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Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition
- By Robert Love
- Published Jun 22, 2010 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the Developer's Library series.
- Copyright 2010
- Dimensions: 7x9
- Pages: 440
- Edition: 3rd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-672-32946-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32946-3
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Product Author Bios
Robert Love is an open source programmer, speaker, and author who has been using and contributing to Linux for over 15 years. He is currently Senior Software Engineer at Google, where he was a member of the team that developed the Android mobile platform's kernel. Prior to Google, he was Chief Architect, Linux Desktop, at Novell. Before Novell, he was a kernel engineer at MontaVista Software and then Ximian.
Love's kernel projects include the preemptive kernel, the process scheduler, the kernel events layer, inotify, VM enhancements, and several device drivers. He has given numerous talks on and has written multiple articles about the Linux kernel. He is Contributing Editor for Linux Journal, and his other books include Linux System Programming and Linux in a Nutshell.
Love received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida. He lives in Boston.
Linux Kernel Development details the design and implementation of the Linux kernel, presenting the content in a manner that is beneficial to those writing and developing kernel code, as well as to programmers seeking to better understand the operating system and become more efficient and productive in their coding.
The book details the major subsystems and features of the Linux kernel, including its design, implementation, and interfaces. It covers the Linux kernel with both a practical and theoretical eye, which should appeal to readers with a variety of interests and needs.
The author, a core kernel developer, shares valuable knowledge and experience on the 2.6 Linux kernel. Specific topics covered include process management, scheduling, time management and timers, the system call interface, memory addressing, memory management, the page cache, the VFS, kernel synchronization, portability concerns, and debugging techniques. This book covers the most interesting features of the Linux 2.6 kernel, including the CFS scheduler, preemptive kernel, block I/O layer, and I/O schedulers.
The third edition of Linux Kernel Development includes new and updated material throughout the book:
- An all-new chapter on kernel data structures
- Details on interrupt handlers and bottom halves
- Extended coverage of virtual memory and memory allocation
- Tips on debugging the Linux kernel
- In-depth coverage of kernel synchronization and locking
- Useful insight into submitting kernel patches and working with the Linux kernel community
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Good overview,
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This review is from: Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
I was shopping for a good overview reference book of the Linux kernel, I did not want too much depth into each component, what I wanted was a "brief" overview of all the different components. If you're looking for depth into each module, then this is not the book for you. If you're interested in Linux and want a good overview book that you can finish quickly and have a working knowledge of the different components and how they tie in together then this is a great piece. I think "Linux Device Drivers" by Corbet is a better reference if your interest is strictly device driver and "Understanding Linux Networking Internals" by Benvenuti is better if you want to know more about the IP stack. Overall Robert Love goes through kernel development at a great level for an overview with just enough depth and enough examples. I use the book not every day but I often have it on my desk for reference.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Book, By
This review is from: Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
This book is for a reader who is an accomplished C programmer and for someone who wants to learn how to do Linux Kernel Development. The author has been contributing to Linux for more than 15 years and he was a member of the team that developed Android mobile platform's kernel. Although the author explains some of the topics in detail (for example Process Scheduling), he glosses over some of the other topics (for example Process Management). In order to understand some of the theoretical concepts presented in the book, it is better to have a background of Operating Systems. Therefore, it is better to study this book along with a theoretical book on Operating Systems (Silberschatz, Galvin). Having said that, this book can serve as a useful introduction to someone who wants to know the design and implementation of the Linux kernel.In the first few chapters, the author provides instructions for obtaining the Kernel source code and compiling it. In the rest of the chapters,... Read more
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
This is the book all newbies should start with!,
This review is from: Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
I am proficient in C but knew very little (or next to nothing) about kernel programming. I tried all the other popular books, websites, blogs, documentation but this book blew them all away.It is written in a free-flowing fashion, explains concepts first with lots of examples, instances, etc. Only then does it start describing the relevant kernel data structure, the actual implementation, etc. Also, it leaves some of the really complicated stuff out and just mentions it, which is great when you are newbie and dont want to get inundated with a ton of information. This is the best book on linux kernel programming as of now! Buy it. |
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction to the Linux Kernel
2 Getting Started with the Kernel
3 Process Management
4 Process Scheduling
5 System Calls
6 Kernel Data Structures
7 Interrupts and Interrupt Handlers
8 Bottom Halves and Deferring Work
9 An Introduction to Kernel Synchronization
10 Kernel Synchronization Methods
11 Timers and Time Management
12 Memory Management
13 The Virtual Filesystem
14 The Block I/O Layer
15 The Process Address Space
16 The Page Cache and Page Writeback
17 Devices and Modules
18 Debugging
19 Portability
20 Patches, Hacking, and the Community
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