Scenario Analysis of Linux Kernel Source Code (Volume 1)

Author: Mao Dechao
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This book adopts a teaching method similar to the effective situational dialogues used in English teaching, comprehensively and deeply analyzing the core source code of the new version of Linux (2.4.0), and provides insightful comments on the unique advantages and areas for further improvement of the Linux core. The book is divided into two volumes. The first volume includes six chapters: Preliminary Knowledge, Storage Management, Interrupts and System Calls, Processes and Process Scheduling, File Systems, and Traditional Unix Process Communication. The second volume consists of four chapters: Process Communication Based on Sockets, Device Drivers, Multi-Processor SMP System Architecture, and System Boot and Initialization. The two volumes are inseparable and form an organic whole. The book has a unique writing style and offers incisive explanations, uning the difficulties in code analysis. It can serve as a textbook for advanced courses in operating systems, as well as an important reference book for senior undergraduate and graduate students in computer software and other related fields to deeply study operating systems and core software technologies. Additionally, it can also be used as a self-study textbook for software developers, researchers, and others in various industries who are interested in new Linux technologies. The book adopts a teaching method similar to the effective situational dialogues used in English teaching, comprehensively and deeply analyzing the core source code of the new version of Linux, and provides insightful comments on the unique advantages and areas for further improvement of the Linux core. The book includes: Preliminary Knowledge, Storage Management, Interrupts and System Calls, Processes and Process Scheduling, File Systems, and Traditional Unix Process Communication.