Index
A
- absolute time / Time representation
- access control lists (ACLs) / Access control lists (ACLs)
- ACPI power management timer (ACPI PMT) / ACPI power management timer (ACPI PMT)
- action modifiers
- about / GFP mask
- __GFP_COLD / Action modifiers
- __GFP_NOWARN / Action modifiers
- __GFP_COMP / Action modifiers
- __GFP_ZERO / Action modifiers
- __GFP_NOTRACK / Action modifiers
- __GFP_NOTRACK_FALSE_POSITIVE / Action modifiers
- __GFP_OTHER_NODE / Action modifiers
- address space / The illusion called address space
- Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller(APIC)
- I/O APIC / Programmable interrupt controller
- about / Programmable interrupt controller
- Local APIC / Programmable interrupt controller
- API interface, POSIX message queues
- mq_open() / POSIX message queues
- mq_send() / POSIX message queues
- mq_timedsend() / POSIX message queues
- mq_receive() / POSIX message queues
- mq_timedreceive() / POSIX message queues
- mq_close() / POSIX message queues
- mq_unlink() / POSIX message queues
- mq_notify() / POSIX message queues
- mq_getattr() / POSIX message queues
- mq_setattr() / POSIX message queues
- asynchronous interrupts / Interrupt signals and vectors
- atomic operations
- about / Atomic operations
- integer operations / Atomic integer operations
- atomic bitwise operations / Atomic bitwise operations
B
- bitmap / Inode (index node)
- blocked queues / Blocked and pending queues
- block size / Metadata
- Buddy System / Page frame allocator, Buddy system
- buffer cache / struct address_space
C
- cache / struct address_space
- cache list / Cache management
- clone() / clone()
- code / Processes
- comm field / comm
- Completely Fair Scheduling class (CFS)
- about / Linux process scheduler design, Completely Fair Scheduling class (CFS)
- priorities, computing / Computing priorities and time slices under CFS
- time slices, computing / Computing priorities and time slices under CFS
- runqueue / CFS's runqueue
- group scheduling / Group scheduling
- entities, scheduling under many-core systems / Scheduling entities under many-core systems
- policies, scheduling / Scheduling policies
- completion locks
- about / Completion locks
- initialization / Initialization
- waiting for completion / Waiting for completion
- signalling / Signalling completion
- contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) / Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA)
- control groups (cgroups) / Namespaces and cgroups, Control groups (cgroups)
- control interfaces / Control interfaces
- copy-on-write (COW) / Copy-on-write (COW)
- copy_process() / do_fork() and copy_process()
- cpu interface / Programmable interrupt controller
- CPU local timer / CPU local timer
D
- data / Processes
- data structures / Operations
- deadline scheduling class / Deadline scheduling class (sporadic task model deadline scheduling)
- debugfs / Debugfs
- default action, kernel handler
- about / Signal delivery
- term / Signal delivery
- ign / Signal delivery
- core / Signal delivery
- stop / Signal delivery
- cont / Signal delivery
- deferred work
- about / Deferred work
- softirqs framework / Softirqs
- tasklet framework / Tasklets
- workqueues (wqs) framework / Workqueues
- delay functions / Software timers and delay functions, Delay functions
- dentry operations / Struct dentry
- device / Memory zones
- directories / Filesystem - high-level view
- direct pointers / Data block map
- direct references / Data block map
- distributor / Programmable interrupt controller
- do_fork() / do_fork() and copy_process()
- drivers / Memory zones
- dynamic priorities / Process priorities
- dynamic timers
- about / Dynamic timers
- creating / Dynamic timers
- activating / Dynamic timers
- resources, deallocating / Race conditions with dynamic timers
- handling / Dynamic timer handling
E
- elapsed time
- calculating / Calculating elapsed time
- entities
- scheduling, under many-core systems / Scheduling entities under many-core systems
- exclusion locks
- about / Introducing exclusion locks
- spinlocks / Spinlocks
- mutex locks / Mutex locks
- semaphores / Semaphores
- sequence locks / Sequence locks
- completion locks / Completion locks
- exit_code field / exit_code and exit_signal
- exit_signal field / exit_code and exit_signal
- extent / Data block map
- extent lists / Data block map
- ext family filesystems
- about / Ext family filesystems
- Ext2 / Ext2
- Ext3 / Ext3
- Ext4 / Ext4
F
- FIFOs
- about / FIFO, Pipes and FIFOs
- pipefs / pipefs
- file descriptor / File open and close operations
- file descriptor table
- key elements / File descriptor table - key elements
- fs field / fs
- files field / files
- files / Filesystem - high-level view
- filesystem interface
- about / Common filesystem interface
- VFS, structures / VFS structures and operations
