diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 225 |
1 files changed, 198 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst index 8660493b91d0..c67ac12cf789 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst @@ -3,27 +3,27 @@ Index of Further Kernel Documentation ===================================== -The need for a document like this one became apparent in the -linux-kernel mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers -to information, appeared again and again. +The need for a document like this one became apparent in the linux-kernel +mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers to information, +appeared again and again. -Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more -get interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always -enough. It is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the -philosophy and design decisions behind this code. +Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more get +interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always enough. It +is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the philosophy and +design decisions behind this code. -Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to -start. And, even if they exist, there was no "well-known" place which -kept track of them. These lines try to cover this lack. +Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to start. +And, even if they exist, there was no "well-known" place which kept track +of them. These lines try to cover this lack. PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here or write a new document, include a reference to it here, following the kernel's patch submission process. Any corrections, ideas or comments are also welcome. All documents are cataloged with the following fields: the document's -"Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they can be found, some -"Keywords" helpful when searching for specific topics, and a brief -"Description" of the Document. +"Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they can be found, some "Keywords" +helpful when searching for specific topics, and a brief "Description" of +the Document. .. note:: @@ -75,6 +75,26 @@ On-line docs Published books --------------- + * Title: **The Linux Memory Manager** + + :Author: Lorenzo Stoakes + :Publisher: No Starch Press + :Date: February 2025 + :Pages: 1300 + :ISBN: 978-1718504462 + :Notes: Memory management. Full draft available as early access for + pre-order, full release scheduled for Fall 2025. See + https://nostarch.com/linux-memory-manager for further info. + + * Title: **Practical Linux System Administration: A Guide to Installation, Configuration, and Management, 1st Edition** + + :Author: Kenneth Hess + :Publisher: O'Reilly Media + :Date: May, 2023 + :Pages: 246 + :ISBN: 978-1098109035 + :Notes: System administration + * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverage proven tools and advanced techniques to effectively debug Linux kernels and kernel modules** :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria @@ -88,9 +108,9 @@ Published books :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd - :Date: March, 2021 + :Date: March, 2021 (Second Edition published in 2024) :Pages: 754 - :ISBN: 978-1789953435 + :ISBN: 978-1789953435 (Second Edition ISBN is 978-1803232225) * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 - Char Device Drivers and Kernel Synchronization: Create user-kernel interfaces, work with peripheral I/O, and handle hardware interrupts** @@ -118,15 +138,6 @@ Published books :ISBN: 978-0672329463 :Notes: Foundational book - * Title: **Practical Linux System Administration: A Guide to Installation, Configuration, and Management, 1st Edition** - - :Author: Kenneth Hess - :Publisher: O'Reilly Media - :Date: May, 2023 - :Pages: 246 - :ISBN: 978-1098109035 - :Notes: System administration - .. _ldd3_published: * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition** @@ -194,13 +205,173 @@ Miscellaneous * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archives and search engines** - :URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html - :URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html - :URL: http://groups.google.com/group/mlist.linux.kernel + :URL: https://subspace.kernel.org + :URL: https://lore.kernel.org :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, search. :Description: Some of the linux-kernel mailing list archivers. If you have a better/another one, please let me know. + * Name: **The Linux Foundation YouTube channel** + + :URL: https://www.youtube.com/user/thelinuxfoundation + :Keywords: linux, videos, linux-foundation, youtube. + :Description: The Linux Foundation uploads video recordings of their + collaborative events, Linux conferences including LinuxCon, and + other original research and content related to Linux and software + development. + +Rust +---- + + * Title: **Rust for Linux** + + :Author: various + :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/ + :Date: rolling version + :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel, rust. + :Description: From the website: "Rust for Linux is the project adding + support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is + intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to + the project". + + * Title: **Learn Rust the Dangerous Way** + + :Author: Cliff L. Biffle + :URL: