Questions tagged [kernel]

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How to get BACKLOG of listening socket

asked 2013-06-02T12:21:38.607

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insmod: init_module failed (Exec format error)

android linux module kernel

asked 2013-05-15T10:01:11.080

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Why is zero padding needed in sockaddr_in?

c linux kernel

asked 2013-03-25T06:12:12.267

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how much memory is my kernel module using?

c linux memory kernel

asked 2013-03-07T21:48:13.593

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How to make a linux kernel function available to ftrace function_graph tracer?

android linux kernel ftrace

asked 2013-03-07T12:42:51.340

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About "init: untracked pid xxxx exited" in Genymotion

android linux-kernel kernel embedded-linux genymotion

asked 2013-01-10T08:42:09.930

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addition of a new network protocol in the linux kernel

c linux network-programming linux-kernel kernel

asked 2012-12-07T09:12:11.433

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does kernel's panic() function completely freezes every other process?

linux kernel panic

asked 2012-11-12T14:02:00.017

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why is a kernel called a kernel?

kernel definition

asked 2012-10-19T01:36:32.273

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Is pid really unique

linux multithreading process kernel pid

asked 2012-10-17T21:17:52.613

9

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Unix V6 Source code

unix kernel

asked 2012-10-08T09:38:24.383

13

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How to read a sector using a bio request in Linux kernel

linux kernel driver

asked 2012-10-04T04:48:53.717

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Is .NET Thread.Sleep affected by DST (or system time) changes?

c# .net windows kernel clock

asked 2012-09-12T19:29:23.663

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Kernel development and C++

c++ operating-system kernel

asked 2012-09-12T09:49:14.680

10

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how does the processor know an instruction is making a system call

operating-system kernel system-calls processor

asked 2012-09-01T10:33:39.540

9

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Time quantum per process per thread

c windows linux kernel

asked 2012-08-24T20:42:26.620

12

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Why does munmap needs a length as parameter?

linux kernel mmap

asked 2012-08-22T15:17:45.153

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Extract vmlinux from vmlinuz or bzImage

bash linux-kernel kernel

asked 2012-08-17T08:26:01.917

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difference between Preemption and context switch

architecture kernel arm rtos

asked 2012-07-22T17:23:12.790

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Why is the close function is called release in `struct file_operations` in the Linux kernel?

linux linux-kernel kernel

asked 2012-07-09T10:56:18.060

9

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Why does pages allocation with order of 10 or 11 using __get_free_pages() usually fail?

linux memory kernel

asked 2012-07-05T08:24:32.523

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call a kernel module function from program at user space

linux user-interface module linux-kernel kernel

asked 2012-05-30T12:58:23.527

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The difference between initrd and initramfs

linux filesystems kernel boot

asked 2012-05-15T14:38:26.757

10

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Reading kallsyms in user-mode

linux kernel symbols

asked 2012-05-04T10:57:22.170

13

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(Writing kernel) How do I modify the interrupt descriptor table?

x86 kernel interrupt-handling osdev context-switch

asked 2012-04-29T03:49:34.733

9

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Process niceness (priority) setting has no effect on Linux

linux kernel scheduling nice

asked 2012-04-26T22:46:39.093

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how does the OS know the real size of the physical memory?

linux memory-management operating-system kernel

asked 2012-04-26T16:07:23.157

9

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How to parse large amount of data passed to kernel module through /proc file?

c linux kernel buffer procfs

asked 2012-03-22T22:35:11.997

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Memory mapped IO - how is it done?

operating-system linux-kernel kernel device-driver

asked 2012-03-11T11:25:47.780

9

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What is the meaning of leading and trailing underscores in Linux kernel identifiers?

c linux coding-style kernel

asked 2012-02-24T14:10:38.307

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In what context Kernel Thread runs in Linux?

linux linux-kernel kernel

asked 2012-02-22T05:46:15.633

12

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Convert source IP address from struct iphdr* to string equivalent using Linux netfilter

c linux kernel kernel-module netfilter

asked 2012-02-15T16:07:26.207

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Why do we need list_for_each_safe() in for deleting nodes in kernel linked list?

c foreach linux-kernel linked-list kernel

asked 2012-02-09T08:58:44.553

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Is Pthread library actually a user thread solution?

multithreading pthreads kernel

asked 2011-12-26T21:14:51.023

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Why linux kernel use trap gate to handle divide_error exception?

linux x86 kernel interrupted-exception

asked 2011-12-16T06:56:08.133

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How does the Linux kernel know which drivers to load at boot?

linux module kernel

asked 2011-12-12T03:49:04.633

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What does _NR stand for in system call number ?That is usually used as suffix

linux-kernel kernel system-calls

asked 2011-11-29T05:15:30.853

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linux/module.h: No such file or directory

linux-kernel kernel

asked 2011-11-09T09:10:25.433

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Insert linux kernel module statically

linux linux-kernel kernel kernel-module

asked 2011-09-08T20:09:40.993

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DMA cache coherence management

linux linux-kernel kernel dma

asked 2011-08-20T14:14:11.120

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How to write kernel space memory (physical address) to a file using O_DIRECT?

linux kernel kernel-module dma

asked 2011-06-22T11:30:43.113

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What is a Windows Kernel Driver?

winapi kernel driver wdk

asked 2011-05-15T07:48:23.347

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How to crash a system programmatically

c++ c operating-system kernel

asked 2011-04-29T07:22:05.760

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Where can I learn about the Windows kernel?

windows operating-system kernel

asked 2011-04-27T15:14:24.590

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How does VMMap know a given memory region is Thread Stack, specifically?

windows winapi memory kernel vmmap

asked 2011-04-06T19:36:35.553

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How were the weightings in the linux load computation chosen?

linux kernel history load algorithm

asked 2011-03-13T18:06:53.517

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Compressing the core files during core generation

linux kernel

asked 2011-02-21T07:20:33.037

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How is Linux kernel live debugging done and what tools are used?

debugging linux-kernel kernel

asked 2011-02-09T10:53:01.697

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What is the difference between kernel stack and user stack?

operating-system stack kernel

asked 2011-02-09T06:36:40.947

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What is difference between monolithic and micro kernel?

language-agnostic terminology kernel

asked 2010-12-27T09:52:09.407

Questions tagged kernel