Linux System Programming Training

• Implement control flow statements, functions, arrays, pointers, structures, and link list using C programming language
• Basic architecture of computer system and structure of operating system
• Different functions of operating systems including process management, memory management, and storage management
• File management system and signal handling to control the flow of data
• Concepts of threading, semaphores, and Inter-process communication (IPC)
• Socket programming using AF_UNIX

• Students from third and fourth year of BE / B. Tech. courses (Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunication, Instrumentation, Computer Science, Information Technology)
• Final year students of MCA/BCA/M.Sc-IT/M.Tech
• Working professionals from embedded systems and related domains
• Professionals willing to develop Linux system programming skills

1.  Introduction to C Programming

• Introduction to ’C’
• Control flow Statements in ‘C’
• Functions
• Arrays
• Pointers
• Pointers and functions
• Structures
• C preprocessor
• Link List, Doubly Linked lists

2.  Introduction to operating system

• What Operating Systems Do
• Computer-System Organization
• Computer-System Architecture
• Operating-System Structure
• Operating-System Operations
• Process Management
• Memory Management
• Storage Management
• Protection and Security
• Types of kernel

3.  Linux system Programming

• Files and devices
• Library functions
• Low-level file access
• Managing files
• The standard I/O library
• Formatted input and output
• The /proc file system

4.  Process

• What is a process
• Viewing processes
• Starting new process
• Duplicating a process image
• Programming example of using fork() system call

5.  Signal

• Viewing the header file signal.h
• Signal handling
• Signal sending
• POSIX Signals API
• Programming example of signal handling related functions.

6.  Posix threads programming

• Threads and Processes
• Creating Threads
• Synchronizing Threads
• Communicating Between Threads
• Programming example of using pthread related functions.

7.  IPC (Inter Process communication)

• Discuss various IPC mechanisms (in brief)
• pipe()
• popen()
• named pipes (FIFO)

8.  System V-IPC (Inter Process communication)                                                      

• Understanding the Linux interface facilities
• Semaphores, for managing access to resources
• Using functions like semctl(), semget() , semopt().
• Shared memory, for highly efficient data sharing between programs
• Using functions like shmat(),shmctl(),shmdt(),shmget()
• Messaging, for an easy way of passing data between programs
• Using functions like msgget(),msgctl(),msgrcv(),msgsnd()

9.  Socket Programming                                                         

• What Is a Socket?
• Socket Connections
• Socket Attributes
• Socket Domains
• Socket Types
• Socket Protocols
• Creating a Socket
• Socket Addresses
• Naming a Socket
• Accepting Connections
• Requesting Connections
• Closing a Socket
• Programming example of creating local Client and Local Server using AF_UNIX