https://cliffle.com/p/dangerust/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024 + :Keywords: rust, blog. + :Description: From the website: "LRtDW is a series of articles + putting Rust features in context for low-level C programmers who + maybe don’t have a formal CS background — the sort of people who + work on firmware, game engines, OS kernels, and the like. + Basically, people like me.". It illustrates line-by-line + conversions from C to Rust. + + * Title: **The Rust Book** + + :Author: Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols, with contributions from the + Rust community + :URL: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024 + :Keywords: rust, book. + :Description: From the website: "This book fully embraces the + potential of Rust to empower its users. It’s a friendly and + approachable text intended to help you level up not just your + knowledge of Rust, but also your reach and confidence as a + programmer in general. So dive in, get ready to learn—and welcome + to the Rust community!". + + * Title: **Rust for the Polyglot Programmer** + + :Author: Ian Jackson + :URL: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ianmdlvl/rust-polyglot/index.html + :Date: December 2022 + :Keywords: rust, blog, tooling. + :Description: From the website: "There are many guides and + introductions to Rust. This one is something different: it is + intended for the experienced programmer who already knows many + other programming languages. I try to be comprehensive enough to be + a starting point for any area of Rust, but to avoid going into too + much detail except where things are not as you might expect. Also + this guide is not entirely free of opinion, including + recommendations of libraries (crates), tooling, etc.". + + * Title: **Fasterthanli.me** + + :Author: Amos Wenger + :URL: https://fasterthanli.me/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024 + :Keywords: rust, blog, news. + :Description: From the website: "I make articles and videos about how + computers work. My content is long-form, didactic and exploratory + — and often an excuse to teach Rust!". + + * Title: **Comprehensive Rust** + + :Author: Android team at Google + :URL: https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 13 2024 + :Keywords: rust, blog. + :Description: From the website: "The course covers the full spectrum + of Rust, from basic syntax to advanced topics like generics and + error handling". + + * Title: **The Embedded Rust Book** + + :Author: Multiple contributors, mostly Jorge Aparicio + :URL: https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 13 2024 + :Keywords: rust, blog. + :Description: From the website: "An introductory book about using + the Rust Programming Language on "Bare Metal" embedded systems, + such as Microcontrollers". + + * Title: **Experiment: Improving the Rust Book** + + :Author: Cognitive Engineering Lab at Brown University + :URL: https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 22 2024 + :Keywords: rust, blog. + :Description: From the website: "The goal of this experiment is to + evaluate and improve the content of the Rust Book to help people + learn Rust more effectively.". + + * Title: **New Rustacean** (podcast) + + :Author: Chris Krycho + :URL: https://newrustacean.com/ + :Date: Accessed Sep 22 2024 + :Keywords: rust, podcast. + :Description: From the website: "This is a podcast about learning + the programming language Rust—from scratch! Apart from this spiffy + landing page, all the site content is built with Rust's own + documentation tools.". + + * Title: **Opsem-team** (repository) + + :Author: Operational semantics team + :URL: https://github.com/rust-lang/opsem-team/tree/main + :Date: Accessed Sep 22 2024 + :Keywords: rust, repository. + :Description: From the README: "The opsem team is the successor of + the unsafe-code-guidelines working group and responsible for + answering many of the difficult questions about the semantics of + unsafe Rust". + + * Title: **You Can't Spell Trust Without Rust** + + :Author: Alexis Beingessner + :URL: https://repository.library.carleton.ca/downloads/1j92g820w?locale=en + :Date: 2015 + :Keywords: rust, master, thesis. + :Description: This thesis focuses on Rust's ownership system, which + ensures memory safety by controlling data manipulation and + lifetime, while also highlighting its limitations and comparing it + to similar systems in Cyclone and C++. + + * Name: **Linux Plumbers (LPC) 2024 Rust presentations** + + :Title: Rust microconference + :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/sessions/186/#20240918 + :Title: Rust for Linux + :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1912/ + :Title: Journey of a C kernel engineer starting a Rust driver project + :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1911/ + :Title: Crafting a Linux kernel scheduler that runs in user-space + using Rust + :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1723/ + :Title: openHCL: A Linux and Rust based paravisor + :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1956/ + :Keywords: rust, lpc, presentations. + :Description: A number of LPC talks related to Rust. + + * Name: **The Rustacean Station Podcast** + + :URL: https://rustacean-station.org/ + :Keywords: rust, podcasts. + :Description: A community project for creating podcast content for + the Rust programming language. + ------- This document was originally based on: |