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Mastering Embedded Linux Development - Fourth Edition
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Mastering Embedded Linux Development - Fourth Edition

by Frank Vasquez, Chris Simmonds
May 2025
Intermediate to advanced
710 pages
16h 33m
English
Packt Publishing
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Real-Time Programming

Much of the interaction between a computer system and the real world happens in real time, and so this is an important topic for developers of embedded systems. I have touched on real-time programming in several places so far: in Chapter 17, we looked at scheduling policies and priority inversion, and in Chapter 18, I described the problems with page faults and the need for memory locking. Now it is time to bring these topics together and look at real-time programming in some depth.

In this chapter, I will begin with a discussion about the characteristics of real-time systems, and then consider the implications for system design, at both the application and kernel levels. I will describe the real-time PREEMPT_RT kernel ...

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