Unix Internals chapter

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This is text and figures from the chapter “UNIX Internals” on pages 137 to 170 of Mastering Tools, Taming Daemons: UNIX for the Wizard Apprentice published in 1995 by Manning Publications.

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Other references

• The source
  • The Linux Kernel Archives
  • /csciloc/linux/kernel at the CSCI workstataions
  • Kernel/Compile for Ubuntu
  • Kernel, Module and Device Configuration for RHEL 6
• Linux books available at Safari
  • Understanding the Linux Kernel by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati, published by O’Reilly Media, ISBN-13 978-0-596-00565-8
  • Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman, published by O’Reilly Media, ISBN-13 978-0-596-10079-7

Interesting kernel files

• include/linux/sched.h
• arch/ia64/include/asm/thread_info.h
• arch/x64/include/asm/thread_info.h
• include/linux/pid.h