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:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| **Process Management** | System calls for creating, controlling, and terminating processes.                                                                     | `fork`, `execve`, `waitpid`, `exit`, `kill`, `getpid`, `getppid`, `nice`, `sched_setscheduler`, `sched_getscheduler`                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |\n| **Memory Management** | System calls for allocating and managing memory regions.                                                                                | `mmap`, `munmap`, `brk`, `sbrk`, `mprotect`, `mlock`, `munlock`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |\n| **File System** | System calls for interacting with files and directories.                                                                               | `open`, `close`, `read`, `write`, `lseek`, `stat`, `fstat`, `access`, `chmod`, `chown`, `truncate`, `unlink`, `mkdir`, `rmdir`, `rename`, `link`, `symlink`, `readlink`, `mount`, `umount`                                                                                                                                                |\n| **Inter-Process Communication (IPC)** | System calls that allow different processes to communicate and synchronize with each other.                                 | **Pipes:** `pipe`, **Message Queues:** `msgget`, `msgsnd`, `msgrcv`, `msgctl`, **Shared Memory:** `shmget`, `shmat`, `shmdt`, `shmctl`, **Semaphores:** `semget`, `semop`, `semctl`, **Sockets:** `socket`, `bind`, `listen`, `accept`, `connect`, `send`, `recv`, `close` (also used for network communication) |\n| **Signal Handling** | System calls for managing signals, which are asynchronous notifications sent to a process to indicate events.                              | `signal`, `sigaction`, `kill`, `raise`, `pause`, `sigprocmask`, `sigsuspend`, `sigpending`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |\n| **Device I/O** | System calls for interacting with hardware devices. Files are often used as an abstraction for devices in Linux.                          | `ioctl` (general device control), `read`, `write` (on device files), `mmap` (for memory-mapped device I/O)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |\n| **Networking** | System calls specifically for network communication. (Note: Sockets are also a form of IPC).                                            | `socket`, `bind`, `listen`, `accept`, `connect`, `send`, `recv`, `sendto`, `recvfrom`, `getsockname`, `getpeername`, `setsockopt`, `getsockopt`, `shutdown`                                                                                                                                                                               |\n| **Time Management** | System calls for getting and setting the system time and timers.                                                                         | `time`, `gettimeofday`, `settimeofday`, `nanosleep`, `alarm`, `timer_create`, `timer_settime`, `timer_gettime`, `timer_delete`                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| **User and Group IDs** | System calls for getting and setting user and group identifiers associated with a process.                                                 | `getuid`, `geteuid`, `setuid`, `seteuid`, `getgid`, `getegid`, `setgid`, `setegid`, `getgroups`, `setgroups`                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |\n| **System Information** | System calls for retrieving various information about the system.                                                                       | `uname`, `gethostname`, `sysinfo`, `sysconf`, `pathconf`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |\n| **Security** | System calls related to security features and access control.                                                                           | `chmod`, `chown`, `access`, `setuid`, `seteuid`, `setgid`, `setegid`, `capget`, `capset` (capabilities), `prctl` (process control with security-related options)                                                                                                                                                                              |\n| **Real-time Extensions** | System calls that provide real-time scheduling and memory locking capabilities.                                                           | `sched_setscheduler` (with real-time policies), `sched_getparam`, `sched_setparam`, `mlock`, `munlock`, `mlockall`, `munlockall`, `timer_create` (with `CLOCK_REALTIME` or `CLOCK_MONOTONIC`), `timer_settime`                                                                                                                             |\n\n\n\n## \n\n### My Awesome Lists\nYou can access the my awesome lists [here](https://cyberthreatdefence.com/my_awesome_lists)\n\n### Contributing\n[Contributions of any kind welcome, just follow the guidelines](contributing.md)!\n\n### Contributors\n[Thanks goes to these contributors](https://github.com/cybersecurity-dev/awesome-linux-internals/graphs/contributors)!\n\n[🔼 Back to top](#awesome-linux-internals-)\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcybersecurity-dev%2Flinux-apis","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fcybersecurity-dev%2Flinux-apis","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcybersecurity-dev%2Flinux-apis/lists"}