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Linux Kernel Programming

You're reading from Linux Kernel Programming A comprehensive and practical guide to kernel internals, writing modules, and kernel synchronization

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803232225

Length 826 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Linux

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Kaiwan N. Billimoria

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Linux Kernel Programming – A Quick Introduction

2. Building the 6.x Linux Kernel from Source – Part 1 FREE CHAPTER

3. Building the 6.x Linux Kernel from Source – Part 2

4. Writing Your First Kernel Module – Part 1

5. Writing Your First Kernel Module – Part 2

6. Kernel Internals Essentials – Processes and Threads

7. Memory Management Internals – Essentials

8. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 1

9. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors – Part 2

10. The CPU Scheduler – Part 1

11. The CPU Scheduler – Part 2

12. Kernel Synchronization – Part 1

13. Kernel Synchronization – Part 2

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

15. Index

Technical requirements

You will need a modern and preferably powerful desktop PC or laptop. Ubuntu Desktop specifies some recommended minimum system requirements for the installation and usage of the distribution here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements. I would definitely suggest you go with a system well beyond the minimum recommendations – as powerful a system as you can afford to use. This is because performing tasks such as building a Linux kernel from source is a very memory- and CPU-intensive process. It should be pretty obvious that the more RAM, CPU power, and disk space the host system has, the better!

Like any seasoned kernel developer, I would say that working on a native Linux system is best. However, for this book, we cannot assume that you will always have a dedicated native Linux box available to you. So, we shall assume that you are working on a Linux guest. Working within a guest VM also adds an additional layer of isolation...

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Authors (1)

Kaiwan N. Billimoria

Kaiwan N. Billimoria

Kaiwan N. Billimoria taught himself BASIC programming on his dad's IBM PC back in 1983. He was programming in C and Assembly on DOS until he discovered the joys of Unix, and by around 1997, Linux! Kaiwan has worked on many aspects of the Linux system programming stack, including Bash scripting, system programming in C, kernel internals, device drivers, and embedded Linux work. He has actively worked on several commercial/FOSS projects. His contributions include drivers to the mainline Linux OS and many smaller projects hosted on GitHub. His Linux passion feeds well into his passion for teaching these topics to engineers, which he has done for well over two decades now. He's also the author of Hands-On System Programming with Linux, Linux Kernel Programming (and its Part 2 book) and Linux Kernel Debugging. It doesn't hurt that he is a recreational ultrarunner too.

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