Lab 6: Disk Scheduling Persistence Solution

In Lab 6, you will create a disk scheduling simulator. Your program disksked will accept a starting track number and eight tracks to read. disksked will simulate FCFS, STFS, SCAN and C_SCAN and produce a report of which tracks will be read in which order and the amount of head movement for each track.




Learning Objectives




Demonstrate understanding of the four disk scheduling algorithms documented in the text.



For each scheduling algorithm, correctly output (in order) the tracks to be read, the amount of head movement for each track read and the total head movement for all eight tracks.



Assignment




Begin by installing the tools you will need for this assignment:




mkdir -p ~/cs3100/lab6




cd ~/cs3100/lab6




scp USER@icarus.cs.weber.edu:/var/classes/cs3100/lab6/cuke.tar . tar xvf cuke.tar




The file cuke.tar file will create, when extracted, a small number of folders containing the cucumber scripts and a Makefile. You should not be required to modify the Makefile for this assignment.




Create and edit disksked.c using the text editor of your choice. Here are the basic requirements for disksked.c:




Usage: ./disksked START T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8



START is the current track of the disk read-write head.



T1-T8 are tracks to be read. Your disksked must process exactly eight track values.



All track values tested for grading will be integers between 0 and 256



All track values are read by your program from the commandline as shown above.



You are to emulate the following disk scheduling algorithms with the following modifications where noted:

First Come First Served (FCFS)



Tracks are processed in the order received, from the starting track to each of the 8 tracks in order on the command-line from left to right.
Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)



Tracks are processed from the absolute value of the shortest distance from the current track, beginning with the starting track.
If there are two tracks that are equal distance from the current track, choose the first one (the earliest one in the list) and move there first.



SCAN



Re-order the tracks, so that from the current track, move to higher numbered tracks



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first, then reverse to the lower tracks. Process all of the higher numbered tracks in ascending order, then move to the lowest numbered track and process the lower numbered tracks in ascending order.




Do not move to track 0 or to the end of the disk during your scan. Some of you might recognize this variant of the SCAN algorithm as the LOOK algorithm.



Circular SCAN (C-SCAN)



Re-order the tracks, so that from the current track, move to higher numbered tracks first in ascending order (as in SCAN), but then reverse direction and process the lower numbered tracks in descending order.



Some might recognize this variant as the C-LOOK algorithm.



Generate a report that contains four lines, in this order: FCFS, SSTF, SCAN and C_SCAN.



For each algorithm simulated, output (all on one line):



the algorithm name followed by a colon and a space



"Start:" followed by the starting track number and a space



the eight tracks in order of processing, each followed by a colon and the count of tracks needed to move to that track, each followed by a single space



"Total:" and the number of total tracks moved during the simulation.



Sample Output




tcowan@tcowan-Ubuntu:~/cs3100/lab6$ ./disksked 53 98 183 37 122 14 124 65 67





FCFS: Start:53 98:45 183:85 37:146 122:85 14:108 124:110 65:59 67:2 Total:640





SSTF: Start:53 65:12 67:2 37:30 14:23 98:84 122:24 124:2 183:59 Total:236





SCAN: Start:53 65:12 67:2 98:31 122:24 124:2 183:59 14:169 37:23 Total:322





C_SCAN: Start:53 65:12 67:2 98:31 122:24 124:2 183:59 37:146 14:23 Total:299





tcowan@tcowan-Ubuntu:~/cs3100/lab6$




Files




Here is a list of the files created or modified in this lab:




disksked.c




Please add your name, lab # (6) and class # (CS 3100) as comments at the top of disksked.c.








Additional Requirements




Please write this program as simply as possible. Do not add any prompts, output or any file I/O except as specified. It is ok for you to generate debugging information while you are testing but use an environment variable as a flag so that I don't see any extraneous output when I run your program. Ask about this if you have questions. Alternatively, simply remember to remove all instrumentation prior to turning in your assignment. Your grade will depend on your adherence to these requirements.



For this assignment only, I will not grade them until after the semester ends, so you will have no chance to resubmit your assignment because you disregarded a requirement.



Upload only disksked.c to Canvas for grading as you turn in this assignment.









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Grading




I use Cucumber scripts to help grade programs. Please note the following:




The cucumber tests will fail if you do not follow the naming instructions, so please be sure that the programs are named correctly. As long as the source file is named correctly, and you have to upload it to Canvas more than once, the displayed name may have a number after it. That is just for display purposes and your file should still be named correctly internally.



Upload disksked.c to Canvas as you turn in your assignment, when you are ready for me to grade your work.
It is not necessary to upload any files to icarus for this assignment.



As always, you are free to deviate from the requirements for this assignment and you agree that if you do, you will receive a zero for the assignment.



NOTE: Just because cucumber reports a certain number of points for your submission of the assignment, the instructor reserves the right to inspect your code, run your submission with additional tools and manually grade your assignment. The decision of the instructor is final. Test your code thoroughly to ensure all requirements are fully met.




Here is how you earn points for this assignment:




FEATURES
POINTS




Must-Have Features






Only the following file is uploaded to Canvas:
10
disksked.c


disksked.c compiles without errors or warnings
10
disksked correctly implements the FCFS scheduling algorithm as documented
20
in this lab.






disksked correctly implements the SSTF scheduling algorithm as documented
20
in this lab.






disksked correctly implements the SCAN scheduling algorithm as documented
20
in this lab.






disksked correctly implements the C-SCAN scheduling algorithm as
20
documented in this lab.










Grand Total
100

























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