Course goals:

• Provide knowledge about linux kernel internals
• Develop practical skills on kernel module development

Prerequisites:

• PE03. System programming for Linux

Lecture topics

• Kernel architecture and source tree
• Kernel development process. Building and installing
• System call interface
• Memory management
• Process management
• Netlink: communication between user space and kernel space
• Filesystems interface
• procfs/sysfs

Practical exercises

• Kernel configuring and building
• Hello world module
• Netlink interface
• Procfs example
• Sysfs

Course language:

• RUS, ENG

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