Chapter 5 : Locking and Interprocess Communication¶

5.1 Control Mechanisms¶

Race Conditions¶

Critical Sections¶

5.2 Kernel LockingMechanisms¶

Atomic Operations on Integers¶

Spinlocks¶

Semaphores¶

The Read-Copy-Update Mechanism¶

Memory and Optimization Barriers¶

Reader/Writer Locks¶

The Big Kernel Lock¶

Mutexes¶

Approximate Per-CPU Counters¶

Lock Contention and Fine-Grained Locking¶

5.3 System V Interprocess Communication¶

System V Mechanisms¶

Semaphores¶

Message Queues¶

Shared Memory¶

5.4 Other IPC Mechanisms¶

Signals¶

Pipes and Sockets¶

Summary¶

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