Operating Systems Concepts Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, et.al English

Chapter 1, Introduction, includes updated coverage of multiprocessor
and multicore systems, as well as a new section on kernel data structures.
Additionally, the coverage of computing environments now includes
mobile systems and cloud computing. We also have incorporated an
overview of real-time systems.
• Chapter 2, Operating-System Structures, provides new coverage of user
interfaces for mobile devices, including discussions of iOS and Android,
and expanded coverage of Mac OS X as a type of hybrid system.
• Chapter 3, Processes, now includes coverage of multitasking in mobile
operating systems, support for the multiprocess model in Google’s Chrome
web browser, and zombie and orphan processes in UNIX.
• Chapter 4, Threads, supplies expanded coverage of parallelism and
Amdahl’s law. It also provides a new section on implicit threading,
including OpenMP and Apple’s Grand Central Dispatch.
• Chapter 5, Process Synchronization (previously Chapter 6), adds a new
section on mutex locks as well as coverage of synchronization using
OpenMP, as well as functional languages.
• Chapter 6, CPU Scheduling (previously Chapter 5), contains new coverage
of the Linux CFS scheduler and Windows user-mode scheduling. Coverage
of real-time scheduling algorithms has also been integrated into this
chapter.
• Chapter 7, Deadlocks, has no major changes.
• Chapter 8, Main Memory, includes new coverage of swapping on mobile
systems and Intel 32- and 64-bit architectures. A new section discusses
ARM architecture.
• Chapter 9, Virtual Memory, updates kernel memory management to
include the Linux SLUB and SLOB memory allocators.
• Chapter 10, Mass-Storage Structure (previously Chapter 12), adds coverage of solid-state disks.
• Chapter 11, File-System Interface (previously Chapter 10), is updated
with information about current technologies.
• Chapter 12, File-System Implementation (previously Chapter 11), is
updated with coverage of current technologies.
• Chapter 13, I/O, updates technologies and performance numbers, expands
coverage of synchronous/asynchronous and blocking/nonblocking I/O,
and adds a section on vectored I/O.
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• Chapter 14, Protection, has no major changes.
• Chapter 15, Security, has a revised cryptography section with modern
notation and an improved explanation of various encryption methods and
their uses. The chapter also includes new coverage of Windows 7 security.
• Chapter 16, Virtual Machines, is a new chapter that provides an overview
of virtualization and how it relates to contemporary operating systems.
• Chapter 17, Distributed Systems, is a new chapter that combines and
updates a selection of materials from previous Chapters 16, 17, and 18.
• Chapter 18, The Linux System (previously Chapter 21), has been updated
to cover the Linux 3.2 kernel.
• Chapter 19, Windows 7, is a new chapter presenting a case study of
Windows 7.
• Chapter 20, Influential Operating Systems (previously Chapter 23), has
no major changes.