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Linux kernel architecture 1

Linux offers six main functions

• Process management 1d8h2-linux-process
• Memory management 1d8h3-linux-memory-management
• Network management
• Storage management
• System interface
• Human interface

through five abstraction layers:

1. User space interfaces

   System calls, procfs, sysfs, device files, …

2. Virtual subsystems 1d8h1-pseudo-file-systems

   Virtual memory, virtual filesystem, network protocols, …

3. Functional subsystems

   Filesystems, memory allocators, scheduler, …

4. Devices control

   Interrupts, generic drivers, block devices, …

5. Hardware interfaces

   Device drivers, architecture-specific code, …