Understanding the Linux kernel /
By: Bovet, Daniel P. (Daniel Pierre).
Contributor(s): Cesati, Marco.
Publisher: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, c2006Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 923 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0596005652 (pbk.); 9780596005658:; 9780596005658 (pbk.).Subject(s): Linux![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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"Linux 2.6"--Cover.
Includes scource code index, appendices and bibliographic references.
Introduction -- Memory addressing -- Processes -- Interrupts and exceptions -- Kernel synchronization -- Timing measurements -- Process scheduling -- Memory management -- Process address space -- System calls -- Signals -- The virtual filesystem -- I/O architecture and device drivers -- Block device drivers -- The page cache -- Accessing files -- Page frame reclaiming -- The Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems -- Process communication -- Program execution.
This text allows the reader to understand when Linux performs best and how it meets the challenge of different environments that assign varying importance to the system's responsiveness in process scheduling, file access and memory management.