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Hands-On System Programming with Linux
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Hands-On System Programming with Linux

by Kaiwan N. Billimoria, Tigran Aivazian
October 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
794 pages
19h 23m
English
Packt Publishing
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What this book covers

Chapter 1, Linux System Architecture, covers the key basics: the Unix design philosophy and the Linux system architecture. Along the way, other important aspects—CPU privilege levels, the processor ABI, and what system calls really are—are dealt with.

Chapter 2, Virtual Memory, dives into clearing up common misconceptions about what virtual memory really is and why it is key to modern OS design; the layout of the process virtual address space is covered too.

Chapter 3, Resource Limits, delves into the topic of per-process resource limits and the APIs governing their usage.

Chapter 4, Dynamic Memory Allocation, initially covers the basics of the popular malloc family of APIs, then dives into more advanced aspects, such ...

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