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<h2 class='titleHead'>The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide</h2>
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<h2 class='titleHead'>The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide</h2>
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<div class='author'><span class='ecrm-1200'>Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram, Jim Huang</span></div><br />
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<div class='author'><span class='ecrm-1200'>Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram, Jim Huang</span></div><br />
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-<div class='date'><span class='ecrm-1200'>September 24, 2021</span></div>
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+<div class='date'><span class='ecrm-1200'>September 25, 2021</span></div>
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@@ -5431,23 +5431,14 @@ and the <a href='https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.gi
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always easy to understand but can be a starting point for further investigation. Also,
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always easy to understand but can be a starting point for further investigation. Also,
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as Linus Torvalds said, the best way to learn the kernel is to read the source code
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as Linus Torvalds said, the best way to learn the kernel is to read the source code
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yourself.
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yourself.
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-</p><!-- l. 1755 --><p class='indent'> If you are interested in more examples of short kernel modules then searching on
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-sites such as Github and Gitlab is a good way to start, although there is a lot of
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-duplication of older LKMPG examples which may not compile with newer kernel
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-versions. You will also be able to find examples of the use of kernel modules to attack
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-or compromise systems or exfiltrate data and those can be useful for thinking about
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-how to defend systems and learning about existing security mechanisms within the
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-kernel.
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+</p><!-- l. 1755 --><p class='indent'> If you would like to contribute to this guide or notice anything glaringly wrong,
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+please create an issue at <a class='url' href='https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg'><span class='ectt-1000'>https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg</span></a>. Your pull requests
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+will be appreciated.
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+</p><!-- l. 1758 --><p class='indent'> Happy hacking!
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+</p>
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-</p><!-- l. 1758 --><p class='indent'> I hope I have helped you in your quest to become a better programmer, or at
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-least to have fun through technology. And, if you do write useful kernel modules, I
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-hope you publish them under the GPL, so I can use them too.
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-</p><!-- l. 1761 --><p class='indent'> If you would like to contribute to this guide or notice anything glaringly wrong,
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-please create an issue at <a class='url' href='https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg'><span class='ectt-1000'>https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg</span></a>.
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-</p><!-- l. 1763 --><p class='indent'> Happy hacking!
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-</p>
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<div class='footnotes'><!-- l. 1593 --><p class='indent'> <span class='footnote-mark'><a href='#fn1x0-bk' id='fn1x0'><sup class='textsuperscript'>1</sup></a></span><span class='ecrm-0800'>The goal of threaded interrupts is to push more of the work to separate threads, so that the
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<div class='footnotes'><!-- l. 1593 --><p class='indent'> <span class='footnote-mark'><a href='#fn1x0-bk' id='fn1x0'><sup class='textsuperscript'>1</sup></a></span><span class='ecrm-0800'>The goal of threaded interrupts is to push more of the work to separate threads, so that the
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</span><span class='ecrm-0800'>minimum needed for acknowledging an interrupt is reduced, and therefore the time spent handling
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</span><span class='ecrm-0800'>minimum needed for acknowledging an interrupt is reduced, and therefore the time spent handling
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</span><span class='ecrm-0800'>the interrupt (where it can’t handle any other interrupts at the same time) is reduced. See</span>
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</span><span class='ecrm-0800'>the interrupt (where it can’t handle any other interrupts at the same time) is reduced. See</span>
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