本书是畅销作者William Stallings的又一部力作，其第四版曾获得美国计算机科学与工程类教材大奖，得到了美国教育界和工程技术人员的好评。本书不仅全面系统地讲述了操作系统的基本概念、原理和方法，而且以当代最流行的操作系统(Windowst，UNIX和Linux)为例，全面清楚地展现了当代操作系统的本质和特点，使得本书的内容具有先进性和适应性。

William Stallings是一位肩负着使命的作者：他希望不管是学生还是经验丰富的专业人士都能拥有一本能全面讲述操作系统原理、结构和机制的书籍。在他这本获奖图书的第五版中，Stallings结合当今操作系统的设计目标及开发方向，对操作系统设计的基础知识做了全面的讲解。

操作系统是计算机系统的核心系统软件，负责控制和管理整个系统，使之协调工作。本书不仅全面系统地讲述了操作系统的基本概念、原理和方法，而且以当代最流行的操作系统Windows，UNIX和Linux为例，全面清楚地展现了当代操作系统的本质和特点，使本书的内容具有先进性和适应性。

本书既注重对操作系统的经典内容的论述，又紧密联系当代流行的设计问题以及当前操作系统的发展方向，可作为大学计算机专业或计算机应用相关专业本科生的双语教材和参考书，也可供从事计算机方向研究的专业技术人员使用。

Chapter 0 Reader’s Guide

0.1 Outline of the Book

0.2 Topic Ordering

0.3 Internet and Web Resources

PART ONE BACKGROUND

Chapter 1 Computer System Overview

1.1 Basic Elements

1.2 Processor Registers

1.3 Instruction Execution

1.4 Interrupts

1.5 The Memory Hierarchy

1.6 Cache Memory

1.7 I/O Communication Techniques

1.8 Recommended Readings and Web Sites

1.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Appendix 1A Performance Characteristics of Two-Level Memories

Appendix 1B Procedure Control

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 Microsoft Windows Overview

2.6 Traditional UNIX Systems

2.7 Modern UNIX Systems

2.8 Linux

2.9 Recommended Readings and Web Sites

2.10 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

PART TWO PROCESSES

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 UNIX SVR4 Process Management

3.6 Summary

3.7 Recommended Readings

3.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Programming Project One: Developing a Shell

Chapter 4 Threads, SMP, and Microkernels

4.1 Processes and Threads

4.2 Symmetric Multiprocessing

4.3 Microkernels

4.4 Windows Thread and SMP Management

4.5 Solaris Thread and SMP Management

4.6 Linux Process and Thread Management

4.7 Summary

4.8 Recommended Readings

4.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Chapter 5 Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization

5.1 Principles of Concurrency

5.2 Mutual Exclusion: Hardware Support

5.3 Semaphores

5.4 Monitors

5.5 Message Passing

5.6 Readers/Writers Problem

5.7 Summary

5.8 Recommended Readings

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 291

6.11 Summary

6.12 Recommended Readings

6.13 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

PART THREE MEMORY

Chapter 7 Memory Management

7.1 Memory Management Requirements

7.2 Memory Partitioning

7.3 Paging

7.4 Segmentation

7.5 Summary

7.6 Recommended Readings

7.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Appendix 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 Summary

8.7 Recommended Readings and Web Sites

8.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Appendix 8A Hash Tables

PART FOUR SCHEDULING

Chapter 9 Uniprocessor Scheduling

9.1 Types of Processor Scheduling

9.2 Scheduling Algorithms

9.3 Traditional UNIX Scheduling

9.4 Summary

9.5 Recommended Readings

9.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Appendix 9A Response Time

Appendix 9B Queuing Systems

Programming Project Two: The HOST Dispatcher Shell

Chapter 10 Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling

10.1 Multiprocessor Scheduling

10.2 Real-Time Scheduling

10.3 Linux Scheduling

10.4 UNIX SVR4 Scheduling

10.5 Windows Scheduling

10.6 Summary

10.7 Recommended Readings

10.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

PART FIVE INPUT/OUTPUT AND FILES

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 Recommended Readings and Web Sites

11.13 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Appendix 11A Disk Storage Devices

Chapter 12 File Management

12.1 Overview

12.2 File Organization and Access

12.3 File Directories

12.4 File Sharing

12.5 Record Blocking

12.6 Secondary Storage Management

12.7 UNIX File Management

12.8 Linux Virtual File System

12.9 Windows File System

12.10 Summary

12.11 Recommended Readings

12.12 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

APPENDICES

Appendix A Topics in Concurrency

A.1 Mutual Exclusion: Software Approaches

A.2 Race Conditions and Semaphores

A.3 A Barbershop Problem

A.4 Problems

Appendix B Object-Oriented Design

B.1 Motivation

B.2 Object-Oriented Concepts

B.3 Benefits of Object-Oriented Design

B.4 CORBA

B.5 Recommended Readings and Web Sites

Appendix C Programming and Operating System Projects

C.1 Projects for Teaching Operating Systems

C.2 NACHOS

C.3 Research Projects

C.4 Programming Projects

C.5 Reading/Report Assignments

Appendix D OSP: An Environment for Operating Systems Projects

D.1 Overview

D.2 Innovative Aspects of OSP

D.3 Comparison with Other Operating System Courseware

Appendix E BACI:The Ben-Ari Concurrent Programming System

E.1 Introduction

E.2 BACI

E.3 Examples of BACI Programs

E.4 BACI Projects

E.5 Enhancements to the BACK System

Glossary

References

Index