It is passover so I've read over much of this text, but I have to say that in general, I'm way ahead of this book. Although I have limited knowledge of Kernel technology in the specific, the C code, data structs, and programming concepts are spoon feed in this text and its wasting too much time with words that are more easily explained with coding examples and UML charts. I don't need a chapter explaining how to use ps and the basis of Unix architecture. This text is targeted to a different audience, and FWIW, I'm not certain it does a good job of that either. The guys who write these texts fall in love with their own voices. I know, I've suffered this disease myself when I've written tech articles and books. I can''t recommend this book to anyone. Anyone who doesn't understand the basics of I/O processer blocks is not going to understand static void update_curr(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq) and OTOH void update_curr(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq) is not explained well enough for coders unfamiliar with the kernel data structs of which BTW struct cfs_rq is not one defined in the text. :( I'm looking for something more like this, but flushed out more as a textbook http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-completely-fair-scheduler/index.html, and some mentoring, I hope. Ruben On 03/22/2015 08:35 PM, nick wrote: > > > On 2015-03-22 08:05 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: >> On 03/22/2015 07:30 PM, nick wrote: >>> I would recommend reading Chapters 3 and 4 of Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love >>> as when I was learning the scheduler and process management >> >> >> how much has the scheduler changed since then. It was completely >> overhauled when the CFS was created >> >> >> > The 3rd edition of this book was written after CFS was in the kernel so the chapters > are pretty up to date. > Nick >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > . > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
