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padding
     zones
page caches
     address_space structures 2nd 3rd
     tracing 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
Page Directory Entry (PDE)
page faults
page frames
Page Global Directory
Page Table Entry (PTE) 2nd
page_address_init() function
     calling 2nd 3rd 4th
page_alloc_init() function
     calling 2nd
page_writeback_init() function
     calling 2nd 3rd
pages
    caches
         filesystems 2nd 3rd 4th
     compound
    dirty
         flushing 2nd
     faults
         memory management 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
    flags
         fields 2nd
    frames
         memory management 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
     memory management 2nd 3rd
     tables
         memory management 2nd
pages_high field (memory zones)
pages_min, pages_low field (memory zones)
pages_scanned, temp_priority field (memory zones)
paging
parallel port drivers, building 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
parameters
     asmlinkage
    files
         offsetting
     numbering
parent field (task_struct structure)
parent processes 2nd
parents
     notification 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
parse_args() function
     calling 2nd 3rd
partitions 2nd
     disks
pathnames 2nd
     files 2nd
paths
    requests
         memory management 2nd
PCI busses
PDE (Page Directory Entry)
pdeath field (task_struct structure)
performance
     filesystems
pgtable_cache_init() function
     calling 2nd
phases of compiling
physical addresses
PIC (Programmable Interrupt Controller)
pid field (task_struct structure)
PID process ID)
pipes
     named
PIT (Programmable Interval Time)
pivoting the root
plugging
policy field (task_struct structure)
polling and interrupts 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
portability
ports
     I/O 2nd 3rd
    parallel drivers
         building 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
PowerPC
     architecture-dependent memory intialization 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
     assembly languages 2nd 3rd 4th
         example 2nd 3rd 4th
     bootloaders 2nd
     page fault exceptions
    x86
         code convergence
PowerPC architecture
     Linux Power
PowerPC Reference Platform (PreP)
PPC
    real-time clocks
         reading
preemption
     tasks
         explicit kernel
         implicit kernel 2nd 3rd 4th
         implicit user 2nd
PreP (PowerPC Reference Platform)
prev_priority field (memory zones)
principle of locality
printk() function
     calling
prio field (task_struct structure)
priority
     dynamic calaculations
     processes
priority arrays
proc_root_init() function
     calling 2nd 3rd
process 0
Process 0
process 1
Process 1
Process 1 (init threads) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
process ID (PID)
process status (ps)
processes 2nd 3rd 4th
     asynchronous execution flow
         exceptions 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
     clone() function 2nd 3rd
     context
     create_process program 2nd 3rd
     creating 2nd 3rd
     dead
     descriptors 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
         address space fields 2nd
         attribute fields 2nd
         capabilities fields 2nd
         credentials fields 2nd
         filesystem fields 2nd
         limitations fields 2nd 3rd
         relationship fields 2nd
         scheduling fields 2nd 3rd 4th
     do_fork() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
    files
         close() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
         files_struct structure 2nd 3rd 4th
         fs_struct structure
         open() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     fork() function 2nd
     init
     interactive
     lifespans
         states 2nd
    Linux
         memory management 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
    memory
         mapping 2nd
     priority
     running
    schedulers
         selecting tasks
     sleeping
     spawning
     termination
         do_exit() function 2nd 3rd 4th
         sys_exit() function 2nd
         wait() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     tracking 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
    transitions
         states 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
     types of
     vfork() function 2nd
     wait queues 2nd
         adding to
         wait_event*() interfaces 2nd
         waking up 2nd 3rd 4th
     zombie
profile_init() function
     calling
program header tables 2nd
Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
Programmable Interval Time (PIT)
programming
     filesystems 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         page caches 2nd 3rd 4th
         VFS structures 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
         VFS system calls 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
         virtual 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
programs
     create_process 2nd 3rd
protected mode (memory management) 2nd
protection
     files 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
ps (process status)
pseudo devices
PTE (Page Table Entry) 2nd
PTR_ERR macro
ptrace field (task_struct structure)