- VFS, operations / VFS structures and operations
- filesystems
- about / Filesystem - high-level view
- metadata / Metadata
- operations / Operations
- features / Additional features
- extended file attributes / Extended file attributes
- indexing / Extended file attributes
- consistency / Filesystem consistency and crash recovery
- crash recovery / Filesystem consistency and crash recovery
- ACLs / Access control lists (ACLs)
- filesystems, Linux kernel
- about / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- storage filesystems / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- disk filesystems / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- removable media filesystems / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- semiconductor storage filesystems / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- ext family filesystems / Ext family filesystems
- flag bits / Process memory descriptor
- flag constants
- PG_locked / Flags
- PG_error / Flags
- PG_referenced / Flags
- PG_uptodate / Flags
- PG_dirty / Flags
- PG_lru / Flags
- PG_active / Flags
- PG_slab / Flags
- PG_reserved / Flags
- PG_private / Flags
- PG_writeback / Flags
- PG_head / Flags
- PG_swapcache / Flags
- PG_mappedtodisk / Flags
- PG_swapbacked / Flags
- PG_unevictable / Flags
- PG_mlocked / Flags
- flags field / flags
- fork() / fork()
- fragmentation / Memory zones
- function interfaces, POSIX semaphores
- about / POSIX semaphores
- sem_open() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_init() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_post() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_wait() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_timedwait() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_getvalue() / POSIX semaphores
- sem_unlink() / POSIX semaphores
G
- generic interrupt controller(GIC) / Programmable interrupt controller
- Generic Scheduler / Linux process scheduler design
- GFP mask
- about / GFP mask
- zone modifiers / Zone modifiers
- page mobility and placement flags / Page mobility and placement
- watermark modifiers / Watermark modifiers
- page reclaim modifiers / Page reclaim modifiers
- action modifiers / Action modifiers
- type flags / Type flags
- group scheduling / Group scheduling
H
- hardware abstraction
- about / Hardware abstraction
- elapsed time, calculating / Calculating elapsed time
- hardware interrupt / Interrupt signals and vectors
- heap / Process address space
- high-level interrupt-management interfaces
- about / High-level interrupt-management interfaces
- interrupt handler, registering / Registering an interrupt handler
- interrupt handler, deregistering / Deregistering an interrupt handler
- threaded interrupt handlers / Threaded interrupt handlers
- control interfaces / Control interfaces
- IRQ stacks / IRQ stacks
- high precision event timer (HPET) / High-precision event timer (HPET)
I
- I/O bound process / Process priorities
- index / Inode (index node)
- indirect block / Data block map
- indirect pointer / Data block map
- initializer routine / Spinlocks
- inode table / Inode (index node)
- instruction pointer (ip) / Setting up user-mode handler frames
- integer operations / Atomic integer operations
- inter-processor interrupts (IPIs) / Programmable interrupt controller
- interrupt
- software interrupts / Interrupt signals and vectors
- disabling, macros used / Control interfaces
- handling / Tick and interrupt handling
- interrupt controller operations / Interrupt controller operations
- interrupt descriptor table (IDT) / Interrupt signals and vectors
- interrupted system calls
- restarting / Restarting interrupted system calls
- no restart / Restarting interrupted system calls
- auto restart / Restarting interrupted system calls
- explicit restart / Restarting interrupted system calls
- interrupt handler
- registering / Registering an interrupt handler
- deregistering / Deregistering an interrupt handler
- Interrupt Request lines (IRQ) / Programmable interrupt controller
- interrupt service / Interrupt signals and vectors
- interrupt service routine (ISR) / Interrupt signals and vectors
- interrupt signals / Interrupt signals and vectors
- interrupt vectors / Interrupt signals and vectors
- interrupt vector tables / Interrupt signals and vectors
- IPC namespaces / IPC namespaces
- IRQ descriptor table / IRQ descriptor table
- IRQ stacks / IRQ stacks
J
- jiffies variable / Jiffies
- journal block / Filesystem consistency and crash recovery
- journal checksums / Ext4
- journaling / Filesystem consistency and crash recovery
- journaling modes
K
- kernel-defined default handler routines
- actions / Signals
- kernel bootstrap / Initialization operations
- kernel handler / Signals
- kernel modules (LKM)
- about / Kernel modules
- functionalities / Kernel modules
