CS614: Linux Kernel Programming (2025/26-II)                                 

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Lectures: L19, 5.15PM to 6.30PM on Tuesday and Thursday
Office: KD-212 email: deba@cse.iitk.ac.in
Meeting hours: 3PM to 5PM on Friday

FCH     Class Schedule     Hello    piazza

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Teaching assistants
Rohit Singh (rsingh@cse.iitk.ac.in)
Pranjal Singh (prsingh@cse.iitk.ac.in)
Rajani Akshat (rajanias@cse.iitk.ac.in)
Jatin Jangir (jatinj24@cse.iitk.ac.in )
Vinayak Devvrat (vinayakd24@cse.iitk.ac.in)

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Evaluation
In-class exercises/Quizzes, Assignments (40%)
Midsem (20%): TBA
Project (40%): TBA.

Cheating of any kind will result in F grade. Refer anti-cheating policy of CSE department.

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Books and References

• Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces. Online 2018.
• Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati, Understanding the Linux Kernel - from I/O ports to process management (Third ed.), O'Reilly 2005.
• Robert Love. Linux Kernel Development (Third ed.), O'Reilly 2010.
• Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux Device Drivers (Third ed.)
• Research papers, Architecture manuals, White papers