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linux-insides
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linux-insides

A book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its insides.

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A book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its insides.

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HN mentions by year82 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-01-04 13:53:06 UTC to 2026-03-09 08:12:55 UTC.

0102030402015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 42 mentions; 41 submissions, 1 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 23 mentions; 18 submissions, 5 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 3 submissions, 4 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC42411
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC23185
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC734
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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linux-insides A book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its insides. Introduction • Chapter status • Requirements • Translations • Contributing • Author Introduction linux-insides is a book-in-progress about the Linux kernel and its insides. The goal of this project is simple - to share knowledge about the Linux kernel internals and related low-level topics. If you're curious about what's under the hood, see the Table of Contents. Chapter status (kernel v7.2.0) ImportantI started writing this series when the latest version of the kernel was 3.18. A lot has changed since then, and I am in progress of updating the content to reflect modern kernels (v6.18+). I'll continue revising the posts as the kernel evolves. Booting (updated for v7.2.0) Initialization (pending v6.18.0 review) Interrupts (pending v6.18.0 review) System calls (pending v6.18.0 review) Timers and time management (pending v6.18.0 review) Synchronization primitives (pending v6.18.0 review) Memory management (pending v6.18.0 review) Cgroups (pending v6.18.0 review) SMP (pending v6.18.0 review) Kernel mechanisms (pending v6.18.0 review) Data Structures in the Linux Kernel (pending v6.18.0 review) x86 fundamentals (pending v6.18.0 review) Toolchain and binaries (pending v6.18.0 review) Initial ram disk (pending v6.18.0 review) Contributing to the Linux kernel (pending v6.18.0 review) Requirements Prior knowledge about the Assembly language Proficiency with the C programming language Additionally, you can find lots of useful information about x86_64 processors in Intel Software Developer Manuals TipYou can get started with Assembler with my other series of posts about the Assembly programming. Translations Thanks to the volunteers, the posts about Linux are translated into different languages. NoteThe translations may diverge from the original content. Brazilian Portuguese Chinese Japanese Korean Russian Spanish Turkish Contribution Read the Contribution guide to learn how to contribute to the project. When contributing, make sure to follow the Code of Conduct. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to ping me at Twitter @0xAX, add an issue, or drop me an email. Mailing list There is a Google group mailing list (kernelhacking@googlegroups.com) for learning the kernel source code. To join the group, send an email to kernelhacking+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You will receive a confirmation email. After replying to it, you will be added to the mailing list. TipIf you have a Google account, you can simply open the archive page and click Apply to join group. You will be approved automatically. Sponsors Thanks to the people supporting this project on Patreon: Paulo Oliveira KD License This project is licensed under the BY-NC-SA Creative Commons. Author The technical content is written by @0xAX. Additional big thanks to @klaudiagrz for text improvements.
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