Автор: Wolfgang Mauerer
Название: Professional Linux Kernel Architecture
Издательство: Wrox
Год: 2008
ISBN: 0470343435
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 10,5 mb
Страниц: 1368

As the Linux kernel constantly evolves, so must your understanding of the central functions of the kernel. Linux expert Wolfgang Mauerer focuses on version 2.6.24 (as well as summarizing changes to versions 2.6.25 and 2.6.26) of the kernel as he walks you through the concepts, underlying structures, and implementation of the Linux kernel. Keeping a close connection with the source code—as well as the components and subsystems of the kernel—this book reviews the VFS layer and discusses virtual filesystems and the Extended filesystem family and examines how the page and buffer cache speed up kernel operations.

What you will learn from this book

– Various ways of viewing the kerne—as an enhanced machine, a resource manager, and a library
– How the kernel handles all time-related requirements, both with low and high resolution
– The mechanisms required to ensure proper operation of the kernel on multiprocessor systems