- elements / Elements of an LKM
- binary layout / Binary layout of a LKM
- load operation / Load and unload operations
- unload operation / Load and unload operations
- data structures / Module data structures
- memory layout / Memory layout
- kernel space
- about / Kernel and user space
- process / Process context
- kernel stack
- about / Kernel stack
- overflow, issues / The issue of stack overflow
- kernel threads
- about / Kernel threads
- copy_process() / do_fork() and copy_process()
- do_fork() / do_fork() and copy_process()
- kmalloc caches / Kmalloc caches
L
- light weight process (LWP) / Linux support for threads
- linear addresses / Page frame allocator
- Linux
- supporting, for threads / Linux support for threads
- clone() / clone()
- Linux kernel
- filesystems / Filesystems in the Linux kernel
- Linux process scheduler design / Linux process scheduler design
- load operation / Load and unload operations
- locking reader / Sequence locks
- lock routine / Spinlocks
M
- memory / Memory zones
- memory allocators
- about / Memory allocators
- page frame allocator / Page frame allocator
- GFP mask / GFP mask
- slab allocator / Slab allocator
- vmalloc / Vmalloc
- contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) / Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA)
- memory nodes
- about / Memory nodes
- node descriptor structure / Node descriptor structure
- zone descriptor structure / Zone descriptor structure
- memory zones / Memory zones
- message queues
- about / Message queues
- system V message queues / System V message queues
- POSIX message queues / POSIX message queues
- metadata, filesystem
- about / Metadata
- inode / Inode (index node)
- data block map / Data block map
- directories / Directories
- superblock / Superblock
- mmap / Process address space
- modutils / Load and unload operations
- monotonic time / Time representation
- mount namespaces / Mount namespaces
- mount operation / Mount and unmount operations
- multi-faceted / Process priorities
- multi-level indexing / Data block map
- mutex locks / Mutex locks
- checks, debugging / Debug checks and validations
- validations, debugging / Debug checks and validations
- wait/wound mutexes / Wait/wound mutexes
N
- named pipes / Pipes and FIFOs
- namespaces
- about / Namespaces and cgroups
- mount namespaces / Mount namespaces
- UTS namespaces / UTS namespaces
- IPC namespaces / IPC namespaces
- PID namespace / PID namespaces
- network namespaces / Network namespaces
- user namespaces / User namespaces
- cgroup namespace / Cgroup namespaces
- network namespaces / Network namespaces
- node descriptor structure
- node_zones / Node descriptor structure
- node_zonelists / Node descriptor structure
- nr_zones / Node descriptor structure
- node_mem_map / Node descriptor structure
- bdata / Node descriptor structure
- node_start_pfn / Node descriptor structure
- node_present_pages / Node descriptor structure
- node_id / Node descriptor structure
- node_spanned_pages / Node descriptor structure
- kswapd_wait / Node descriptor structure
- kswapd / Node descriptor structure
- totalreserve_pages / Node descriptor structure
- nodes
- about / Zones and nodes
- memory nodes / Memory nodes
- Non-Uniform Memory Access Architecture (NUMA) / Memory nodes
O
- object cache / Slab allocator, Object caches
- operations
- initialization / Initialization operations
- page descriptor / Page descriptor
- operations, filesystem
- about / Operations
- mount operation / Mount and unmount operations
- unmount operation / Mount and unmount operations
- file creation operation / File creation and deletion operations
- file deletion operation / File creation and deletion operations
- file closing operation / File open and close operations
- file opening operation / File open and close operations
- file reading operation / File read and write operations
- file writing operations / File read and write operations
- optimistic spinning (midpath) / Mutex locks
- ordered mode / Ext3
P
- PaaS (platform as a service) / Namespaces and cgroups
- page cache / struct address_space
- page descriptor
- about / Page descriptor
- flag constants / Flags
- mapping / Mapping
- page faults / Process address space
- page frame allocator
- about / Page frame allocator
- Buddy System / Buddy system
- page frames / Page descriptor
- page migration
- about / Buddy system
- unmovable pages / Buddy system
- reclaimable pages / Buddy system
- movable pages / Buddy system
- page mobility and placement flags
- about / GFP mask, Page mobility and placement
- __GFP_RECLAIMABLE / Page mobility and placement
- __GFP_WRITE / Page mobility and placement
- __GFP_HARDWALL / Page mobility and placement
- __GFP_THISNODE / Page mobility and placement
- __GFP_ACCOUNT / Page mobility and placement
