• Table of ContentsLinux Kernel Development Second EditionBy Robert Love Publisher: Sams PublishingPub Date: January 12, 2005ISBN: 0-672-32720-1Pages: 432 Copyright Foreword Preface So Here We Are Kernel Version Audience Book Website Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Author We Want to Hear from You! Reader Services Chapter 1. Introduction to the Linux Kernel Along Came Linus: Introduction to Linux Overview of Operating Systems and Kernels Linux Versus Classic Unix Kernels Linux Kernel Versions The Linux Kernel Development Community Before We Begin Chapter 2. Getting Started with the Kernel Obtaining the Kernel Source The Kernel Source Tree Building the Kernel A Beast of a Different Nature So Here We Are Chapter 3. Process Management Process Descriptor and the Task Structure Process Creation The Linux Implementation of Threads Process Termination Process Wrap Up Chapter 4. Process Scheduling Policy The Linux Scheduling Algorithm Preemption and Context Switching Real-Time Scheduler-Related System Calls Scheduler Finale Chapter 5. System Calls APIs, POSIX, and the C Library Syscalls System Call Handler System Call Implementation System Call Context System Calls in Conclusion Chapter 6. Interrupts and Interrupt Handlers Interrupts Interrupt Handlers Registering an Interrupt Handler Writing an Interrupt Handler Interrupt Context Implementation of Interrupt Handling Interrupt Control Don't Interrupt Me; We're Almost Done! Chapter 7. Bottom Halves and Deferring Work Bottom Halves Softirqs Tasklets Work Queues Which Bottom Half Should I Use? Locking Between the Bottom Halves The Bottom of Bottom-Half Processing Endnotes Chapter 8. Kernel Synchronization Introduction Critical Regions and Race Conditions Locking Deadlocks Contention and Scalability Locking and Your Code Chapter 9. Kernel Synchronization Methods Atomic Operations Spin Locks Reader-Writer Spin Locks Semaphores Reader-Writer Semaphores Spin Locks Versus Semaphores Completion Variables BKL: The Big Kernel Lock Preemption Disabling Ordering and Barriers Synchronization Summarization Chapter 10. Timers and Time Management Kernel Notion of Time The Tick Rate: HZ Jiffies Hardware Clocks and Timers The Timer Interrupt Handler The Time of Day Timers Delaying Execution Out of Time Chapter 11. Memory Management Pages Zones Getting Pages kmalloc() vmalloc() Slab Layer Slab Allocator Interface Statically Allocating on the Stack High Memory Mappings Per-CPU Allocations The New percpu Interface Reasons for Using Per-CPU Data Which Allocation Method Should I Use? Chapter 12. The Virtual Filesystem Common Filesystem Interface Filesystem Abstraction Layer Unix Filesystems VFS Objects and Their Data Structures The Superblock Object The Inode Object The Dentry Object The File Object Data Structures Associated with Filesystems Data Structures Associated with a Process Filesystems in Linux Chapter 13. The Block I/O Layer Anatomy of a Block Device Buffers and Buffer Heads The bio structure Request Queues I/O Schedulers Summary Chapter 14. The Process Address Space The Memory Descriptor Memory Areas Manipulating Memory Areas mmap() and do_mmap(): Creating an Address Interval munmap() and do_munmap(): Removing an Address Interval Page Tables Conclusion Chapter 15. The Page Cache and Page Writeback Page Cache Radix Tree The Buffer Cache The pdflush Daemon To Make a Long Story Short Chapter 16. Modules Hello, World! Building Modules Installing Modules Generating Module Dependencies Loading Modules Managing Configuration Options Module Parameters Exported Symbols Wrapping Up Modules Chapter 17. kobjects and sysfs kobjects ktypes ksets Subsystems Structure Confusion Managing and Manipulating kobjects Reference Counts sysfs The Kernel Events Layer kobjects and sysfs in a Nutshell Chapter 18. Debugging What You Need to Start Bugs in the Kernel printk() Oops Kernel Debugging Options Asserting Bugs and Dumping Information Magic SysRq Key The Saga of a Kernel Debugger Poking and Probing the System Binary Searching to Find the Culprit Change When All Else Fails: The Community Chapter 19. Portability History of Portability in Linux Word Size and Data Types Data Alignment Byte Order Time Page Size Processor Ordering SMP, Kernel Preemption, and High Memory Endnotes Chapter 20. Patches, Hacking, and the Community The Community Linux Coding Style Chain of Command Submitting Bug Reports Generating Patches Submitting Patches Conclusion Appendix A. Linked Lists Circular Linked Lists The Linux Kernel's Implementation Manipulating Linked Lists Traversing Linked Lists Appendix B. Kernel Random Number Generator Design and Implementation Interfaces to Input Entropy Interfaces to Output Entropy Appendix C. Algorithmic Complexity Algorithms Big-O Notation Big Theta Notation Putting It All Together Perils of Time Complexity Bibliography and Reading List Books on Operating System Design Books on Unix Kernels Books on Linux Kernels Books on Other Kernels Books on the Unix API Books on the C Programming Language Other Works Websites
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