Scanned by CamScanner Scanned by CamScanner Ans 1 a). Message passing provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize their actions without sharing the same address space and is particularly useful in a distributed environment, where the communicating processes may reside on different computers connected by a network. For example, a chat program used on the World Wide Web could be designed so that chat participants communicate with one another by exchanging messages. A message-passing facility provides at least two operations: send (message) and receive (message). Messages sent by a process can be of either fixed or variable size. If only fixed-sized messages can be sent, the system-level implementation is straightforward. This restriction, however, makes the task of programming more difficult. Conversely, variable-sized messages require a more complex system-level implementation, but the programming task becomes simpler. This is a common kind of tradeoff seen throughout operating system design. If processes P and Q want to communicate, they must send messages to and receive messages from each other; a communication link must exist between them. This link can be implemented in a variety of ways. Here are several methods for logically implementing a link and the send()/receive () operations: • Direct or indirect communication • Synchronous or asynchronous communication • Automatic or explicit buffering We look at issues related to each of these features next. 1 Naming Processes that want to communicate must have a way to refer to each other. They can use either direct or indirect communication. Under direct communication, each process that wants to communicate must explicitly name the recipient or sender of the communication. In this scheme, the send0 and receive() primitives are defined as: • send (P, message)—Send a message to process P. • receive (Q, message)—Receive a message from process Q. This scheme exhibits symmetry in addressing; that is, both the sender process and the receiver process must name the other to communicate. A variant of this scheme employs asymmetry in addressing. Here, only the sender names the recipient; the recipient is not required to name the sender. In this scheme, the send() and receive () primitives are defined as follows: • send(P, message)—Send a message to process P. • receive(id, message)—-Receive a message from any process; the variable id is set to the name of the process with which communication has taken place. With indirect communication, the messages are sent to and received from mailboxes, or ports. A mailbox can be viewed abstractly as an object into which messages can be placed by processes and from which messages can be removed. Each mailbox has a unique identification. For example, POSIX message queues use an integer value to identify a mailbox. In this scheme, a process can communicate with some other process via a number of different mailboxes. Two processes can communicate only if the processes have a shared mailbox, however. The send () and receive () primitives are defined as follows: • send(A, message)—Send a message to mailbox A. • receive(A, message)—Receive a message from mailbox A. 2 Synchronization Communication between processes takes place through calls to send () and receive () primitives. There are different design options for implementing each primitive. Message passing may be blocking or nonblocking— also known as synchronous and asynchronous. • Blocking send. The sending process is blocked until the message is received by the receiving process or by the mailbox. • Nonblocking send. The sending process sends the message and resumes operation. • Blocking receive. The receiver blocks until a message is available. • Nonblocking receive. The receiver retrieves either a valid message or a null. Different combinations of send() and receive () are possible. When both send() and receive() are blocking, we have a rendezvous between the sender and the receiver. Buffering Whether communication is direct or indirect, messages exchanged by communicating processes reside in a temporary queue. Basically, such queues can be implemented in three ways: • Zero capacity. The queue has a maximum length of zero; thus, the link cannot have any messages waiting in it. In this case, the sender must block until the recipient receives the message. • Bounded capacity. The queue has finite length n; thus, at most n messages can reside in it. If the queue is not full when a new message is sent, the message is placed in the queue (either the message is copied or a pointer to the message is kept), and the sender can continue execution without waiting. The links capacity is finite, however. If the link is full, the sender must block until space is available in the queue. • Unbounded capacity. The queues length is potentially infinite; thus, any number of messages can wait in it. The sender never blocks. The zero-capacity case is sometimes referred to as a message system with no buffering; the other cases are referred to as systems with automatic buffering. Advantage of Message passing system in Windows Ansb) Following are some of important functions of an operating System. Memory Management Processor Management Device Management File Management Security Control over system performance Job accounting Error detecting aids Coordination between other software and users Memory Management Memory management refers to management of Primary Memory or Main Memory. Main memory is a large array of words or bytes where each word or byte has its own address. Main memory provides a fast storage that can be accessed directly by the CPU. For a program to be executed, it must in the main memory. An Operating System does the following activities for memory management − Keeps tracks of primary memory, i.e., what part of it are in use by whom, what part are not in use. In multiprogramming, the OS decides which process will get memory when and how much. Allocates the memory when a process requests it to do so. De-allocates the memory when a process no longer needs it or has been terminated. Processor Management In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called process scheduling. An Operating System does the following activities for processor management − Keeps tracks of processor and status of process. The program responsible for this task is known as traffic controller. Allocates the processor (CPU) to a process. De-allocates processor when a process is no longer required. Device Management An Operating System manages device communication via their respective drivers. It does the following activities for device management − Keeps tracks of all devices. Program responsible for this task is known as the I/O controller. Decides which process gets the device when and for how much time. Allocates the device in the efficient way. De-allocates devices. File Management A file system is normally organized into directories for easy navigation and usage. These directories may contain files and other directions. An Operating System does the following activities for file management − Keeps track of information, location, uses, status etc. The collective facilities are often known as file system. Decides who gets the resources. Allocates the resources. De-allocates the resources. Other Important Activities Following are some of the important activities that an Operating System performs − Security − By means of password and similar other techniques, it prevents unauthorized access to programs and data. Control over system performance − Recording delays between request for a service and response from the system. Job accounting − Keeping track of time and resources used by various jobs and users. Error detecting aids − Production of dumps, traces, error messages, and other debugging and error detecting aids. Coordination between other softwares and users − Coordination and assignment of compilers, interpreters, assemblers and other software to the various users of the computer systems. OR Ansa)Client and Server model A client and server networking model is a model in which computers such as servers provide the network services to the other computers such as clients to perform a user based tasks. This model is known as client-server networking model. The application programs using the client-server model should follow the given below strategies: A computer network diagram of clients communicating with a server via the Internet. An application program is known as a client program, running on the local machine that requests for a service from an application program known as a server program, running on the remote machine. A client program runs only when it requests for a service from the server while the server program runs all time as it does not know when its service is required. A server provides a service for many clients not just for a single client. Therefore, we can say that client-server follows the many-to-one relationship. Many clients can use the service of one server. Services are required frequently, and many users have a specific client-server application program. For example, the client-server application program allows the user to access the files, send e-mail, and so on. If the services are more customized, then we should have one generic application program that allows the user to access the services available on the remote computer. Client A client is a program that runs on the local machine requesting service from the server. A client program is a finite program means that the service started by the user and terminates when the service is completed. Server A server is a program that runs on the remote machine providing services to the clients. When the client requests for a service, then the server opens the door for the incoming requests, but it never initiates the service. A server program is an infinite program means that when it starts, it runs infinitely unless the problem arises.