- page reclaim algorithms / Page reclaim modifiers
- page reclaim modifiers / Page reclaim modifiers
- about / GFP mask
- __GFP_IO / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_FS / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_RECLAIM / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_REPEAT / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_NOFAIL / Page reclaim modifiers
- __GFP_NORETRY / Page reclaim modifiers
- page structure / Page descriptor
- page tables / Page tables
- paging / Initialization operations
- pending queues / Blocked and pending queues
- persistent memories / Memory zones
- pid field /
- PID namespace / PID namespaces
- pipes
- about / Pipes and FIFOs
- pipefs / pipefs
- policies
- scheduling / Scheduling policies
- POSIX clocks
- about / POSIX clocks
- CLOCK_REALTIME / POSIX clocks
- CLOCK_MONOTONIC / POSIX clocks
- CLOCK_BOOTTIME / POSIX clocks
- POSIX message queues / POSIX message queues
- POSIX semaphores / POSIX semaphores
- POSIX shared memory
- about / POSIX shared memory
- interfaces / POSIX shared memory
- private memory mapping / Process address space
- process-communication / Raising signals from a program
- process address space
- about / Process address space
- stack segment / Process address space
- mmap segment / Process address space
- heap segment / Process address space
- BSS segment / Process address space
- data segment / Process address space
- text segment / Process address space
- process memory descriptor / Process memory descriptor
- page tables / Page tables
- process attributes
- about / Process attributes - key elements
- key elements / Process attributes - key elements
- state / state
- pid field /
- tgid field / tgid
- thread_info / thread info
- flags field / flags
- exit_signal field / exit_code and exit_signal
- exit_code field / exit_code and exit_signal
- comm field / comm
- ptrace / ptrace
- process defined handler / Signals
- process descriptors
- about / Process descriptors
- attributes / Process attributes - key elements
- relations / Process relations - key elements
- scheduling attributes / Scheduling attributes - key elements
- limits / Process limits - key elements
- file descriptor table / File descriptor table - key elements
- signal descriptor / Signal descriptor - key elements
- processes
- about / Processes
- address space / The illusion called address space
- Kernel space / Kernel and user space
- user space / Kernel and user space
- creating / Process creation
- fork() / fork()
- copy-on-write (COW) / Copy-on-write (COW)
- exec / exec
- vfork() / vfork()
- threads, Linux supporting / Linux support for threads
- process limits
- key elements / Process limits - key elements
- process memory descriptor
- about / Process memory descriptor
- virtual memory areas, managing / Managing virtual memory areas
- struct address_space / struct address_space
- processor affinity calls / Processor affinity calls
- processor bound process / Process priorities
- process preemption / Process preemption
- process priorities
- about / Process priorities
- dynamic priorities / Process priorities
- static priorities / Process priorities
- process relations
- key element / Process relations - key elements
- parent pointer / real_parent and parent
- real_parent pointer / real_parent and parent
- children pointer / children
- sibling pointer / sibling
- group_leader pointer / group_leader
- process schedulers
- about / Process schedulers
- task / Process schedulers
- entry point / The scheduler's entry point
- process states / state
- process status
- about / Process status and termination
- wait / wait
- process termination
- about / Process status and termination
- exit / exit
- process time / Time representation
- procfs
- programmable interrupt controller (PIC)
- about / Programmable interrupt controller
- interrupt controller operations / Interrupt controller operations
- IRQ descriptor table / IRQ descriptor table
- programmable interrupt timer (PIT) / Programmable interrupt timer (PIT)
- protected mode / Initialization operations
- ptrace field / ptrace
Q
- queued signals
- waiting / Waiting for queued signals
R
- read-modify-write (RMW) / Atomic integer operations
- real-time clock (RTC) / Real-time clock (RTC)
- real-time group scheduling / Real-time group scheduling
- real-time scheduling class
- about / Real-time scheduling class
- FIFO / FIFO
- round-robin policy / RR
- deadline scheduling class / Deadline scheduling class (sporadic task model deadline scheduling)
- real mode / Initialization operations
- real mode kernel / Initialization operations
- relative time / Time representation
- reset vector / Initialization operations
- rootfs / Common filesystem interface, Pipes and FIFOs
- round-robin policy / RR
- runqueue
S
- scheduler classes
- about / Scheduler classes
