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Linux· Kernel
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Wolfgang Mauerer
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Professional Linux
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Kernel Architecture
Introduction
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
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Chapter 2: Process Management and Scheduling
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Chapter 3: Memory Management
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Chapter 4: Virtual Process Memory
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Chapter 5: Locking and Interprocess Communication
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Chapter 6: Device Drivers
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Chapter 7: Modules
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Chapter 8: The Virtual Filesystem
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Chapter 9: The Extended Filesystem Family
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Chapter 10: Filesystems without Persistent Storage
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Chapter 11: Extended Attributes and Access Control Lists
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Chapter 12: Networks
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Chapter 13: System Calls
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Chapter 14: Kernel Activities
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Chapter 15: Time management
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Chapter 16: Page and Buffer Cache
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Chapter 17: Data Synchronization
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Chapter 18: Page Reclaim and Swapping
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Chapter 19: Auditing
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Appendix A: Architecture Specifics
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Appendix B: Working with the Source Code
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Appendix C: Notes on C
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Appendix D: System Startup
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Appendix E: The ELF Binary Format
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Appendix F: The Kernel Development Process
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Bibliography
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Index
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Professional
Linux
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Kernel Architecture
Wolfgang Mauerer
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Professional Linux
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Kernel Architecture
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