X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=7d6ba406ed2365122dc213cb8b30da257f582db2;hb=31711e65718e8334dbb672eca64b6b4b906d1a03;hp=e0fec00c475b7caa0b8d45f23f7490b7c52650e9;hpb=f689f8ee5cdf32837d5a8bb9a9cd0f6810016123;p=pintos-anon diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index e0fec00..7d6ba40 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,23 +1,74 @@ -*- 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. -* Finish writing the tour. +via Godmar Back: -* Come up with a way for us to release some of the tests. +* Project 3 solution needs FS lock. -* userprog project should mark read-only pages as actually read-only - in the page table +* Get rid of mmap syscall, add sbrk. -* Add src/testcases/vm, src/testcases/filesys and make it clear to use - them? +* hash_destroy() should take function arg. + +* Make backtrace program accept multiple object file arguments, + e.g. add -u option to allow backtracing user program also. + +* VM projects do not use enough memory to force eviction. + Should reduce user limit or increase memory consumption. + + + + + +* 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()