Detail :
Paperback : 542 Pages
Publisher:O'Reilly Media
ISBN:978-0-596-00002-8
ISBN 10:0-596-00002-2
Book Description :
Why is Linux so efficient? Is it the right operating system for a particular application? What can be learned from looking at the kernel source code? These are the kinds of questions that Understanding the Linux Kernel takes in stride in this guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems.
Linux is presented too often as a casual hacker experiment. It has increasingly become not only a mission-critical part of many organizations, but a sophisticated display of programming skill. It incorporates many advanced operating system concepts and has proven itself extremely robust and efficient for a wide range of uses.
Understanding the Linux Kernel helps readers understand how Linux performs best and how it meets the challenge of different environments. The authors introduce each topic by explaining its importance, and show how kernel operations relate to the utilities that are familiar to Unix programmers and users.
Major topics include:
- Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct Memory Access (DMA)
- The Virtual File System and the Second Extended File System
- Process creation and scheduling
- Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers
- Timing
- Synchronization in the kernel
- Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
- Program execution
Marco Cesati
received a degree in mathematics in 1992 and a Ph.D. in computer science (University of Rome, "La Sapienza") in 1995. He is now a research assistant in the computer science department of the School of Engineering (University of Rome, "Tor Vergata"). In the past, he served as system administrator and Unix programmer for the university (as a Ph.D. student) and for several institutions (as a consultant).
Main Contents :
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Memory Addressing
Chapter 3 Processes
Chapter 4 Interrupts and Exceptions
Chapter 5 Timing Measurements
Chapter 6 Memory Management
Chapter 7 Process Address Space
Chapter 8 System Calls
Chapter 9 Signals
Chapter 10 Process Scheduling
Chapter 11 Kernel Synchronization
Chapter 12 The Virtual Filesystem
Chapter 13 Managing I/O Devices
Chapter 14 Disk Caches
Chapter 15 Accessing Regular Files
Chapter 16 Swapping: Methods for Freeing Memory
Chapter 17 The Ext2 Filesystem
Chapter 18 Process Communication
Chapter 19 Program Execution
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