X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=726b11801f8e53185edc813ce1cd37d7bbf95d10;hb=a640f749cb8760c6d00f89bad33e56ef5dce1e8b;hp=b90b2d8bcdcbf9ac53f2366d9e591cfa2f84bee3;hpb=1b719c2f3cf8fa5bd7a110345a34e135a790052c;p=pintos-anon diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index b90b2d8..726b118 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,22 +1,60 @@ -*- text -*- -* The p1-4.c testcase needs significant tuning. Currently it takes - too long (especially when SHOW_PROGRESS is turned on) and doesn't - show significant improvement. +* Get rid of rox--causes more trouble than it's worth -* The semantics of the join system call should change so that it only - returns the exit code once. +* Reconsider command line arg style--confuses everyone. -* mmap/munmap should use segment IDs like Nachos. Too hard otherwise. +* pintos script doesn't (always?) delete temp disks -* Some confusion--do we really get overlapping ro/rw segment in normal - link? Student example seemed to show that we don't. +* Finish writing tour. -* Add qsort(), bsearch() implementations to kernel. -* Finish writing the tour. -* Come up with a way for us to release some of the tests. -* userprog project should mark read-only pages as actually read-only - in the page table + +* process_death test needs improvement + +* Internal tests. + +* Improve automatic interpretation of exception messages. + +* Userprog project: + + - Mark read-only pages as actually read-only in the page table. Or, + since this was consistently rated as the easiest project by the + students, require them to do it. + + - Don't provide per-process pagedir implementation but only + single-process implementation and require students to implement + the separation? This project was rated as the easiest after all. + Alternately we could just remove the synchronization on pid + selection and check that students fix it. + +* Filesys project: + + - Need a better way to measure performance improvement of buffer + cache. Some students reported that their system was slower with + cache--likely, Bochs doesn't simulate a disk with a realistic + speed. + +* Documentation: + + - Add "Digging Deeper" sections that describe the nitty-gritty x86 + details for the benefit of those interested. + + - Add explanations of what "real" OSes do to give students some + perspective. + +* Assignments: + + - Add extra credit: + + . Low-level x86 stuff, like paged page tables. + + . Specifics on how to implement sbrk, malloc. + + . Other good ideas. + + . opendir/readdir/closedir + + . everything needed for getcwd()