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kernel subsystems

Linux kernel has 5 subsystems:

  1. The Process Scheduler (SCHED)
  2. The Memory Manager (MM)
  3. The Virtual File System (VFS)
  4. The Networking Interface (NET)
  5. The Inter-process Communication (IPC)

Kernel structure and subsystem dependencies