💻 CSE 406 - Operating Systems Lab

Hands-On Systems Programming with Modern Tooling

         [Bare-Metal Coding] --> [Kernel Hacking] --> [Cloud-Scale Debugging]
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                    V          [Visual Debugging]       V

🧪 Lab Roadmap

Week	Focus Area	Industry Tool	Visual Output
1-4	Process Management	strace, perf	Process Tree Animations
5-8	Memory Systems	Valgrind, eBPF	Memory Heatmaps
9-12	File Systems	FUSE, ext4debug	FS Structure Visualizers

🔥 Featured Labs

1. Linux Scheduler Modding

   • Alter CFS parameters
   • Visualize CPU share distribution
   • Sample Solution

2. Kernel Module Development

   • Create character device driver
   • Interactive debugging with kgdb
   • Starter Code

3. Container Internals

   • Build container runtime from scratch
   • Namespace/cgroup visualization
   • Tutorial

🛠️ Lab Environment Setup

# Preconfigured Dev Container
git clone https://github.com/UAPians/CSE-406-OS-Lab
cd CSE-406-OS-Lab
docker-compose up -d lab-env

# Includes:
# - QEMU ARM/x86 VMs
# - Kernel Debugging Tools
# - Performance Monitoring Suite

📊 Lab Submission Guide

1. Create branch: lab<number>-<your-id>
2. Include:
   • Code with documentation
   • Visual explainer (SVG/HTML)
   • Performance metrics
3. Submit PR with Lab Report Template

🚀 Career Pathways

pie title OS Lab Skills Distribution
    "Systems Programming" : 35
    "Performance Analysis" : 25
    "Debugging" : 20
    "Cloud Infrastructure" : 20

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