Linux Kernel Development

Robert Love

332 pages, parution le 09/10/2003

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Résumé

Linux Kernel Development details the design and implementation of the Linux kernel, presenting the content in a manner that is beneficial to those who wish to write and develop kernel code. This book is for anyone who wants a fun, practical approach to the Linux kernel.

The author, a core kernel developer, shares valuable knowledge andexperience on the very latest Linux kernel.

The book discusses the major subsystems and features of the Linuxkernel, including their design and implementation, their purpose andgoals, and their interfaces. Specific topics covered include: processmanagement, scheduling, time management and timers, system callinterface, memory addressing and management, caching layers, VFS, kernelsynchronization, debugging, and the kernel community.

The book covers the new 2.6 Linux kernel, and includes numerous sectionson its new features, such as the new O(1) scheduler, the new I/Oschedulers, the new block layer, and kernel preemption.

This book is an authoritative, practical guide that helps programmersbetter understand the Linux kernel, and to write and develop kernelcode.

Introduction to the Linux Kernel
Process Management
Scheduling
System Calls
Interrupts and Interrupt Handlers
Bottom Halves and Deferring Work
Kernel Synchronization Introduction
Kernel Synchronization Methods
Timers and Time Management
Memory Management
The Virtual Filesystem
The Block I/O Layer
The Process Address Space
The Page Cache and Page Writeback
Debugging
Portability
Patches, Hacking, and the Community

Appendixes
A Linked Lists
B The Per-CPU Interface
C Kernel Random Number Generator
D Algorithmic Complexity

L'auteur - Robert Love

Robert Love is an open source programmer, speaker, and author who has been using and contributing to Linux for more than 15 years. He is currently senior software engineer at Google, where he was a member of the team that developed the Android mobile platform's kernel. Prior to Google, he was Chief Architect, Linux Desktop, at Novell. Before Novell, he was a kernel engineer at MontaVista Software and Ximian. Love's kernel projects include the preemptive kernel, the process scheduler, the kernel events layer, inotify,VM enhancements, and several device drivers.

He has given numerous talks on and has written multiple articles about the Linux kernel and is a contributing editor for Linux Journal. His other books include Linux System Programming and Linux in a Nutshell.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Developer's Library
Auteur(s)	Robert Love
Parution	09/10/2003
Nb. de pages	332
Format	17,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	565g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780672325120