This project keeps the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide up to date, with working examples for recent 5.x and 6.x kernel versions. The guide has been around since 2001 and most copies of it on the ...

Michael Burian and I decided to create a new branch of the LKMPG for each new stable kernel version. So version LKMPG 2.4.x will address Linux kernel 2.4 and LKMPG 2.6.x will address Linux kernel ...

Creation of a simple kernel module; that will create a new device on the /proc file-system and just the basic operations of read/write are to be introduced. In the first place we will inspect the code ...

All Linux distributions provide a wide range of network applications—from dæmons that provide a variety of services such as WWW, mail and SSH to client programs that access one or more of these ...

At the 2001 Linux Kernel Summit, NSA developers presented their work on Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and emphasized the need for enhanced security support in the main Linux kernel. In the ensuing ...

Special Macros used in kernel module programming Example: __init in Linux Kernel: __exit in Linux Kernel: In Linux, __init and __exit are special macros used in kernel module programming, not regular ...

The makers of systems programming language Rust are looking at how to adapt the language for use in the Linux kernel. Josh Triplett, a former Intel engineer and a lead of the Rust language team, says ...

Linux kernel maintainers released a June 20 Linux 7.2 merge that removes the legacy C string-copy function strncpy from kernel code. Kernel-side is the key scope: strncpy remains part of user-space C ...

What just happened? Rust will soon be part of Linux, Torvalds has decided. The memory safe programming language will join C and the other traditional languages developers use to create new pieces and ...