- enqueue_task / Scheduler classes
- dequeue_task / Scheduler classes
- yield_task / Scheduler classes
- pick_next_task / Scheduler classes
- scheduling attributes
- key elements / Scheduling attributes - key elements
- prio / prio and static_prio
- static_prio / prio and static_prio
- se / se, rt, and dl
- rt / se, rt, and dl
- dl / se, rt, and dl
- policy field / policy
- cpus_allowed field / cpus_allowed
- rt_priority / rt_priority
- scheduling entity / Group scheduling
- scheduling period / Group scheduling
- second extended filesystem (Ext2) / Ext family filesystems, Ext2
- sectors / Metadata
- semaphores
- about / Semaphores, Semaphores
- system V semaphores / System V semaphores
- POSIX semaphores / POSIX semaphores
- reader-writer semaphores / Reader-writer semaphores
- sequence locks
- API / API
- sequence reader / Sequence locks
- shared memory
- about / Shared memory
- system V shared memory / System V shared memory
- allocating / Allocating shared memory
- attaching / Attaching a shared memory
- detaching / Detaching shared memory
- POSIX shared memory / POSIX shared memory
- shared peripheral interrupts(SPI) / Programmable interrupt controller
- shrinker interface / Page mobility and placement
- siblings / Process relations - key elements
- sigaction / Signal delivery
- signal-generation calls / Signal-generation calls
- signal-management APIs
- about / Signal-management APIs
- attribute flags / Signal-management APIs
- signals, raising from program / Raising signals from a program
- queued signals, waiting / Waiting for queued signals
- signal data structures
- about / Signal data structures
- signal descriptors / Signal descriptors
- pending queues / Blocked and pending queues
- blocked queues / Blocked and pending queues
- Signal handler descriptor / Signal handler descriptor
- signal delivery
- about / Signal generation and delivery, Signal delivery
- user-mode handlers, executing / Executing user-mode handlers
- user-mode handler frames, setting up / Setting up user-mode handler frames
- signal descriptor
- key elements / Signal descriptor - key elements
- signals / signal
- sighand / sighand
- sigset_t blocked / sigset_t blocked, real_blocked
- real_blocked / sigset_t blocked, real_blocked
- pending / pending
- sas_ss_sp / sas_ss_sp
- sas_ss_size / sas_ss_size
- about / Signal descriptors
- signal disposition
- signal generation / Signal generation and delivery
- Signal handler descriptor / Signal handler descriptor
- signals
- about / Signals
- raising, from program / Raising signals from a program
- slab allocator
- about / Slab allocator
- kmalloc caches / Kmalloc caches
- object cache / Object caches
- object caches / Object caches
- cache management / Cache management
- cache layout / Cache layout - generic
- data structures / Slub data structures
- slab caches / Slab allocator
- slab core / Cache management
- slab descriptor / Cache layout - generic
- sleeping locks / Mutex locks
- slub / Cache management
- softirqs framework / Deferred work, Softirqs
- software timer
- about / Software timers and delay functions
- dynamic timers / Dynamic timers
- dynamic timers, resources deallocating / Race conditions with dynamic timers
- dynamic timers, handling / Dynamic timer handling
- special filesystems
- about / Special filesystems
- procfs / Procfs
- sysfs / Sysfs
- debugfs / Debugfs
- spinlocks
- about / Spinlocks
- alternate spinlock APIs / Alternate spinlock APIs
- reader-writer spinlocks / Reader-writer spinlocks
- interface operations / Reader-writer spinlocks
- sporadic process / Deadline scheduling class (sporadic task model deadline scheduling)
- stack / Processes
- stack frames / Process address space
- stack pointer (sp) / Setting up user-mode handler frames
- static priorities / Process priorities
- struct inode
- lookup / struct inode
- create / struct inode
- link / struct inode
- unlink / struct inode
- mkdir / struct inode
- mknod / struct inode
- listxattr / struct inode
- update_time / struct inode
- other operations / struct inode
- struct superblock
- alloc_inode / struct superblock
- destroy_inode / struct superblock
- dirty_inode / struct superblock
- write_inode / struct superblock
- put_super / struct superblock
- sync_fs / struct superblock
- statfs / struct superblock
- remount_fs / struct superblock
- umount_begin / struct superblock
- show_options / struct superblock
- quota_read / struct superblock
- superblock / Superblock
- elements / struct superblock
- synchronous interrupts / Interrupt signals and vectors
- sysfs / Sysfs
- sysfs, subdirectories
- system calls, scheduler
- about / Scheduler related system calls
- processor affinity calls / Processor affinity calls
- system V message queues
- about / System V message queues
- data structures / Data structures
- system V semaphores
- about / System V semaphores
