Operating System Concepts
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Keep pace with the fast-developing world of operating systems Open-source operating systems, virtual machines, and clustered computing are among the leading fields of operating systems and networking that are rapidly changing. With substantial revisions and organizational changes, Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne’s Operating System Concepts, Eighth Edition remains as current and relevant as ever, helping you master the fundamental concepts of operating systems while preparing yourself for today’s emerging developments. As in the past, the text brings you up to speed on core knowledge and skills, including:What operating systems are, what they do, and how they are designed and constructedProcess, memory, and storage managementProtection and securityDistributed systemsSpecial-purpose systems Beyond the basics, the Eight Edition sports substantive revisions and organizational changes that clue you in to such cutting-edge developments as open-source operating systems, multi-core processors, clustered computers, virtual machines, transactional memory, NUMA, Solaris 10 memory management, Sun’s ZFS file system, and more. New to this edition is the use of a simulator to dynamically demonstrate several operating system topics. Best of all, a greatly enhanced WileyPlus, a multitude of new problems and programming exercises, and other enhancements to this edition all work together to prepare you enter the world of operating systems with confidence.
Pt. 1 OverviewCh. 1 Introduction 3Ch. 2 Operating-System Structures 49Pt. 2 Process ManagementCh. 3 Processes 101Ch. 4 Threads 153Ch. 5 CPU Scheduling 183Ch. 6 Process Synchronization 225Ch. 7 Deadlocks 283Pt. 3 Memory ManagementCh. 8 Main Memory 315Ch. 9 Virtual Memory 357Pt. 4 Storage ManagementCh. 10 File-System Interface 421Ch. 11 File-System Implementation 461Ch. 12 Mass-Storage Structure 505Ch. 13 I/O Systems 555Pt. 5 Protection and SecurityCh. 14 Protection 591Ch. 15 Security 621Pt. 6 Distributed SystemsCh. 16 Distributed System Structures 673Ch. 17 Distributed File Systems 705Ch. 18 Distributed Coordination 727Pt. 7 Special Purpose SystemsCh. 19 Real-Time Systems 759Ch. 20 Multimedia Systems 779Pt. 8 Case StudiesCh. 21 The Linux System 801Ch. 22 Windows XP 847Ch. 23 Influential Operating Systems 903Pt. 9 AppendicesAppendix A BSD UNIX (contents online)Appendix B The Mach System (contents online)Appendix C Windows 2000 (contents online)Bibliography 923Credits 941Index 943
