Core Kernel
Read guide Avoid a process from being killed in case of Out of Memory
In our previous post, we understood “What is Out of Memory Killer ?” In this post, we … Read more
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Read guide Avoid zombie process in Linux
Zombie process is the process which dies/finishes immediately and whose parent didn’t cares to handle the status … Read more
Linux, OS Concepts and Networking
Read guide C program to check total and free RAM memory in Linux
Following C program helps you to identify what is the total and free memory / RAM available … Read more
C Programs
Read guide Example for using shared data between two Unix threads
Following is the simple example to show, how we can create two threads at a time and … Read more
Application Libraries
Read guide Creating a simple thread in Linux using pthread library api’s
In this post, we create a simple thread using pthread library API “pthread_create” and wait for this … Read more
Linux, OS Concepts and Networking
Read guide Understanding Linux page cache memory
If data is written, it is first written to the Page Cache and managed as one of … Read more
C Programs
Read guide Sending ARP request and receiving ARP Reply using C code
This post is in continuation of our previous post “Understanding ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) basics“ To visualise … Read more
C Programs
Read guide Understanding Linux Signals with simple C program
Signals are a limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant … Read more
C Programs
Read guide Identify / Test file types in Linux using C program stat API
The file mode, stored in the st_mode field of the file attributes, contains two kinds of information: … Read more