Today
Welcome back
- Midterm scores are on the Web; Lab #4 is where you left it.
Today we continue with process management topics.
- last time: address space creation/initialization
- today: process interactions and synchronization
Exec/Exit/Join synchronization (midterm problem #4)
A peek at the Unix process model, its strengths and limitations
Start on mechanisms for Interprocess Communication (IPC)
IPC mechanisms combine synchronization and data transfer
pipes, streams, messages, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)