Linux Keel Programming – Second Edition: A comprehensive and practical guide to keel inteals, writing modules, and keel synchronization

by: Kaiwan N. Billimoria (Author)

Publisher: Packt Publishing – ebooks Account

Publication Date: 11 Mar. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 829 pages

ISBN-10: 1803232226

ISBN-13: 9781803232225

Book Description

Gain both a firm practical understanding and sufficient theoretical insight into the inner workings of Linux keel inteals, lea to write high-quality keel module code, understand the complexities of keel synchronizationPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesDiscover how to write Linux keel and module code for real-world productsImplement industry-grade techniques in real-world scenarios for fast, efficient memory allocation and data synchronizationUnderstand and exploit keel architecture, CPU scheduling, and keel synchronization techniquesBook DescriptionThe 2nd Edition of Linux Keel Programming is an updated, comprehensive introduction for new programmers to the Linux keel. This book uses the recent 6.1 Long-Term Support (LTS) Linux keel series, which will be maintained until 2026, and also delves into its many new features. Further, the CIP has pledged to maintain and support this 6.1 Super LTS (SLTS) keel right until August 2033, keeping this book valid for years to come!In this new edition, you’ll begin this exciting jouey by leaing how to build the keel from source. You’ll then lea, step by step, how to write your first keel module by leveraging the keel’s powerful Loadable Keel Module (LKM) framework. With this foundation, you shall then get to delve into key keel inteals topics including Linux keel architecture, memory management, and CPU scheduling. You’ll finish with understanding the deep issues of concurrency, and gain insight into how they can be addressed with various locking technologies (mutexes, spinlocks, atomic / refcount operators, rw-spinlocks and even lock-free technologies such as per-CPU and RCU). By the end of this 2nd Edition book, you’ll have a better understanding of the fundamentals of writing Linux keel and keel module code that can straight away be used in real-world projects and products.What you will leaConfigure and build the 6.1 LTS keel from sourceWrite high-quality modular keel code (LKM framework) for 6.x keelsExplore mode Linux keel architectureGet to grips with key inteals details regarding memory management within the keelUnderstand and work with various dynamic keel memory alloc/dealloc APIsDiscover key inteals aspects regarding CPU scheduling within the keel, including cgroups v2Gain a deeper understanding of keel concurrency issuesLea how to work with key keel synchronization primitivesWho this book is forThis book is for beginner Linux programmers and developers looking to get started with the Linux keel, providing a knowledge base to understand required keel inteal topics and overcome frequent and common development issues.A basic understanding of Linux CLI and C programming is assumed.Table of ContentsKeel Workspace SetupBuilding the 5.x Linux Keel from Source – Part 1Building the 5.x Linux Keel from Source – Part 2Writing Your First Keel Module – LKMs Part 1Writing Your First Keel Module – LKMs Part 2Keel Inteals Essentials – Processes and ThreadsMemory Management Inteals – EssentialsKeel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 1Keel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 2The CPU Scheduler – Part 1The CPU Scheduler – Part 2Keel Synchronization – Part 1Keel Synchronization – Part 2
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Gain both a firm practical understanding and sufficient theoretical insight into the inner workings of Linux keel inteals, lea to write high-quality keel module code, understand the complexities of keel synchronizationPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesDiscover how to write Linux keel and module code for real-world productsImplement industry-grade techniques in real-world scenarios for fast, efficient memory allocation and data synchronizationUnderstand and exploit keel architecture, CPU scheduling, and keel synchronization techniquesBook DescriptionThe 2nd Edition of Linux Keel Programming is an updated, comprehensive introduction for new programmers to the Linux keel. This book uses the recent 6.1 Long-Term Support (LTS) Linux keel series, which will be maintained until 2026, and also delves into its many new features. Further, the CIP has pledged to maintain and support this 6.1 Super LTS (SLTS) keel right until August 2033, keeping this book valid for years to come!In this new edition, you’ll begin this exciting jouey by leaing how to build the keel from source. You’ll then lea, step by step, how to write your first keel module by leveraging the keel’s powerful Loadable Keel Module (LKM) framework. With this foundation, you shall then get to delve into key keel inteals topics including Linux keel architecture, memory management, and CPU scheduling. You’ll finish with understanding the deep issues of concurrency, and gain insight into how they can be addressed with various locking technologies (mutexes, spinlocks, atomic / refcount operators, rw-spinlocks and even lock-free technologies such as per-CPU and RCU). By the end of this 2nd Edition book, you’ll have a better understanding of the fundamentals of writing Linux keel and keel module code that can straight away be used in real-world projects and products.What you will leaConfigure and build the 6.1 LTS keel from sourceWrite high-quality modular keel code (LKM framework) for 6.x keelsExplore mode Linux keel architectureGet to grips with key inteals details regarding memory management within the keelUnderstand and work with various dynamic keel memory alloc/dealloc APIsDiscover key inteals aspects regarding CPU scheduling within the keel, including cgroups v2Gain a deeper understanding of keel concurrency issuesLea how to work with key keel synchronization primitivesWho this book is forThis book is for beginner Linux programmers and developers looking to get started with the Linux keel, providing a knowledge base to understand required keel inteal topics and overcome frequent and common development issues.A basic understanding of Linux CLI and C programming is assumed.Table of ContentsKeel Workspace SetupBuilding the 5.x Linux Keel from Source – Part 1Building the 5.x Linux Keel from Source – Part 2Writing Your First Keel Module – LKMs Part 1Writing Your First Keel Module – LKMs Part 2Keel Inteals Essentials – Processes and ThreadsMemory Management Inteals – EssentialsKeel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 1Keel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 2The CPU Scheduler – Part 1The CPU Scheduler – Part 2Keel Synchronization – Part 1Keel Synchronization – Part 2