PDF版深入理解Linux内核(第三版) (英文版) Understanding the Linux Kernel

Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition

By Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati

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Publisher: O'Reilly

Pub Date: November 2005

ISBN: 0-596-00565-2

Pages: 942

Table of Contents | Index

In order to thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it works so well on a wide variety of

structures, algorithms, and programming tricks used in the kernel. Probing beyond superficial features, the

authors offer valuable insights to people who want to know how things really work inside their machine.

Important Intel-specific features are discussed. Relevant segments of code are dissected line by line. But the

book covers more than just the functioning of the code; it explains the theoretical underpinnings of why

Linux does things the way it does.

This edition of the book covers Version 2.6, which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel

subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and block devices. The book focuses on the

following topics:

Memory management, including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct memory Access

(DMA)

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Program execution•

Understanding the Linux Kernel will acquaint you with all the inner workings of Linux, but it's more than

just an academic exercise. You'll learn what conditions bring out Linux's best performance, and you'll see

how it meets the challenge of providing good system response during process scheduling, file access, and

memory management in a wide variety of environments. This book will help you make the most of your

Linux system.

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Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition

By Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati

...............................................

Publisher: O'Reilly

Pub Date: November 2005

ISBN: 0-596-00565-2

Pages: 942

Table of Contents | Index

Copyright

Preface

How to Contact Us

Safari® Enabled

Acknowledgments

Section 1.1. Linux Versus Other Unix-Like Kernels

Section 1.2. Hardware Dependency

Section 1.3. Linux Versions

Section 1.4. Basic Operating System Concepts

Section 1.5. An Overview of the Unix Filesystem

Section 1.6. An Overview of Unix Kernels

Section 3.1. Processes, Lightweight Processes, and Threads

Section 3.2. Process Descriptor

Section 3.3. Process Switch

Section 3.4. Creating Processes

Section 3.5. Destroying Processes

Section 4.1. The Role of Interrupt Signals

Section 4.2. Interrupts and Exceptions

Section 4.3. Nested Execution of Exception and Interrupt Handlers

Section 5.1. How the Kernel Services Requests

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Section 14.1. Block Devices Handling

Section 14.2. The Generic Block Layer

Section 14.3. The I/O Scheduler

Section 14.4. Block Device Drivers

Section 14.5. Opening a Block Device File

Section 15.1. The Page Cache

Section 15.2. Storing Blocks in the Page Cache

Section 16.4. Asynchronous I/O

Section 17.1. The Page Frame Reclaiming Algorithm

Section 17.2. Reverse Mapping

Section 17.3. Implementing the PFRA

Section 17.4. Swapping

Section 18.1. General Characteristics of Ext2

Section 18.2. Ext2 Disk Data Structures

Section 18.3. Ext2 Memory Data Structures

Section 19.2. FIFOs

Section 19.3. System V IPC

Section 19.4. POSIX Message Queues

Section 20.1. Executable Files

Section 20.2. Executable Formats

Section 20.3. Execution Domains

Section 20.4. The exec Functions

Section A.1. Prehistoric Age: the BIOS

Section B.2. Module Implementation

Section B.3. Linking and Unlinking Modules

Section B.4. Linking Modules on Demand

Books on Unix Kernels

Books on the Linux Kernel

Books on PC Architecture and Technical Manuals on Intel Microprocessors

Other Online Documentation Sources

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