The design of the UNIX operating system /
Bach, Maurice J.
The design of the UNIX operating system / Maurice J. Bach. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1986. - xiv, 471 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Prentice-Hall software series .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 454-457.
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTCM
1.1 HISTORY
1.2 SYSTEM STRUCTURE
1.3 USER PERSPECTIVE
1.4 operating system SERVICES
1.5 ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HARDWARE
1.6 SUMMARY
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE KERNEL
2.1 ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNIX OPERATING
SYSTEM
2.2 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM CONCEPTS
2.3 KERNEL DATA STRUCTURES
2.4 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 THE BUFFER CACHE
3.1 BUFFER HEADERS
3.2 STRUCTURE OF THE BUFFER POOL
3.3 SCENARIOS FOR RETRIEVAL OF A BUFFER
3.4 READING AND WRITING DISK BLOCKS
3.5 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE BUFFER
CACHE
CHAPTER 4 INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF FILES
4.1 INODES
4.2 STRUCTURE OF A REGULAR FILE
4.3 DIRECTORIES
4.4 CONVERSION OF A PATH NAME TO AN INODE
4.5 SUPER BLOCK
4.6 INODE ASSIGNMENT TO A NEW FILE
4.7 ALLOCATION OF DISK BLOCKS4.8
OTHER FILE TYPES
CHAPTER 5 SYSTEM CALLS FOR THE HLE SYSTEM
5.1 OPEN
5.2 READ
5.3 WRITE
5.4 FILE AND RECORD LOCKING
5.5 ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF FILE I/O - LSEEK
5.6 CLOSE
5.7 FILE CREATION
5.8 CREATION OF SPECIAL FILES
5.9 CHANGE DIRECTORY AND CHANGE ROOT
5.10 CHANGE OWNER AND CHANGE MODE
5.11 STATANDFSTAT
5.12 PIPES
5.13 DUP
5.14 MOUNTING AND UNMOUNTING FILE SYSTEMS
5.15 LINK
5.16 UNLINK
5.17 FILE SYSTEM ABSTRACTIONS
5.18 FILE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 6 THE STRUCTURE OF PROCESSES
6.1 PROCESS STATES AND TRANSITIONS
6.2 LAYOUT OF SYSTEM MEMORY
6.3 THE CONTEXT OF A PRCX:ESS .
6.4 SAVING THE CONTEXT OF A PROCESS "
6.5 MANIPULATION OF THE PROCESS ADDRESS
SPACE
6.6 SLEEP
CHAPTER 7 PROCESS CONTROL
7.1 PROCESS CREATION
7.2 SIGNALS
7.3 PROCESS TERMINATION
7.4 AWAITING PROCESS TERMINATION
7.5 INVOKING OTHER PROGRAMS
7.6 THE USER ID OF A PROCESS
7.7 CHANGING THE SIZE OF A PROCESS
7.8 THE SHELL
7.9 SYSTEM BOOT AND THE INIT PROCESS
CHAPTER 8 PROCESS SCHEDULING AND TIME
8.1 PROCESS SCHEDULING
8.2 SYSTEM CALLS FOR TIME
8.3 CLOCK
CHAPTER 9 MEMORY MANAGEMENT POLICIES
9.1 SWAPPING
9.2 DEMAND PAGING
9.3 A HYBRID SYSTEM WITH SWAPPING AND DEMAND
PAGjNG
CHAPTER 10 THE I/O SUBSYSTEM
10.1 DRIVER INTERFACES
10.2 DISK DRIVERS
10.3 TERMINAL DRIVERS
10.4 STREAMS
CHAPTER 11 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION
11.1 PROCESS TRACING
11.2 SYSTEM VIPC . .
11.3 NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
11.4 SOCKETS
CHAPTER 12 MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
12.1 PROBLEM OF MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
12 2 SOLUTION WITH MASTER AND SLAVE
PROCESSORS
12.3 SOLUTION WITH SEMAPHORES
12.4 THE TUNIS SYSTEM
12.5 PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER 13 DISTRIBUTED UNIX SYSTEMS
13.1 SATELLITE PROCESSORS
13.2 Tl^E NEWCASTLE CONNECTION
13:3 TRANSPARENT DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS
13^ A TRANSPARENT DISTRIBUTED MODEL WITHOUT STUB
PROCESSES
9788120305168 (pb)
005.43 / BAC/D
The design of the UNIX operating system / Maurice J. Bach. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1986. - xiv, 471 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Prentice-Hall software series .
