awesome-kernel

Resources for learning about and contributing to the Linux Kernel.

Community Links

• Kernel Newbies
• LWN.net's archive of Kernel articles

Books

• Linux Kernel Development (Third Edition) by Robert Love
• Understanding the Linux Kernel (Third Edition) by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati
• Linux Device Drivers (Third Edition) by Corbet, Rubini, and Kroah-Hartman

General Links

• Interactive Map of Linux Kernel source
• Shichao's notes on the LKD book
• PDFs for Linux Device Drivers book
• Extended Assembly operations for the GCC Compiler

Kernel Datastructures

• Breakdown of the container_of macro
• Demo of the Linux implementation of a Red-Black Tree

Modules

• Tutorial for writing a Linux Kernel Module

Syscalls

• Demo of how to intercept a Syscall
• Code demonstrating how to intercept a Syscall

Misc.

• Article about how CPU Utilization isn't measured properly