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My Top 15 OS Books: From Theory and Implementation to Systems Programming

A personal guide to the most useful books for understanding operating systems

Feb 18 •

Abhinav Upadhyay

Linux Context Switches: The Truth About TLB Flushes

Watch now (22 mins) | Is the TLB really flushed during context switches?

Jan 17 •

Abhinav Upadhyay

21:34

Linux Context Switching Internals: Part 1 - Process State and Memory

How does the Linux kernel represent processes and their state: A breakdown of task_struct and mm_struct

Dec 29, 2024 •

Abhinav Upadhyay

Context Switching and Performance: What Every Developer Should Know

Understand how context switching affects CPU registers, caches, TLB, and pipeline performance, and learn strategies to mitigate performance penalties

Dec 12, 2024 •

Abhinav Upadhyay

Disillusioning the Magic of the fork System Call

How the kernels implement the fork system call

Nov 26, 2024 •

Abhinav Upadhyay

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