1 .. _kernel_docs: 1 .. _kernel_docs:
2 2
3 Index of Further Kernel Documentation 3 Index of Further Kernel Documentation
4 ===================================== 4 =====================================
5 5
6 The need for a document like this one became a !! 6 The need for a document like this one became apparent in the
7 mailing list as the same questions, asking for !! 7 linux-kernel mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers
8 appeared again and again. !! 8 to information, appeared again and again.
9 !! 9
10 Fortunately, as more and more people get to GN !! 10 Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more
11 interested in the Kernel. But reading the sour !! 11 get interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always
12 is easy to understand the code, but miss the c !! 12 enough. It is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the
13 design decisions behind this code. !! 13 philosophy and design decisions behind this code.
14 !! 14
15 Unfortunately, not many documents are availabl !! 15 Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to
16 And, even if they exist, there was no "well-kn !! 16 start. And, even if they exist, there was no "well-known" place which
17 of them. These lines try to cover this lack. !! 17 kept track of them. These lines try to cover this lack.
18 18
19 PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here 19 PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here or write a new document,
20 include a reference to it here, following the 20 include a reference to it here, following the kernel's patch submission
21 process. Any corrections, ideas or comments ar 21 process. Any corrections, ideas or comments are also welcome.
22 22
23 All documents are cataloged with the following 23 All documents are cataloged with the following fields: the document's
24 "Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they !! 24 "Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they can be found, some
25 helpful when searching for specific topics, an !! 25 "Keywords" helpful when searching for specific topics, and a brief
26 the Document. !! 26 "Description" of the Document.
27 27
28 .. note:: 28 .. note::
29 29
30 The documents on each section of this docum 30 The documents on each section of this document are ordered by its
31 published date, from the newest to the olde 31 published date, from the newest to the oldest. The maintainer(s) should
32 periodically retire resources as they becom !! 32 periodically retire resources as they become obsolte or outdated; with
33 the exception of foundational books. 33 the exception of foundational books.
34 34
35 Docs at the Linux Kernel tree 35 Docs at the Linux Kernel tree
36 ----------------------------- 36 -----------------------------
37 37
38 The Sphinx books should be built with ``make { 38 The Sphinx books should be built with ``make {htmldocs | pdfdocs | epubdocs}``.
39 39
40 * Name: **linux/Documentation** 40 * Name: **linux/Documentation**
41 41
42 :Author: Many. 42 :Author: Many.
43 :Location: Documentation/ 43 :Location: Documentation/
44 :Keywords: text files, Sphinx. 44 :Keywords: text files, Sphinx.
45 :Description: Documentation that comes w 45 :Description: Documentation that comes with the kernel sources,
46 inside the Documentation directory. So 46 inside the Documentation directory. Some pages from this document
47 (including this document itself) have 47 (including this document itself) have been moved there, and might
48 be more up to date than the web versio 48 be more up to date than the web version.
49 49
50 On-line docs 50 On-line docs
51 ------------ 51 ------------
52 52
53 * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Gloss 53 * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary**
54 54
55 :Author: various 55 :Author: various
56 :URL: https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGl 56 :URL: https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGlossary
57 :Date: rolling version 57 :Date: rolling version
58 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel 58 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
59 :Description: From the introduction: "Th 59 :Description: From the introduction: "This glossary is intended as
60 a brief description of some of the acr 60 a brief description of some of the acronyms and terms you may hear
61 during discussion of the Linux kernel" 61 during discussion of the Linux kernel".
62 62
63 * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Program 63 * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
64 64
65 :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Buri 65 :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
66 Jim Huang. 66 Jim Huang.
67 :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ 67 :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
68 :Date: 2021 68 :Date: 2021
69 :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioc 69 :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
70 interrupt handlers . 70 interrupt handlers .
71 :Description: A very nice GPL book on th 71 :Description: A very nice GPL book on the topic of modules
72 programming. Lots of examples. Current 72 programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
73 actively maintained at https://github. 73 actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
74 74
75 * Title: **Rust for Linux** <<
76 <<
77 :Author: various <<
78 :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/ <<
79 :Date: rolling version <<
80 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel <<
81 :Description: From the website: "Rust fo <<
82 support for the Rust language to the L <<
83 intended as a hub of links, documentat <<
84 the project". <<
85 <<
86 Published books 75 Published books
87 --------------- 76 ---------------
88 77
89 * Title: **Practical Linux System Administ <<
90 <<
91 :Author: Kenneth Hess <<
92 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media <<
93 :Date: May, 2023 <<
94 :Pages: 246 <<
95 :ISBN: 978-1098109035 <<
96 :Notes: System administration <<
97 <<
98 * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverag <<
99 <<
100 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria <<
101 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd <<
102 :Date: August, 2022 <<
103 :Pages: 638 <<
104 :ISBN: 978-1801075039 <<
105 :Notes: Debugging book <<
106 <<
107 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Com 78 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Comprehensive Guide to Kernel Internals, Writing Kernel Modules, and Kernel Synchronization**
108 79
109 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria !! 80 :Author: Kaiwan N. Billimoria
110 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd !! 81 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
111 :Date: March, 2021 (Second Edition publi !! 82 :Date: 2021
112 :Pages: 754 !! 83 :Pages: 754
113 :ISBN: 978-1789953435 (Second Edition IS !! 84 :ISBN: 978-1789953435
114 <<
