The Linux Kernel
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A guide to the Kernel Development Process
Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel
Code of conduct
Kernel Maintainer Handbook
All development-process docs
Core API Documentation
Driver implementer's API guide
Kernel subsystem documentation
Locking in the kernel
Linux kernel licensing rules
How to write kernel documentation
Development tools for the kernel
Kernel Testing Guide
Kernel Hacking Guides
Linux Tracing Technologies
fault-injection
Kernel Livepatching
Rust
The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
The kernel build system
Reporting issues
User-space tools
The Linux kernel user-space API guide
No New Privileges Flag
Seccomp BPF (SECure COMPuting with filters)
Landlock: unprivileged access control
unshare system call
Speculation Control
OpenCAPI (Open Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface)
eBPF Userspace API
Linux-specific ELF idiosyncrasies
IOCTLs
IOMMU Userspace API
IOMMUFD
Linux Media Infrastructure userspace API
Introduction
Part I - Video for Linux API
Part II - Digital TV API
Part III - Remote Controller API
Part IV - Media Controller API
Part V - Consumer Electronics Control API
Generic Error Codes
Glossary
GNU Free Documentation License
Video4Linux (V4L) driver-specific documentation
Netlink Handbook
Platform Profile Selection (e.g. /sys/firmware/acpi/platform_profile)
VDUSE - "vDPA Device in Userspace"
futex2
The Linux kernel firmware guide
Open Firmware and Devicetree
CPU Architectures
Unsorted Documentation
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Libv4l Userspace Library
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5.1. Introduction