interprocess-communication

Interprocess Communication (IPC) - Learning Roadmap Welcome This comprehensive guide covers all major IPC mechanisms in UNIX/Linux systems, from fundamental theory to kernel internals to real-world applications in production systems. Structure: Each guide follows Theory → Kernel Implementation → Real-World Usage → Code Examples → Exercises → Resources Table of Contents Core IPC Mechanisms Number File Topic Focus -------- ------ ------- ------- 01 01pipes.md Pipes & FIFOs Byte streams, circular buffers, fs/pipe.c internals 02 02messagequeues.md Message Queues Discrete messages, priority queues, ipc/msg.c 03 03mailboxes.md Mailboxes Port-based messaging, actor model, Mach ports 04 04sharedmemory.md Shared Memory Page tables, TLB, zero-copy architecture 05 05semaphores.md Semaphores Futex, wait queues, classical synchronization 06 06sockets.md Sockets skbuff, TCP state machine, network stack 07 07mmap.md Memory-Mapped Files Demand paging, page faults, file-backed memory Reference Materials Number File Purpose -------- ------ --------- 08 08comparison.md Comparison & Selection Performance analysis, decision trees, benchmarks