Books on the Linux Kernel
by Marco Cesati, Daniel P. Bovet
Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition
- Understanding the Linux Kernel, 2nd Edition
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Linux Versus Other Unix-Like Kernels
- Hardware Dependency
- Linux Versions
- Basic Operating System Concepts
- An Overview of the Unix Filesystem
- An Overview of Unix Kernels
- 2. Memory Addressing
- 3. Processes
- 4. Interrupts and Exceptions
- 5. Kernel Synchronization
- Kernel Control Paths
- When Synchronization Is Not Necessary
- Synchronization Primitives
- Synchronizing Accesses to Kernel Data Structures
- Choosing Among Spin Locks, Semaphores, and Interrupt Disabling
- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions
- Protecting a data structure accessed by interrupts
- Protecting a data structure accessed by deferrable functions
- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions and interrupts
- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions and deferrable functions
- Protecting a data structure accessed by interrupts and deferrable functions
- Protecting a data structure accessed by exceptions, interrupts, and deferrable functions
- Choosing Among Spin Locks, Semaphores, and Interrupt Disabling
- Examples of Race Condition Prevention
- 6. Timing Measurements
- 7. Memory Management
- Page Frame Management
- Memory Area Management
- The Slab Allocator
- Cache Descriptor
- Slab Descriptor
- General and Specific Caches
- Interfacing the Slab Allocator with the Buddy System
- Allocating a Slab to a Cache
- Releasing a Slab from a Cache
- Object Descriptor
- Aligning Objects in Memory
- Slab Coloring
- Local Array of Objects in Multiprocessor Systems
- Allocating an Object in a Cache
- Releasing an Object from a Cache
- General Purpose Objects
- Noncontiguous Memory Area Management
- 8. Process Address Space
- The Process’s Address Space
- The Memory Descriptor
- Memory Regions
- Page Fault Exception Handler
- Creating and Deleting a Process Address Space
- Managing the Heap
- 9. System Calls
- 10. Signals
- 11. Process Scheduling
- 12. The Virtual Filesystem
- 13. Managing I/O Devices
- I/O Architecture
- Device Files
- Device Drivers
- Block Device Drivers
- Character Device Drivers
- 14. Disk Caches
- 15. Accessing Files
- 16. Swapping: Methods for Freeing Memory
- What Is Swapping?
- Swap Area
- The Swap Cache
- Transferring Swap Pages
- Swapping Out Pages
- Swapping in Pages
- Reclaiming Page Frame
- 17. The Ext2 and Ext3 Filesystems
- 18. Networking
- 19. Process Communication
- 20. Program Execution
- A. System Startup
- B. Modules
- C. Source Code Structure
- 21. Bibliography
- Index
- Colophon
Beck, M., H. Boehme, M. Dziadzka, U. Kunitz, R. Magnus, C. Schroter, and D. Verworner. Linux Kernel Programming (3rd ed.). Addison Wesley, 2002. A hardware-independent book covering the Linux 2.4 kernel.
Maxwell, S. Linux Core Kernel Commentary. The Coriolis Group, LLC, 1999. A listing of part of the Linux kernel source code with some interesting comments at the end of the book.
Mosberger, D., S. Eranian, and B. Perens. IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design and Implementation. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2002. An excellent description of the hardware-dependent Linux kernel for the Itanium IA-64 microprocessor.
Rubini, A., J. Corbet. Linux Device Drivers (2nd ed.). O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., 2001. A valuable book that is somewhat complementary to this one. It gives plenty of information on how to develop drivers for Linux.
Satchell S., H. Clifford. Linux IP Stacks Commentary. The Coriolis Group, LLC, 2000. A listing of part of the Linux kernel networking source code with some comments at the end of the book.
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