- data structures / Data structures
- system V shared memory
- about / System V shared memory, Operation interfaces
- data structures / Data structures
T
- tags / struct address_space
- tasklet framework / Deferred work, Tasklets
- task_struct / Kernel stack
- tgid field / tgid
- third extended filesystem (Ext3) / Ext3
- thread / Linux support for threads
- threaded interrupt handlers / Threaded interrupt handlers
- thread_info / thread info, Kernel stack
- tick
- about / Programmable interrupt timer (PIT)
- handling / Tick and interrupt handling
- tick devices / Tick devices
- tick rate / Programmable interrupt timer (PIT)
- time
- maintaining / Tracking and maintaining time
- tracking / Tracking and maintaining time
- timekeeping data structures
- about / Linux timekeeping data structures, macros, and helper routines
- jiffies / Jiffies
- timeval / Timeval and timespec
- timespec / Timeval and timespec
- time, tracking / Tracking and maintaining time
- time, maintaining / Tracking and maintaining time
- interrupt, handling / Tick and interrupt handling
- tick, handling / Tick and interrupt handling
- tick devices / Tick devices
- timekeeping helper routines / Linux timekeeping data structures, macros, and helper routines
- timekeeping macros / Linux timekeeping data structures, macros, and helper routines
- time representation
- about / Time representation
- wall time / Time representation
- process time / Time representation
- monotonic time / Time representation
- timespec / Timeval and timespec
- timestamp counter (TSC) / Timestamp counter (TSC)
- timeval / Timeval and timespec
- timing hardware
- about / Timing hardware
- real-time clock (RTC) / Real-time clock (RTC)
- timestamp counter (TSC) / Timestamp counter (TSC)
- programmable interrupt timer (PIT) / Programmable interrupt timer (PIT)
- CPU local timer / CPU local timer
- high precision event timer (HPET) / High-precision event timer (HPET)
- ACPI power management timer (ACPI PMT) / ACPI power management timer (ACPI PMT)
- triple-indirection pointer / Data block map
- type flags
- about / Type flags
- list / Type flags
U
- udev / Sysfs
- undoable operations / System V semaphores
- Uniform Memory Access Architecture (UMA) / Memory nodes
- unit / Slab allocator
- unload operation / Load and unload operations
- unlock routine / Spinlocks
- unmount operation / Mount and unmount operations
- unnamed pipes / Pipes and FIFOs
- user-mode handler frames
- setting up / Setting up user-mode handler frames
- user-mode handlers
- executing / Executing user-mode handlers
- user namespaces / User namespaces
- UTS namespaces / UTS namespaces
V
- vfork() / vfork()
- virtual addressing / Initialization operations
- virtual address space / The illusion called address space
- virtual file system (VFS)
- about / Common filesystem interface
- structures / VFS structures and operations
- operations / VFS structures and operations
- struct superblock / struct superblock
- struct inode / struct inode
- struct dentry / Struct dentry
- struct file / struct file
- virtual memory / The illusion called address space
- virtual memory areas (VMA)
- managing / Managing virtual memory areas
- locating / Locating a VMA
- regions, merging / Merging VMA regions
- vmalloc / Vmalloc
- vmalloc range / The issue of stack overflow
W
- wait/wound mutexes
- about / Wait/wound mutexes
- operation interfaces / Operation interfaces:
- wall time / Time representation
- watermark modifiers
- about / GFP mask, Watermark modifiers
- __GFP_ATOMIC / Watermark modifiers
- __GFP_HIGH / Watermark modifiers
- __GFP_MEMALLOC / Watermark modifiers
- __GFP_NOMEMALLOC / Watermark modifiers
- workqueues (wqs) framework
- about / Deferred work, Workqueues
- interface API / Interface API
- creating / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_UNBOUND / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_FREEZABLE / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_MEM_RECLAIM / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_HIGHPRI / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE / Creating dedicated workqueues
- WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT / Creating dedicated workqueues
- wrapper / Page frame allocator
- writeback mode / Ext3
Z
- zone descriptor structure
- fields / Zone descriptor structure
- watermark / Zone descriptor structure
- nr_reserved_highatomic / Zone descriptor structure
- lowmem_reserve / Zone descriptor structure
- zone_pgdat / Zone descriptor structure
- pageset / Zone descriptor structure
- free_area / Zone descriptor structure
- flags / Zone descriptor structure
- zone_start_pfn / Zone descriptor structure
- vm_stat / Zone descriptor structure
- zone modifiers / Zone modifiers
- zones
- about / Zones and nodes, Memory zones
- memory zones / Memory zones