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Linux Kernel Programming

You're reading from   Linux Kernel Programming A comprehensive and practical guide to kernel internals, writing modules, and kernel synchronization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803232225
Length 826 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Kaiwan N. Billimoria Kaiwan N. Billimoria
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Preface 1. Linux Kernel Programming – A Quick Introduction 2. Building the 6.x Linux Kernel from Source – Part 1 FREE CHAPTER 3. Building the 6.x Linux Kernel from Source – Part 2 4. Writing Your First Kernel Module – Part 1 5. Writing Your First Kernel Module – Part 2 6. Kernel Internals Essentials – Processes and Threads 7. Memory Management Internals – Essentials 8. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 1 9. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 2 10. The CPU Scheduler – Part 1 11. The CPU Scheduler – Part 2 12. Kernel Synchronization – Part 1 13. Kernel Synchronization – Part 2 14. Other Books You May Enjoy
15. Index

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6.1.25 LTS Linux kernel 20

6.1.x LTS kernel 16

6.1.y LTS kernel 14

64-bit atomic integer operators 675

64-bit Linux systems

VM split on 312

(Distributed) Denial of Service ((D)DoS) attacks 491

-next trees 15

/proc/buddyinfo pseudo-file

checking via 414, 415

/proc/PID/maps output

interpreting 319, 320

__vm_enough_memory() code 478, 479

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AArch64 Linux addressing 315, 316

AB-BA deadlock 620

AB-BA deadlock, with lockdep

catching, examples 751-756

AB-BC-CA circular dependency 621

actual CPU switch 545

Address Sanitizer (ASAN) 333, 739

Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) 304, 350

used, for user memory randomization 350, 351

address spaces 127

alloc_traces 426-428

Android Open Source Project (AOSP) 288

anonymous mappings 320, 321

Application Binary Interface (ABI) 199, 261

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) 128

ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE environment...

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