Index

64-bit atomic operations, 180-181

A

absolute time, 207

abstraction layer, VFS (Virtual Filesystem), 262-263

account_process_tick() function, 219

action modifiers, gfp_mask flags, 239-240

action string, Kernel Event Layer, 361

activate task() function, 61

address intervals

creating, 318-320

removing, 320

address_space object, page caches, 326-328

address_space operations, page caches, 328-330

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 409

advisory locks, 166

AIX (IBM), 2

algorithms, 109-111

asymptotic behavior, 109

big-o notation, 109

big-theta notation, 109-110

clairvoyant, 325

complexity, 109-110

time complexity, 110-111

listing of, 110-111

process scheduler, 46-50

scalability, 109

scheduling algorithms, priority-based scheduling, ...

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