Professional Linux kernel architecture
Title:
Professional Linux kernel architecture
Author:
Mauerer, Wolfgang, 1978-
ISBN:
9780470422502
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Publication Information:
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2008.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxx, 1337 p.) : ill.
Series:
Wrox professional guides
Wrox professional guides.
General Note:
"Wrox programmer to programmer."
Contents:
Professional Linux Kernel Architecture; About the Author; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2: Process Management and Scheduling; Chapter 3: Memory Management; Chapter 4: Virtual Process Memory; Chapter 5: Locking and Interprocess Communication; Chapter 6: Device Drivers; Chapter 7: Modules; Chapter 8: The Virtual Filesystem; Chapter 9: The Extended Filesystem Family; Chapter 10: Filesystems without Persistent Storage; Chapter 11: Extended Attributes and Access Control Lists; Chapter 12: Networks; Chapter 13: System Calls.
Abstract:
Find an introduction to the architecture, concepts and algorithms of the Linux kernel in Professional Linux Kernel Architecture, a guide to the kernel sources and large number of connections among subsystems. Find an introduction to the relevant structures and functions exported by the kernel to userland, understand the theoretical and conceptual aspects of the Linux kernel and Unix derivatives, and gain a deeper understanding of the kernel. Learn how to reduce the vast amount of information contained in the kernel sources and obtain the skills necessary to understand the kernel sources.
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