Kernel Development Learning Pipeline

Lecture 16: Monday, 29 July 2024

Announcements

1. E2 initial submission due tonight

2. P2 due next week

Review

1. In L15 we covered:

   1. Using class files to provide a kernel interface in sysfs

   2. Mutexes and atomic types in the kernel

   3. "Listened" to the sound of a race condition in the kernel

Lecture overview

1. Review of kkey race condition

2. Open syscall overview

3. File descriptor table in Linux kernel

Slides

File Descriptors 1