sav / linux-kernel-bits

Yet another collection of Linux Kernel snippets

Linux Kernel Bits v0.0.1

Yet another collection of Linux Kernel snippets. This code was crafted to work with linux-kernel-4.18.x only. You can find the latest version in the link below.

• http://github.com/sav/linux-kernel-bits

Build

Please edit config.mk and set the variables accordingly then either pick your choice from make help or go ahead with make Y=1. The latter might take a really long time.

Modules

• defer_tasklet: Defer to bottom half via Tasklets
• defer_workqueue: Defer to bottom half via Workqueues
• defer_timer: Defer to bottom half via Timers
• lkb_dummie: Dummie example module

Patches

• defer_softirq.patch: Defer to bottom half via Softirq. Softirqs are statically compiled thus a patch instead of a module

Planned

• dbg_tracepoints: debug via trace/events/xxx.h
• rcu_list: RCU List API usage example
• rcu_tree: RCU Tree API usage example

To-Do

• v0.0.2 Build UML along with the bootable image
• v0.0.2 Use local source to build the modules