Linux System Programming – A programmers/Practical Approach

Files, Memory and Process management, Fork, Signals, Threads, IPC - Pipes, FIFO, message Queue, Semaphores,Shared Memory

Created by: Mohan M
Technical Lead for Embedded systems Development

What Will I Learn?

• From basics to advanced Linux systems programming, with lots of hands on 'C' programming demos.
• File operation, System call, Library functions, compiling using GNU-GCC, Blocking and Non Blocking call, Atomic operation, Race condition, User and Kernel mode
• Process Management - Process creation, termination, Fork() system call, child-parent process, command line argument of process, Memory Layout of Process
• Signals - signal handlers, sending signals to process, Default signal handlers.
• Posix Threads - Thread creation, thread termination, Thread ID, Joinable and detachable Threads.
• Thread Synchronisation - Mutex, Condition Variables
• Inter Process Communication (IPC)- Pipes, FIFO, Posix Message Queue, Posix semaphore, Posix shared memory
• Memory Management - Process Virtual Memory management, Memory segments(code, data, stack, Heap)

Requirements

• Should have basic C language understanding

Target audience

• Students, and professionals (beginners) who want to explore Linux systems programming and learn product development using Linux OS