Professional Linux Kernel Architecture (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

作者: Wolfgang Mauerer 著

出版社: Wiley

出版时间: 2008-09

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780470343432

定价: 633.30

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 1368页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>计算机与互联网

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Findanintroductiontothearchitecture,conceptsandalgorithmsoftheLinuxkernelinProfessionalLinuxKernelArchitecture,aguidetothekernelsourcesandlargenumberofconnectionsamongsubsystems.Findanintroductiontotherelevantstructuresandfunctionsexportedbythekerneltouserland,understandthetheoreticalandconceptualaspectsoftheLinuxkernelandUnixderivatives,andgainadeeperunderstandingofthekernel.Learnhowtoreducethevastamountofinformationcontainedinthekernelsourcesandobtaintheskillsnecessarytounderstandthekernelsources. WolfgangMauererisaquantumphysicistwhoseprofessionalinterestsarecenteredaroundquantumcryptography,quantumelectrodynamics,andcompilersfor—youguessedit—quantumarchitectures.Withtheconfirmedcapacityofbeingtheworstexperimentalistintheknownuniverse,hestickstothetheoreticalsideofhisprofession,whichisespeciallyreassuringconsideringhisconstantfearofaccidentallydestroyingtheuniverse.Outsidehisresearchwork,heisfascinatedbyoperatingsystems,andformorethanadecade—startingwithanarticleseriesaboutthekernelin1997—hehasfoundgreatpleasureindocumentingandexplainingLinuxkernelinternals.HeisalsotheauthorofabookabouttypesettingwithLaTeXandhaswrittennumerousarticlesthathavebeentranslatedintosevenlanguagesintotal.Whenhe’snotsubmergedinvastHilbertspacesorlargequantitiesofsourcecode,hetriestotaketheoppositedirection,namely,upward—bethiswithmodelplanes,aparaglider,oronfootwithaniceaxeinhishands:MountainsespeciallyhavethepowertooutrivaleventheLinuxkernel.Consequently,heconsidersplanningandaccomplishingafirst-ascentexpeditiontothevastarcticglaciersofeastGreenlandtobethereallyuniqueachievementinhislife.Beinginterestedineverythingthatisfundamental,heisalsotheauthorofthefirstcompilerforPlankalk¨ul,theworld’searliesthigh-levellanguagedevisedin1942–1946byKonradZuse,thefatherofthecomputer.Asanavidreader,heisproudthatdespitethetwo-digitnumberofcomputerspresentinhislivingroom,thevolumerequiredforbooksstilloccupiesalargershare. Introduction.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview.

Chapter 2: ProcessManagement and Scheduling.

Chapter 3: Memory Management.

Chapter 4: Virtual ProcessMemory.

Chapter 5: Locking and Interprocess Communication.

Chapter 6: Device Drivers.

Chapter 7: Modules.

Chapter 8: The Virtual Filesystem.

Chapter 9: The Extended Filesystem Family.

Chapter 10: Filesystems without Persistent Storage.

Chapter 11: Extended Attributes and Access ControlLists.

Chapter 12: Networks.

Chapter 13: System Calls.

Chapter 14: Kernel Activities.

Chapter 15: Time management.

Chapter 16: Page and Buffer Cache.

Chapter 17: Data Synchronization.

Chapter 18: Page Reclaim and Swapping.

Chapter 19: Auditing.

Appendix A: Architecture Specifics.

Appendix B:Working with the Source Code.

Appendix C: Notes on C.

Appendix D: System Startup.

Appendix E: The ELF Binary Format.

Appendix F: The Kernel Development Process.Bibliography.

Index.
内容简介:
Findanintroductiontothearchitecture,conceptsandalgorithmsoftheLinuxkernelinProfessionalLinuxKernelArchitecture,aguidetothekernelsourcesandlargenumberofconnectionsamongsubsystems.Findanintroductiontotherelevantstructuresandfunctionsexportedbythekerneltouserland,understandthetheoreticalandconceptualaspectsoftheLinuxkernelandUnixderivatives,andgainadeeperunderstandingofthekernel.Learnhowtoreducethevastamountofinformationcontainedinthekernelsourcesandobtaintheskillsnecessarytounderstandthekernelsources.
作者简介:
WolfgangMauererisaquantumphysicistwhoseprofessionalinterestsarecenteredaroundquantumcryptography,quantumelectrodynamics,andcompilersfor—youguessedit—quantumarchitectures.Withtheconfirmedcapacityofbeingtheworstexperimentalistintheknownuniverse,hestickstothetheoreticalsideofhisprofession,whichisespeciallyreassuringconsideringhisconstantfearofaccidentallydestroyingtheuniverse.Outsidehisresearchwork,heisfascinatedbyoperatingsystems,andformorethanadecade—startingwithanarticleseriesaboutthekernelin1997—hehasfoundgreatpleasureindocumentingandexplainingLinuxkernelinternals.HeisalsotheauthorofabookabouttypesettingwithLaTeXandhaswrittennumerousarticlesthathavebeentranslatedintosevenlanguagesintotal.Whenhe’snotsubmergedinvastHilbertspacesorlargequantitiesofsourcecode,hetriestotaketheoppositedirection,namely,upward—bethiswithmodelplanes,aparaglider,oronfootwithaniceaxeinhishands:MountainsespeciallyhavethepowertooutrivaleventheLinuxkernel.Consequently,heconsidersplanningandaccomplishingafirst-ascentexpeditiontothevastarcticglaciersofeastGreenlandtobethereallyuniqueachievementinhislife.Beinginterestedineverythingthatisfundamental,heisalsotheauthorofthefirstcompilerforPlankalk¨ul,theworld’searliesthigh-levellanguagedevisedin1942–1946byKonradZuse,thefatherofthecomputer.Asanavidreader,heisproudthatdespitethetwo-digitnumberofcomputerspresentinhislivingroom,thevolumerequiredforbooksstilloccupiesalargershare.
目录:
Introduction.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview.

Chapter 2: ProcessManagement and Scheduling.

Chapter 3: Memory Management.

Chapter 4: Virtual ProcessMemory.

Chapter 5: Locking and Interprocess Communication.

Chapter 6: Device Drivers.

Chapter 7: Modules.

Chapter 8: The Virtual Filesystem.

Chapter 9: The Extended Filesystem Family.

Chapter 10: Filesystems without Persistent Storage.

Chapter 11: Extended Attributes and Access ControlLists.

Chapter 12: Networks.

Chapter 13: System Calls.

Chapter 14: Kernel Activities.

Chapter 15: Time management.

Chapter 16: Page and Buffer Cache.

Chapter 17: Data Synchronization.

Chapter 18: Page Reclaim and Swapping.

Chapter 19: Auditing.

Appendix A: Architecture Specifics.

Appendix B:Working with the Source Code.

Appendix C: Notes on C.

Appendix D: System Startup.

Appendix E: The ELF Binary Format.

Appendix F: The Kernel Development Process.Bibliography.

Index.