115 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 <<
116 <<
117 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria <<
118 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd <<
119 :Date: March, 2021 <<
120 :Pages: 452 <<
121 :ISBN: 978-1801079518 <<
122 <<
123 * Title: **Linux System Programming: Talki <<
124 <<
125 :Author: Robert Love <<
126 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media <<
127 :Date: June, 2013 <<
128 :Pages: 456 <<
129 :ISBN: 978-1449339531 <<
130 :Notes: Foundational book <<
131 85
132 * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd E 86 * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition**
133 87
134 :Author: Robert Love 88 :Author: Robert Love
135 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley 89 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
136 :Date: July, 2010 90 :Date: July, 2010
137 :Pages: 440 91 :Pages: 440
138 :ISBN: 978-0672329463 92 :ISBN: 978-0672329463
139 :Notes: Foundational book 93 :Notes: Foundational book
140 94
141 .. _ldd3_published: 95 .. _ldd3_published:
142 96
143 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Editi 97 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition**
144 98
145 :Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Ru 99 :Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
146 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates 100 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
147 :Date: 2005 101 :Date: 2005
148 :Pages: 636 102 :Pages: 636
149 :ISBN: 0-596-00590-3 103 :ISBN: 0-596-00590-3
150 :Notes: Foundational book. Further infor 104 :Notes: Foundational book. Further information in
151 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdr 105 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/
152 PDF format, URL: https://lwn.net/Kerne 106 PDF format, URL: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
153 107
154 * Title: **The Design of the UNIX Operatin 108 * Title: **The Design of the UNIX Operating System**
155 109
156 :Author: Maurice J. Bach 110 :Author: Maurice J. Bach
157 :Publisher: Prentice Hall 111 :Publisher: Prentice Hall
158 :Date: 1986 112 :Date: 1986
159 :Pages: 471 113 :Pages: 471
160 :ISBN: 0-13-201757-1 114 :ISBN: 0-13-201757-1
161 :Notes: Foundational book 115 :Notes: Foundational book
162 116
163 Miscellaneous 117 Miscellaneous
164 ------------- 118 -------------
165 119
166 * Name: **Cross-Referencing Linux** 120 * Name: **Cross-Referencing Linux**
167 121
168 :URL: https://elixir.bootlin.com/ 122 :URL: https://elixir.bootlin.com/
169 :Keywords: Browsing source code. 123 :Keywords: Browsing source code.
170 :Description: Another web-based Linux ke 124 :Description: Another web-based Linux kernel source code browser.
171 Lots of cross references to variables 125 Lots of cross references to variables and functions. You can see
172 where they are defined and where they 126 where they are defined and where they are used.
173 127
174 * Name: **Linux Weekly News** 128 * Name: **Linux Weekly News**
175 129
176 :URL: https://lwn.net 130 :URL: https://lwn.net
177 :Keywords: latest kernel news. 131 :Keywords: latest kernel news.
178 :Description: The title says it all. The 132 :Description: The title says it all. There's a fixed kernel section
179 summarizing developers' work, bug fixe 133 summarizing developers' work, bug fixes, new features and versions
180 produced during the week. 134 produced during the week.
181 135
182 * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM** 136 * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM**
183 137
184 :Author: The Linux-MM team. 138 :Author: The Linux-MM team.
185 :URL: https://linux-mm.org/ 139 :URL: https://linux-mm.org/
186 :Keywords: memory management, Linux-MM, 140 :Keywords: memory management, Linux-MM, mm patches, TODO, docs,
187 mailing list. 141 mailing list.
188 :Description: Site devoted to Linux Memo 142 :Description: Site devoted to Linux Memory Management development.
189 Memory related patches, HOWTOs, links, 143 Memory related patches, HOWTOs, links, mm developers... Don't miss
190 it if you are interested in memory man 144 it if you are interested in memory management development!
191 145
192 * Name: **Kernel Newbies IRC Channel and W 146 * Name: **Kernel Newbies IRC Channel and Website**
193 147
194 :URL: https://www.kernelnewbies.org 148 :URL: https://www.kernelnewbies.org
195 :Keywords: IRC, newbies, channel, asking 149 :Keywords: IRC, newbies, channel, asking doubts.
196 :Description: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc 150 :Description: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net.
197 #kernelnewbies is an IRC network dedic 151 #kernelnewbies is an IRC network dedicated to the 'newbie'
198 kernel hacker. The audience mostly con 152 kernel hacker. The audience mostly consists of people who are
199 learning about the kernel, working on 153 learning about the kernel, working on kernel projects or
200 professional kernel hackers that want 154 professional kernel hackers that want to help less seasoned kernel
201 people. 155 people.
202 #kernelnewbies is on the OFTC IRC Netw 156 #kernelnewbies is on the OFTC IRC Network.
203 Try irc.oftc.net as your server and th 157 Try irc.oftc.net as your server and then /join #kernelnewbies.
204 The kernelnewbies website also hosts a 158 The kernelnewbies website also hosts articles, documents, FAQs...
205 159
206 * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archiv 160 * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archives and search engines**
207 161
208 :URL: https://subspace.kernel.org !! 162 :URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
209 :URL: https://lore.kernel.org !! 163 :URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
>> 164 :URL: http://groups.google.com/group/mlist.linux.kernel
210 :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, searc 165 :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, search.
211 :Description: Some of the linux-kernel m 166 :Description: Some of the linux-kernel mailing list archivers. If
212 you have a better/another one, please 167 you have a better/another one, please let me know.
213 <<
214 * Name: **The Linux Foundation YouTube cha <<
215 <<
216 :URL: https://www.youtube.com/user/theli <<
217 :Keywords: linux, videos, linux-foundati <<
218 :Description: The Linux Foundation uploa <<
219 collaborative events, Linux conference <<
220 other original research and content re <<
221 development. <<
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225 This document was originally based on: 171 This document was originally based on:
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227 https://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/ 173 https://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html
228 174
229 and written by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche 175 and written by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche
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