English | 2018 | ISBN: 978-1788998475 | 794 Pages | PDF, EPUB | 37 MB
Get up and running with system programming concepts in Linux
The Linux OS and its embedded and server applications are critical components of today’s software infrastructure in a decentralized, networked universe. The industry’s demand for proficient Linux developers is only rising with time. Hands-On System Programming with Linux gives you a solid theoretical base and practical industry-relevant descriptions, and covers the Linux system programming domain. It delves into the art and science of Linux application programming― system architecture, process memory and management, signaling, timers, pthreads, and file IO.
This book goes beyond the use API X to do Y approach; it explains the concepts and theories required to understand programming interfaces and design decisions, the tradeoffs made by experienced developers when using them, and the rationale behind them. Troubleshooting tips and techniques are included in the concluding chapter.
By the end of this book, you will have gained essential conceptual design knowledge and hands-on experience working with Linux system programming interfaces.
What you will learn
- Explore the theoretical underpinnings of Linux system architecture
- Understand why modern OSes use virtual memory and dynamic memory APIs
- Get to grips with dynamic memory issues and effectively debug them
- Learn key concepts and powerful system APIs related to process management
- Effectively perform file IO and use signaling and timers
- Deeply understand multithreading concepts, pthreads APIs, synchronization and scheduling
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