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In order to find and replace the links, I used the following commands:
grep -rwohP '.' -e "\(https\:\/\/0xax.gitbooks.io\/\S*\)" > links.txt
(Find all links recursivly in the project directories and print out the
only the matches links)
Within links.txt:
Remove the '(' & ')' => :%s/\(//g and :%s/\)//g
Remove duplicates => :sort u
Test if the links work with:
python3 md_link_check.py --pattern 0xax.gitbook --output-file bad.txt
(https://github.com/initBasti/markdown_link_check)
Create replace commands:
:%s/.*/grep -rl & '.' | xargs sed -i 's#&##g'
Enter replacement URL between the 2nd & 3rd '#'
Execute commands: :w !sh
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Fricke <sebastian.fricke.linux@gmail.com>
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In the beginning of the `startup_32` function, we can see the `cld` instruction which clears the `DF` bit in the [flags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAGS_register) register. When the direction flag is clear, all string operations like [stos](http://x86.renejeschke.de/html/file_module_x86_id_306.html), [scas](http://x86.renejeschke.de/html/file_module_x86_id_287.html) and others will increment the index registers `esi` or `edi`. We need to clear the direction flag because later we will use strings operations to perform various operations such as clearing space for page tables.
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After we have cleared the `DF` bit, the next step is to check the `KEEP_SEGMENTS` flag in the `loadflags` kernel setup header field. If you remember, we already talked about `loadflags` in the very first [part](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/Booting/linux-bootstrap-1.html) of this book. There we checked the `CAN_USE_HEAP` flag to query the ability to use the heap. Now we need to check the `KEEP_SEGMENTS` flag. This flag is described in the linux [boot protocol](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/boot.txt) documentation:
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After we have cleared the `DF` bit, the next step is to check the `KEEP_SEGMENTS` flag in the `loadflags` kernel setup header field. If you remember, we already talked about `loadflags` in the very first [part](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/booting/linux-bootstrap-1) of this book. There we checked the `CAN_USE_HEAP` flag to query the ability to use the heap. Now we need to check the `KEEP_SEGMENTS` flag. This flag is described in the linux [boot protocol](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/boot.txt) documentation:
This is the first part of the new chapter of the [linux insides](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/) book and as you may guess by part's name - this part will cover [control groups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cgroups) or `cgroups` mechanism in the Linux kernel.
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This is the first part of the new chapter of the [linux insides](https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/SUMMARY.md) book and as you may guess by part's name - this part will cover [control groups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cgroups) or `cgroups` mechanism in the Linux kernel.
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`Cgroups` are special mechanism provided by the Linux kernel which allows us to allocate kind of `resources` like processor time, number of processes per group, amount of memory per control group or combination of such resources for a process or set of processes. `Cgroups` are organized hierarchically and here this mechanism is similar to usual processes as they are hierarchical too and child `cgroups` inherit set of certain parameters from their parents. But actually they are not the same. The main differences between `cgroups` and normal processes that many different hierarchies of control groups may exist simultaneously in one time while normal process tree is always single. This was not a casual step because each control group hierarchy is attached to set of control group `subsystems`.
If the `percpu_alloc` parameter is not given to the kernel command line, the `embed` allocator will be used which embeds the first percpu chunk into bootmem with the [memblock](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/MM/linux-mm-1.html). The last allocator is the first chunk `page` allocator which maps the first chunk with `PAGE_SIZE` pages.
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If the `percpu_alloc` parameter is not given to the kernel command line, the `embed` allocator will be used which embeds the first percpu chunk into bootmem with the [memblock](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/mm/linux-mm-1). The last allocator is the first chunk `page` allocator which maps the first chunk with `PAGE_SIZE` pages.
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As I wrote above, first of all we make a check of the first chunk allocator type in the `setup_per_cpu_areas`. We check that first chunk allocator is not page:
As comment says from the [include/linux/cpumask.h](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/16f73eb02d7e1765ccab3d2018e0bd98eb93d973/include/linux/cpumask.h): Cpumasks provide a bitmap suitable for representing the set of CPU's in a system, one bit position per CPU number. We already saw a bit about cpumask in the `boot_cpu_init` function from the [Kernel entry point](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/Initialization/linux-initialization-4.html) part. This function makes first boot cpu online, active and etc...:
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As comment says from the [include/linux/cpumask.h](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/16f73eb02d7e1765ccab3d2018e0bd98eb93d973/include/linux/cpumask.h): Cpumasks provide a bitmap suitable for representing the set of CPU's in a system, one bit position per CPU number. We already saw a bit about cpumask in the `boot_cpu_init` function from the [Kernel entry point](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/initialization/linux-initialization-4) part. This function makes first boot cpu online, active and etc...:
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If you are not familiar with this then you can know more about [linkers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linker_%28computing%29) in the special [part](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/Misc/linux-misc-3.html) of this book.
