21/30), you are “pre-excused” to miss 9.
You learn by:
▪ Making mistakes ▪ Practicing
If you have questions or concerns, please come by ▪ Or ask your advisor
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Textbooks
Randal E. Bryant and David R. O’Hallaron,
▪ Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective, Third Edition (CS:APP3e), Pearson, 2016
▪ http://csapp.cs.cmu.edu
▪ This book really matters for the course!
▪ How to solve labs
▪ Practice problems typical of exam problems
▪ Digital materials at: https://cmu.redshelf.com/
Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie,
▪ The C Programming Language, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988
▪ Still the best book about C, from the originators
▪ Even though it does not cover more recent extensions of C
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Course Components Lectures
▪ Higher level concepts Recitations
▪ Material is part of lectures during summer Written Assignments (6-10)
▪ 1 – 2 Paragraphs long
Labs (7)
▪ The heart of the course
▪ 1-2+ weeks each
▪ Provide in-depth understanding of an aspect of systems ▪ Programming and measurement
Exams (midterm + final)
▪ Test your understanding of concepts & mathematical principles
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Getting Help
Class Web page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213 ▪ Complete schedule of lectures, exams, and assignments
▪ Copies of lectures, assignments, exams, solutions ▪ FAQ
Piazza
▪ Best place for questions about assignments
▪ By default, your posts will be private
▪ We will fill the FAQ and Piazza with answers to common questions
Canvas
▪ Daily formative quizzes
▪ Can provide access to Piazza and occasional material
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Getting Help
Office hours (starting later this week): ▪ TAs: TBD
▪ Faculty: Brian Railing (Zoom): TBD
Email staff only for:
▪ Special issues, such as extensions, incompletes, etc.
1:1 Appointments
▪ You can schedule 1:1 appointments with the instructor
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213 Student HowTo
Attend Lectures
Attend boot camps
Start labs early (really) and use GIT properly
TA office hours: we need to manage load and waiting time ▪ lab-related concrete questions
▪ must write them down before getting help ▪ Time slots
Faculty Office Hours
▪ Grading, special cases, issues, lab-related questions
▪ Conceptual and longer questions ▪ Open discussions
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Policies: Labs And Exams Work groups
▪ You must work alone on all lab assignments
Handins
▪ Labs due at 11:59pm
▪ Electronic handins using Autolab (no exceptions!)
Exams
▪ Exams will be online in network-isolated clusters
▪ Held over multiple days. Self-scheduled; just sign up!
Appealing grades
▪ Via detailed private post to Piazza within 7 days of completion of grading ▪ Follow formal procedure described in syllabus
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Facilities
Labs will use the Intel Computer Systems Cluster
▪ The “shark machines”
▪ linux> ssh shark.ics.cs.cmu.edu
▪ 21 servers donated by Intel for 213/513
▪ 10 student machines (for student logins) ▪ 1 head node (for instructor logins)
▪ 10 grading machines (for autograding)
▪ Each server: Intel Core i7: 8 Nehalem cores, 32 GB DRAM, RHEL 6.1 ▪ Rack-mounted in Gates machine room
▪ Login using your Andrew ID and password
Getting help with the cluster machines: ▪ Please direct questions to piazza
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Timeliness
Grace days
▪ 5 grace days for the semester
▪ Limit of 0, 1, or 2 grace days per lab used automatically
▪ Covers scheduling crunch, out-of-town trips, illnesses, minor setbacks
Lateness penalties
▪ Once grace day(s) used up, get penalized 15% per day ▪ No handins later than 3 days after due date
Catastrophic events
▪ Major illness, death in family, …
Really, Really Hard! ▪ Once you start running late, it’s really hard to catch up
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▪ Formulate a plan (with your academic advisor) to get back on track
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Policies: Grading
Exams (30%): midterm (12%), final (18%)
Labs (50%): weighted according to effort
Active Work (20%):
▪ Short assignments (peer assessed)
▪ Lecture-time participation (such as via Canvas)
Final grades based on a straight scale (90/80/70/60) with a small amount of curving
▪ Only upward
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Programs and Data
Topics
▪ Bit operations, arithmetic, assembly language programs
▪ Representation of C control and data structures ▪ Includes aspects of architecture and compilers
Assignments
▪ L1 (datalab): Manipulating bits
▪ L2 (bomblab): Defusing a binary bomb
▪ L3 (attacklab): The basics of code injection attacks
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The Memory Hierarchy
Topics
▪ Memory technology, memory hierarchy, caches, disks, locality ▪ Includes aspects of architecture and OS
Assignments
▪ L4 (cachelab): Building a cache simulator and optimizing for locality.
