From c3e84d1ce5effc5d05526ca30c42ec1ae9c82669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Sailer Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:36:33 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Add 4 paper/book references Background/Reasoning: Books: ------ * Linux Kernel Networking by Rami Rosen While some parts are quite short and could be more carefully explained it's still a good recomendation for understanding linux kernel networking, (IMHO) * Linux Treiber entwickeln: It sure is a drawback that this is a german book. But it's quite recent, well structured and there are also other non-english (spanish) books/papers in this list. Papers: ------- * On Submitting kernel Patches Contains 2 case studies of bigger patch sets and how (or how not) they were merged. I found it helpful * Tracing the Way of Data in a TCP Connection through the Linux Kernel Since this was written by me this inclusion may be a bit biased :p Neitherless I think this gives a good introduction on understanding/exploring linux internals using ftrace and an overview of Linux TCP internals. [mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename] Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/kernel-docs.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt index 6f7d7de9b58d..177f7dc583d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt @@ -156,6 +156,33 @@ ON-LINE DOCS device driver. It describes the code for module initialization and cleanup, as well as the open() and close() system calls*. + * Title: **On submitting kernel Patches** + + :Author: Andi Kleen + :URL: http://halobates.de/on-submitting-kernel-patches.pdf + :Keywords: patches, review process, types of submissions, basic rules, case studies + :Description: This paper gives several experience values on what types of patches + there are and how likley they get merged. + :Abstract: + [...]. This paper examines some common problems for + submitting larger changes and some strategies to avoid problems. + + * Title: **Tracing the Way of Data in a TCP Connection through the Linux Kernel** + :Author: Richard Sailer + :URL: https://archive.org/details/linux_kernel_data_flow_short_paper + :Keywords: Linux Kernel Networking, TCP, tracing, ftrace + :Description: A seminar paper explaining ftrace and how to use it for + understanding linux kernel internals, + illustrated at tracing the way of a TCP packet through the kernel. + :Abstract: *This short paper outlines the usage of ftrace a tracing framework + as a tool to understand a running Linux system. + Having obtained a trace-log a kernel hacker can read and understand + source code more determined and with context. + In a detailed example this approach is demonstrated in tracing + and the way of data in a TCP Connection through the kernel. + Finally this trace-log is used as base for more a exact conceptual + exploration and description of the Linux TCP/IP implementation.* + * Title: **The Devil's in the Details** :Author: Georg v. Zezschwitz and Alessandro Rubini. @@ -547,6 +574,24 @@ BOOKS: (Not on-line) :Pages: 440 :ISBN: 978-0672329463 + * Title: **Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory** + + :Author: Rami Rosen + :Publisher: Apress + :Date: December 22, 2013 + :Pages: 648 + :ISBN: 978-1430261964 + + * Title: **Linux Treiber entwickeln** + + :Author: Jürgen Quade, Eva-Katharina Kunst + :Publisher: dpunkt.verlag + :Date: Oct 2015 (4th edition) + :Pages: 688 + :ISBN: 978-3-86490-288-8 + :Note: German. The third edition from 2011 is + much cheaper and still quite up-to-date. + MISCELLANEOUS ------------- -- 2.20.1