Kernel Recipes Courses

Filesystem and Memory Reclaim

Explore filesystem memory reclaim mechanisms and deadlock prevention strategies in Linux kernel development, covering existing solutions and emerging challenges in memory management.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Kworkflow - Mix and Match Kernel Recipes End-to-end

Discover how Kworkflow optimizes Linux kernel development by unifying tools, automating practices, and standardizing workflows for enhanced community collaboration.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linux Virtualization Based Security - Hypervisor-Agnostic Kernel Protection Architecture

Discover Linux Virtualization Based Security (LVBS) - a hypervisor-agnostic architecture that strengthens kernel protection beyond built-in defenses using hypervisor-level enforcement.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linux for Real Time Workloads - Bare Metal and KVM

Discover Linux real-time capabilities for bare metal and virtualized environments, exploring scheduling policies, PREEMPT_RT, CPU isolation, and performance benchmarks.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Observing the Memory Mills Running

Explore Linux memory management through /proc/vmstat event counters to diagnose system performance issues in low-memory conditions and understand memory reclaim processes.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Where Does My Memory Come From? - Kernel Memory Management Deep Dive

Dive into kernel memory management APIs, VMA operations, memory tracking, reclaim, migration, and the intricate mechanisms behind userland memory allocation.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

So You Want to Write a Driver in Rust?

Explore Rust's potential for driver development, tackling safety benefits, common challenges, and practical steps to start writing more secure kernel drivers.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

nolibc - A Userspace libc in the Kernel Tree

Explore nolibc, a minimal C standard library in the Linux kernel tree that enables building tiny applications with bare-metal toolchains across multiple architectures.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Tame a Panthor - GPU Driver Development for Mali GPUs

Discover how GPU drivers work by exploring Panthor/PanVK for Mali GPUs, demystifying complex driver development and DRM subsystem components that simplify modern kernel GPU driver creation.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Rusty Odyssey - A Timeline of Rust in the DRM Subsystem

Explore the evolution of Rust integration in Linux Kernel's DRM subsystem, covering key milestones, driver projects like Asahi and Nova, and future GPU development.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Recipe for Baking a GCC - Essential Components and Community Organization

Explore the essential components of GCC compiler development, from source code to community organization, plus recent updates on GPU offloading, Rust integration, and BPF support.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Overcoming Observer Effects in Memory Management with DAMON

Discover how Linux kernel's DAMON subsystem overcomes observer effects in memory management to accurately measure data access patterns and improve system efficiency.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Program Verification for the Linux kernel - Potential Costs and Benefits

Explore program verification techniques for Linux kernel development, examining implementation costs, benefits, and practical applications for safer kernel code.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The CRA and What It Means for Us

Understand the Cyber Resilience Act's impact on Linux developers, users, and device manufacturers in this updated analysis of regulatory changes affecting the ecosystem.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modernizing Virtio GPU - A Rust Powered Approach with Vhost Device GPU

Explore how vhost-device-gpu revolutionizes virtual graphics with Rust's memory safety, modular backends, and enhanced security through VMM isolation and modern renderer support.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video