The kernel's BPF virtual machine allows programs loaded from user space to be safely run in the kernel's context. That functionality would be of limited use, however, without the ability for those ...

Modern compilers perform a lot of optimizations, which can complicate debugging. Song Liu and Thierry Treyer spoke about a potential improvement to BPF Type Format (BTF) debugging information that ...

Linux kernel developers are reviewing a proposal for an emergency risk mitigation mechanism (“Killswitch”) that would allow administrators to disable vulnerable kernel functions at runtime. The ...

For a computer OS like Windows, the kernel is the essential foundation on which the OS rests, so it's critical for Windows administrators to understand its structure to inform their work. The kernel ...

Much of modern operating system functionality happens in and around the kernel. That’s a problem when you’re implementing monitoring and observability tools or adding low-level security tools because ...

All OSes contain a kernel, which serves as the core set of instructions that all other operations and programs rely upon, and the fundamental nature of desktop kernels means that IT admins should ...

On Linux kernel programming mailing lists oriented toward new developers (see the on-line Resources), a number of common questions are asked. Almost every time one of these questions is asked, the ...