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By attending UNIX Internals workshop, Participants will learn:

User Mode and Kernel Mode
Kernel Compilation and Tools
Modules
Kernel API Overview
Synchronization
Kernel Debugging – Tools and Techniques
Interrupts
Memory Management
Processes
The Scheduler
Kernel Timing
Kernel Initialization
Kernel Dumps
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Realtime Kernel
Working with the Developer Community

The UNIX Internals Training course provides experienced developers an intensive, low-level examination of the Linux kernel architecture.

Topics include kernel compilation, debugging tools and techniques, and internal kernel APIs, including synchronization, process management, and memory management. These topics provide a solid understanding of the kernel’s architecture.

Experience in C programming
Knowledge of systems programming in a UNIX or Linux environment
Register-level hardware programming knowledge is recommended but not required
Familiarity with basic tools, such as vi, Emacs, and ?le utilities
Familiarity with UNIX development tools, such as gcc and make

Experienced developers who want to gain a thorough understanding of the Linux kernel architecture.

COURSE AGENDA

Process Management

CPU Scheduler, Kernel Dispatcher
Process & Thread Abstraction
Kernel Tables
Inter-process Communication

Memory Management

Virtual Memory Manager
Memory IO Schedulers

Kernel Overview

UNIX Kernel Architectures

Computer Architecture

Symmetric Multiprocessor Systems
Cluster Technology
Cache Hierarchy
IO Subsystem

File System Management

Vnode & Virtual File System Abstraction
System Call Subsystem

IO Management

File System Technology
Direct IO
Memory Mapping

Network Management

Interconnect Technology
Distributed File Systems, SAN/NAS

Performance Analysis

Performance Monitoring
Benchmarks

Performance Tuning Process

Memory Tuning
CPU Tuning
IO Tuning
Network Tuning

UNIX internals