Tag: Linux kernel
KGDB with VirtualBox: Debug a Live Kernel
Debugging an application live has always been easy for application developers, but debugging a live kernel has never been a simple option for kernel...
Understanding a Kernel Oops!
Understanding a kernel panic and doing the forensics to trace the bug is considered a hacker's job. This is a complex task that requires...
Playing with User-mode Linux
This article gives you hands-on experience in setting up a User-Mode Linux (UML) kernel and getting it up on a running Linux OS. We...
SystemTap Tutorial, Part 1
This is the first of a two-part series on SystemTap, a dynamic method to monitor and trace the operations of a running Linux kernel....
Write Your Next Program on Linux
Quite a few colleges and schools still teach C/C++/Java programming on Windows -- and even worse, on DOS (using Turbo C/C++)! GNU/Linux provides a...