▪ Learn how to exploit locality in your programs.
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Virtual Memory
Topics
▪ Virtual memory, address translation, dynamic storage allocation ▪ Includes aspects of architecture and OS
Assignments
▪ L5 (malloclab): Writing your own malloc package
▪ Get a real feel for systems-level programming
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Exceptional Control Flow Topics
▪ Hardware exceptions, processes, process control, Unix signals, nonlocal jumps
▪ Includes aspects of compilers, OS, and architecture
Assignments
▪ L6 (tshlab): Writing your own Unix shell.
▪ A first introduction to concurrency
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Networking, and Concurrency
Topics
▪ High level and low-level I/O, network programming
▪ Internet services, Web servers
▪ concurrency, concurrent server design, threads
▪ I/O multiplexing with select
▪ Includes aspects of networking, OS, and architecture
Assignments
▪ L7 (proxylab): Writing your own Web proxy
▪ Learn network programming and more about concurrency and synchronization.
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Parallelism
Topics:
▪ How to use and manage threads to improve performance ▪ Different basic synchronization approaches
Assignments:
▪ L8 Parallel Lab (under development)
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Lab Rationale
Each lab has a well-defined goal such as solving a puzzle or winning a contest
Doing the lab should result in new skills and concepts
We try to use competition in a fun and healthy way
▪ Set a reasonable threshold for full credit
▪ Post intermediate results (anonymized) on Autolab scoreboard for glory!
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Doing the Lab
https://autolab.andrew.cmu.edu/courses/15213-m20 ▪ Download the lab materials
▪ (Usually as GitHub classroom link to generate your repo)
If you have questions ▪ Piazza
▪ Office hours
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Autolab (https://autolab.andrew.cmu.edu)
Labs are provided by the CMU Autolab system ▪ Project page: http://autolab.andrew.cmu.edu
▪ Developed by CMU faculty and students
▪ Key ideas: Autograding and Scoreboards
▪ Autograding: Providing you with instant feedback.
▪ Scoreboards: Real-time, rank-ordered, and anonymous summary.
▪ Used by over 3,000 students each semester
With Autolab you can use your Web browser to:
▪ Download the lab materials
▪ Handin your code for autograding by the Autolab server
▪ View the class scoreboard
▪ View the complete history of your code handins, autograded results, instructor’s evaluations, and gradebook.
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Autolab accounts
Students enrolled 11:45am on Tues, May 19 have Autolab accounts
You must be enrolled to get an account
▪ Autolab is not tied in to the Hub’s rosters
▪ We will update the autolab accounts approximately once a day, so check back in 24 hours.
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Linux/Git bootcamp
How to tar and untar files
How to set permissions on local and afs directories
How to recover old files from git
How to ssh to the lab machines
How to use a make file
And all the other things you were always afraid to ask …
Watch the schedule page for date and time.
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Version Control: Your Good Friend
We are using git classroom
Must be used by all students for lab 1, 4-7
Students must commit early and often
at least at the end of each day working on a lab
If a student is accused of cheating (plagiarism), we will consult the GIT server and look for a reasonable commit history
Missing GIT history will count against you
We may ask you to include a GIT hash on your submissions
Learn how to use GIT now
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Git basics – create a project for your lab
Follow link from writeup in TPZ Use link to create a repo
Clone to your local machine
Commit often!
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Git basics – create a project for your lab
Follow link from writeup in TPZ Use link to create a repo
Clone to your local machine
Commit often!
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Git basics – create a project for your lab
Follow link from writeup in TPZ Use link to create a repo
Clone to your local machine
Commit often!
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Git basics – create a project for your lab
Follow link from writeup in TPZ Use link to create a repo
Clone to your local machine
Commit often!
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Git basics – clone it to a working directory Clone into a directory with the proper permissions
git clone git@github.com:cmu15213s19/213s19-lab0- seth4618.git
cd 213s19-lab0-seth4618
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Waitlist questions
15-213: Amy Weis alweis@andrew.cmu.edu
18-213: ECE Academic services (ece-asc@andrew.cmu.edu) 15-513: Amy Weis alweis@andrew.cmu.edu
Please don’t contact the instructors with waitlist questions.
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Welcome and Enjoy!