linux-kernel - Re: Understanding IO architecture

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:07:55 +0200
From:	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
To:	Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Understanding IO architecture

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt@...il.com> wrote:
> What is the good starting point to understand linux kernel? I know you
> are going to say Understanding the Linux Kernel, but that is for 2005!
> and kernel 2.6.
>
> We know that currently, the latest version is 4.4 and the version
> number updates quickly. So, where can I find the core of IO
> architecture, page cache, block layer and ... for the most stable
> architecture and not the version number?

The best book you might find is Professional Linux Kernel architecture [1]
Other than that, read the source code!

thanks,
Daniel.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Kernel-Architecture-Wolfgang-Mauerer/dp/0470343435