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Asked: 2026-05-15T21:59:24+00:00

I would like to learn about linux/Unix kernel programming for scalable multi processors (smps).

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I would like to learn about linux/Unix kernel programming for scalable multi processors (smps). I found this book UNIX(R) Systems for Modern Architectures http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Systems-Modern-Architectures-Multiprocessing/dp/0201633388/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3 . Is there any other good resources or a better book since its released in 1994. Thank you very much in advance.

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    Definitely buy this excellent book! You will get thorough introduction into:

    • caches, their types, and how to deal with them in the kernel,
    • synchronization and what hardware primitives are behind it,
    • general kernel designs as related to concurrency (cli/sti, giant lock, cli+spinlock, etc.)

    The book is general enough not to be out of date by now. The only thing I don’t remember mentioned there is NUMA, but I don’t think there are any good published texts on this subjects yet except for maybe Gorman’s Linux memman paper (somebody correct me if I’m wrong here).

    I think the book was really worth the money.

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