Linux Kernel (2.6.11)

This is the top level page with all my notes on the Linux Kernel (2.6.11) this is based on the book “Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd edition” by D. P. Bovet, M. Cesati.

Miscellaneous

• Bits to memory sizes

Ch1: Introduction

• Basic Operating System Concepts
  • Multiuser Systems
  • Users & Groups
  • Processes
  • Kernel Arch
• Unix Filesystem
  • Files
  • Hard and Soft Links
  • File Descriptor and Inode
  • Access Rights and File Mode
  • File-Handling System Calls
• An Overview of Unix Kernels
  • The Process/Kernel Model
  • Process Implementation
  • Reentrant Kernels
  • Process Address Space
  • Synchronization and Critical Regions
  • Signals and Interprocess Communication
  • Process Management
  • Memory Management
  • Device Drivers

Ch2: Memory Management

• Memory Addresses
• Segmentation in Hardware
  • Segment Selectors and Segment Registers
  • Segment Descriptors
  • Fast Access to Segment Descriptors
  • Segmentation Unit
• Segmentation in Linux
  • The Linux GTD
  • The Linux LTDs
• Paging in Hardware
  • Regular Paging
  • Extended Paging
  • Hardware Protection Scheme
  • An Example of Regular Paging
  • The Physical Address Extension (PAE) Paging Mechanism
  • Paging for 64-bit Architectures
  • Hardware Cache
  • Translation Lookup Tables (TLBs)
• Paging in Linux
  • The Linear Address Fields
  • Page Table Handling (Bunches of Func/Macro)
  • Physical Memory Layout
  • Process Page Tables
  • Kernel Page Tables
  • Fix-Mapped Linear Addresses
  • Handling the Hardware Cache and the TLB

Ch3: Processes