Linux Core Kernel Commentary

• Adopts and extends the method used by the famous Lion's Commentary on Unix, (ISBN 1-57398-013-7) which still is a much sought after title even 20 years after publication.
  
• Uses a horizontal format (11” x 8 3/8” trim size) which allows for exhaustive cross-referencing, space for easy-to-read columns of code, and the book to stay flat while open.
  
• Over 39,000 lines of code are excerpted and explained in detail.
  
• Includes extensive cross-referencing and architectural flow charts to enhance understanding of the structure of the code.
  
• Linux Core Kernel Commentary is currently the only commentary-style book available on the Linux core kernel.
  
• Covers the newest 2.2 version of the Linux kernel, released in January 1999.
  

• Includes the Linux code.
  
• Includes software that allows the code to be easily searched for specific features.
  

Linux Core Kernel Commentary is divided into two parts: code and commentary. The code is listed and numbered sequentially and corresponds to the commentary in the second part of the book. In addition, the commentary is cross-referenced back to the code in the first part of the book.
Covers the following main subsystems of the Linux kernel: Memory Manager, Process Scheduler, and Inter-Process Communication. Also covers interrupts, signals, system initialization, symmetric multiprocessing, and the sysctl interface.

About the author

Scott Maxwell (Pasadena, CA) holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as Bachelor's
degrees in Computer Science and English from East Carolina University.
Since 1994, he has been a Unix software developer at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. He has used Unix since 1990 and Linux since early 1997.