Analysis of the Linux Operating System Structure

Author: Guo Yudong
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book can serve as a textbook for the "Operating System Structure Analysis" course for master's students, or as a teaching reference book for senior undergraduate students. It is also a valuable reference tool for Linux researchers and developers. This book provides an analysis of the internal structure of the Linux operating system, with content directly derived from the source code of the Linux operating system, summarizing the author's many years of experience in Linux teaching and research. The book begins with the booting and initialization of the operating system, providing a detailed analysis of the interrupt handling, memory management, process management, inter-process communication, file system, device drivers, and kernel module mechanisms of the Linux operating system. It discusses the main data structures and implementation algorithms within, describes the main functions of each component and their relationships.