Problem: tracing progs read kernel data structures that change in different kernels. Tools have to include kernel headers and compile bpf prog on the server where it will run.

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Feb 4, 2018 · Other aspects of the VM, such as the boot memory allocator and the virtual memory lesystem which are not of general kernel interest are also covered by this book. Increasingly, to get a …

Two steps Teach bpf to allow adding kernel objects to collections Resolve incompatibility between sk_buff and bpf_rb_node

Feb 25, 2009 · mac80211 overview Johannes Martin Berg 2009-02-25 mac80211 is a subsystem to the Linux kernel implements shared code for soft-MAC/half-MAC wireless devices contains MLME and …

A much simpler solution would be to add compatibility code to the Linux kernel, either to provide compatible behavior or provide hooks that would make it easier for a library to provide it.

Source code is covered by various versions of the GPL.2 Some of this code is GPLv2-only, as it derives from the Linux kernel, while other code is GPLv2-or-later.

Linus Torvalds and other kernel programmers have written a short document that details some of the kernel programming rules. This document is located in the Documentation/CodingStyle file in the …

Dec 27, 2024 · PDFs of this book are sporadically posted at https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ paulmck/perfbook/perfbook.html and at http: //www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/perfbook/.