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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