From 56f9bd996902d8e8f83688903bf81ccc5dc4bc7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:32:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improvements. --- ta-advice/HW2 | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ta-advice/hw2.txt | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/ta-advice/HW2 b/ta-advice/HW2 index 3e9b4ac..7a79395 100644 --- a/ta-advice/HW2 +++ b/ta-advice/HW2 @@ -657,3 +657,30 @@ B11: Take off points if an answer assumes that there can be more than one thread per process and doesn't mention that this would be an extension to the Pintos design. + +Check the submitted code, by hand, for the following: + + 1. That the system call handler, which is probably in + userprog/syscall.c in syscall_handler(), is reasonably + abstracted. It should not all be in one function as one huge + switch statement, for example. The code that accesses user + memory should be separated into specialized functions. If either + of these is not the case, or if the code is otherwise difficult + to read, take off points. + + 2. The "Source Code" section in the Introduction to the Pintos + manual says, "Update existing comments as you modify code." Most + students ignore this. Check whether the comment on + process_wait() in process.c has been updated. At a minimum, the + two final sentences ("This function will be implemented in + problem 2-2. For now, it does nothing.") should have been + deleted. + + 3. Find the implementation of the "open" system call. Verify that + all resources are released in error cases and that errors are + properly handled. One particular problem can be malloc() failure + after a file is successfully opened--is the return value checked? + If so, is the file closed before returning an error? + + (Failure to check malloc() is in the OVERALL section of the grade + report, under DESIGN.) diff --git a/ta-advice/hw2.txt b/ta-advice/hw2.txt index f5aab65..f2764a9 100644 --- a/ta-advice/hw2.txt +++ b/ta-advice/hw2.txt @@ -101,5 +101,8 @@ PROBLEM 2: SYSTEM CALLS -5 Added big array (>= 512 bytes) to struct thread without justifying -10 Added big array (>= 1024 bytes) to struct thread -5 Superfluous locking on per-thread data structure [which] + -10 System call handler is poorly abstracted or unreadable + -5 Failed to update comment on process_wait() function after implementing + -5 "open" system call fails to release all resources in error cases Subtotal: /60 (capped at 0) -- 2.30.2