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If you are not familiar with this then you can know more about [linkers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linker_%28computing%29) in the special [part](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/misc/linux-misc-3) of this book.
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As we just saw, the `do_initcall_level` function takes one parameter - level of `initcall` - and does the following two things:
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The second `SRCU notifier chains` represent alternative form of `blocking notifier chains`. In the first case, blocking notifier chains uses `rw_semaphore` synchronization primitive to protect chain links. `SRCU` notifier chains run in process context too, but uses special form of [RCU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read-copy-update) mechanism which is permissible to block in an read-side critical section.
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In the third case for the `atomic notifier chains` runs in interrupt or atomic context and protected by [spinlock](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/SyncPrim/linux-sync-1.html) synchronization primitive. The last `raw notifier chains` provides special type of notifier chains without any locking restrictions on callbacks. This means that protection rests on the shoulders of caller side. It is very useful when we want to protect our chain with very specific locking mechanism.
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In the third case for the `atomic notifier chains` runs in interrupt or atomic context and protected by [spinlock](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/syncprim/linux-sync-1) synchronization primitive. The last `raw notifier chains` provides special type of notifier chains without any locking restrictions on callbacks. This means that protection rests on the shoulders of caller side. It is very useful when we want to protect our chain with very specific locking mechanism.
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If we will look at the implementation of the `notifier_block` structure, we will see that it contains pointer to the `next` element from a notification chain list, but we have no head. Actually a head of such list is in separate structure depends on type of a notification chain. For example for the `blocking notifier chains`:
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So we may see that it takes name of a name of a head of a blocking notifier chain and initializes read/write [semaphore](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/syncprim/linux-sync-3) and set head to `NULL`. Besides the `BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD` macro, the Linux kernel additionally provides `ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD`, `RAW_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD` macros and `srcu_init_notifier` function for initialization atomic and other types of notification chains.
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After initialization of a head of a notification chain, a subsystem which wants to receive notification from the given notification chain it should register with certain function which is depends on type of notification. If you will look in the [include/linux/notifier.h](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/notifier.h) header file, you will see following four function for this:
When one of the `MODULE_STATE_LIVE`, `MODULE_STATE_COMING` or `MODULE_STATE_GOING` events occurred. For example the `MODULE_STATE_LIVE` the `MODULE_STATE_COMING` notifications will be sent during execution of the [init_module](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/init_module.2.html)[system call](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/SysCall/linux-syscall-1.html). Or for example `MODULE_STATE_GOING` will be sent during execution of the [delete_module](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/delete_module.2.html)`system call`:
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When one of the `MODULE_STATE_LIVE`, `MODULE_STATE_COMING` or `MODULE_STATE_GOING` events occurred. For example the `MODULE_STATE_LIVE` the `MODULE_STATE_COMING` notifications will be sent during execution of the [init_module](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/init_module.2.html)[system call](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/syscall/linux-syscall-1). Or for example `MODULE_STATE_GOING` will be sent during execution of the [delete_module](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/delete_module.2.html)`system call`:
header file. As I just wrote above, the `bitmap` is heavily used in the Linux kernel. For example a `bit array` is used to store set of online/offline processors for systems which support [hot-plug](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt) cpu (more about this you can read in the [cpumasks](https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/Concepts/linux-cpu-2.html) part), a `bit array` stores set of allocated [irqs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_request_%28PC_architecture%29) during initialization of the Linux kernel and etc.
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header file. As I just wrote above, the `bitmap` is heavily used in the Linux kernel. For example a `bit array` is used to store set of online/offline processors for systems which support [hot-plug](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt) cpu (more about this you can read in the [cpumasks](https://0xax.gitbook.io/linux-insides/summary/concepts/linux-cpu-2) part), a `bit array` stores set of allocated [irqs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_request_%28PC_architecture%29) during initialization of the Linux kernel and etc.
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