The Design of the Unix Operating System

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The Design of the Unix Operating System:
by Maurice J. Bach

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This book describes the internal algorithms and structures that form the basis of the operating system (the kernel) and their relationship to the programmer interface.

Among its key features, the book:

describes the outline of the kernel architecture

introduces the system buffer cache mechanism

includes data structures and algorithms used internally by the file system

covers the system calls that provide the user interface to the file system

defines the context of a process and investigates the internal kernel primitives that manipulate the process context

presents the system calls that control the process context

describes process scheduling

discusses memory management, including swapping and paging systems

outlines general driver interfaces, with specific discussion of disk drivers and terminal drivers

presents an overview of streams

introduces inter-process communication and networking, including system V messages, shared memory, and semaphores

explains tightly coupled multiprocessor UNIX systems

investigates distributed UNIX systems

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Page Count: 471
ISBN10: 0132017997
ISBN13: 9780132017992
Cover: Paperback
Media: None
Pub Date: 06/30/1986