kernel
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Linux kernel info and subpages – a ton of this needs to be updated or tossed at this point.
New topics page here.
Linux kernel subtopics
Networking topics (NEW)
Networking topics (OLD)
Debugging stuff
Upcoming topics
Kbuild system
- “make xconfig” fails, pkg-config (Qt5)
- /lib/modules/* files (modules.alias and so on)
include/linux/kconfig.h, macro checking and so on
Kernel data types
Modules
General
- Is there a common wrapper for
module_init(),module_exit()?
Basic modules
Parameters
initcalls
include/linux/init.h
EXPORT_SYMBOL, symbols
Device trees
System calls
Printing/debugging
- pr_info, dev_dbg, netdev_dbg and so on
- #define DEBUG
- dynamic debugging
ERR_PTR, PTR_ERR, IS_ERR
Static analysis
- sparse, cocci
uapi/ structure
- Module loading configuration (/etc/modules-load.d)
systemd-udev
kernel space virtual memory
mmap
UIO
sysfs
- What is the value of an attribute file with perms zero?
Timers
Standard timers
HR timers
Tickless kernel
Synchronization
mutex/semaphore
spinlock
completion
RCU
Driver model (kobjects)
kernel.txt · Last modified: 2019/07/27 19:54 by rpjday
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