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So how does one goes about understanding the inner workings the linux kernel (the


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Try learning English first.
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>>54979800
https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/kernel-api/

For a gentler introduction, read one of the Kernel books written by Linux developers, there's a few. They'd expect you to know how an Operating System is generally structured though.
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>>54979800
By reading the source
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https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/Misc/contribute.md
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>>54979800
Basic operating system principles, modern processor design (1982 onward), then if you don't already know it, advanced principles of C, contemporary ASM, and finally linux principles, and then advanced exposition of the Linux kernel. If you want to know how the c code works, you can do that very easily. If you want to understand it, study the principles or grow an extra chromosome.
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sorry about that grammar
I am familiar with operating system concepts and quite a bit of C.
I wanted to take that understanding further by looking at actual implementation of concepts like page faults,virtual memory,process scheduling (CFS).
Thanks for the great suggestions.
any book recommendations ??
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>>54979800
Start with the Greeks.
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>>54980120
there is an O'Reilly book named 'Understanding the linux kernel'
it looks good enough
I would also try compiling it with all the options in the .conf file off and see what I end up, maybe run it in a VM with another program on top which acts as a sort of interface to the kernel API
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re-write it yourself & you'll understand fairly well.. I hope
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Actually.
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