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Professional
Linux
®
Kernel Architecture
Wolfgang Mauerer
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Kernel Architecture
Introduction ..................................................................xxvii
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
.......................................... 1
Chapter 2: Process Management and Scheduling
............................. 35
Chapter 3: Memory Management
............................................ 133
Chapter 4: Virtual Process Memory
.......................................... 289
Chapter 5: Locking and Interprocess C ommunication
....................... 347
Chapter 6: Device Drivers
.................................................... 391
Chapter 7: Modules
.......................................................... 473
Chapter 8: The Virtual Filesystem
............................................ 519
Chapter 9: The Extended Filesystem Family
................................. 583
Chapter 10: Filesystems without Persistent Storage
....................... 643
Chapter 11: Extended Attributes and Access Control Lists
................. 707
Chapter 12: Networks
........................................................ 733
Chapter 13: System Calls
.................................................... 819
Chapter 14: Kernel Activities
................................................ 847
Chapter 15: Time management
.............................................. 893
Chapter 16: Page and Buffer Cache
.......................................... 949
Chapter 17: Data Synchronization
........................................... 989
Chapter 18: Page Reclaim and Swapping
................................... 1023
Chapter 19: Auditing
........................................................ 1097
Appendix A: A rchitecture Specifics
......................................... 1117
Appendix B: Working with the Source Code
................................ 1141
Appendix C: N otes on C
..................................................... 1175
Appendix D: System Startup
................................................ 1223
Appendix E: The ELF Binary Format
......................................... 1241
Appendix F: The Kernel Development Process
.............................. 1267
Bibliography
................................................................. 1289
Index
........................................................................ 1293
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Linux
Kernel Architecture
Wolfgang Mauerer
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