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 454-457.
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTCM
1.1 HISTORY
1.2 SYSTEM STRUCTURE
1.3 USER PERSPECTIVE
1.4 operating system SERVICES
1.5 ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HARDWARE
1.6 SUMMARY
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE KERNEL
2.1 ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNIX OPERATING
SYSTEM
2.2 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM CONCEPTS
2.3 KERNEL DATA STRUCTURES
2.4 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 THE BUFFER CACHE
3.1 BUFFER HEADERS
3.2 STRUCTURE OF THE BUFFER POOL
3.3 SCENARIOS FOR RETRIEVAL OF A BUFFER
3.4 READING AND WRITING DISK BLOCKS
3.5 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE BUFFER
CACHE
CHAPTER 4 INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF FILES
4.1 INODES
4.2 STRUCTURE OF A REGULAR FILE
4.3 DIRECTORIES
4.4 CONVERSION OF A PATH NAME TO AN INODE
4.5 SUPER BLOCK
4.6 INODE ASSIGNMENT TO A NEW FILE
4.7 ALLOCATION OF DISK BLOCKS4.8
OTHER FILE TYPES
CHAPTER 5 SYSTEM CALLS FOR THE HLE SYSTEM
5.1 OPEN
5.2 READ
5.3 WRITE
5.4 FILE AND RECORD LOCKING
5.5 ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF FILE I/O - LSEEK
5.6 CLOSE
5.7 FILE CREATION
5.8 CREATION OF SPECIAL FILES
5.9 CHANGE DIRECTORY AND CHANGE ROOT
5.10 CHANGE OWNER AND CHANGE MODE
5.11 STATANDFSTAT
5.12 PIPES
5.13 DUP
5.14 MOUNTING AND UNMOUNTING FILE SYSTEMS
5.15 LINK
5.16 UNLINK
5.17 FILE SYSTEM ABSTRACTIONS
5.18 FILE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 6 THE STRUCTURE OF PROCESSES
6.1 PROCESS STATES AND TRANSITIONS
6.2 LAYOUT OF SYSTEM MEMORY
6.3 THE CONTEXT OF A PRCX:ESS .
6.4 SAVING THE CONTEXT OF A PROCESS "
6.5 MANIPULATION OF THE PROCESS ADDRESS
SPACE
6.6 SLEEP
CHAPTER 7 PROCESS CONTROL
7.1 PROCESS CREATION
7.2 SIGNALS
7.3 PROCESS TERMINATION
7.4 AWAITING PROCESS TERMINATION
7.5 INVOKING OTHER PROGRAMS
7.6 THE USER ID OF A PROCESS
7.7 CHANGING THE SIZE OF A PROCESS
7.8 THE SHELL
7.9 SYSTEM BOOT AND THE INIT PROCESS
CHAPTER 8 PROCESS SCHEDULING AND TIME
8.1 PROCESS SCHEDULING
8.2 SYSTEM CALLS FOR TIME
8.3 CLOCK
CHAPTER 9 MEMORY MANAGEMENT POLICIES
9.1 SWAPPING
9.2 DEMAND PAGING
9.3 A HYBRID SYSTEM WITH SWAPPING AND DEMAND
PAGjNG
CHAPTER 10 THE I/O SUBSYSTEM
10.1 DRIVER INTERFACES
10.2 DISK DRIVERS
10.3 TERMINAL DRIVERS
10.4 STREAMS
CHAPTER 11 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION
11.1 PROCESS TRACING
11.2 SYSTEM VIPC . .
11.3 NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
11.4 SOCKETS
CHAPTER 12 MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
12.1 PROBLEM OF MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
12 2 SOLUTION WITH MASTER AND SLAVE
PROCESSORS
12.3 SOLUTION WITH SEMAPHORES
12.4 THE TUNIS SYSTEM
12.5 PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER 13 DISTRIBUTED UNIX SYSTEMS
13.1 SATELLITE PROCESSORS
13.2 Tl^E NEWCASTLE CONNECTION
13:3 TRANSPARENT DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS
13^ A TRANSPARENT DISTRIBUTED MODEL WITHOUT STUB
PROCESSES
9788120305168 (pb)
005.43 / BAC/D