The Linux Kernel
5.4.0-rc4
The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
Linux kernel release 5.x <http://kernel.org/>
The kernel's command-line parameters
Linux allocated devices (4.x+ version)
Documentation for /proc/sys
Hardware vulnerabilities
Reporting bugs
Security bugs
Bug hunting
Bisecting a bug
Tainted kernels
Ramoops oops/panic logger
Dynamic debug
Explaining the dreaded "No init found." boot hang message
Documentation for Kdump - The kexec-based Crash Dumping Solution
Performance monitor support
Rules on how to access information in sysfs
Using the initial RAM disk (initrd)
Control Group v2
Control Groups version 1
Linux Serial Console
Linux Braille Console
Parport
RAID arrays
Kernel module signing facility
RapidIO Subsystem Guide
Linux Magic System Request Key Hacks
Unicode support
Software cursor for VGA
Kernel Support for miscellaneous (your favourite) Binary Formats v1.1
Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.03
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
A block layer cache (bcache)
The Linux RapidIO Subsystem
ext4 General Information
The Android binderfs Filesystem
CIFS
Introduction
Usage
TODO
Changes
Authors
The SGI XFS Filesystem
IBM's Journaled File System (JFS) for Linux
Using UFS
Power Management
Thunderbolt
Linux Security Module Usage
Memory Management
Namespaces
Perf Events and tool security
ACPI Support
ATA over Ethernet (AoE)
btmrvl driver
Clearing WARN_ONCE
CPU load
How CPU topology info is exported via sysfs
Device Mapper
The EFI Boot Stub
gpio
Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs
Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets
I/O statistics fields
Reducing OS jitter due to per-cpu kthreads
Laptop Drivers
Auxiliary Display Support
Parallel port LCD/Keypad Panel support
LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks)
Softlockup detector and hardlockup detector (aka nmi_watchdog)
Numa policy hit/miss statistics
Linux Plug and Play Documentation
Real Time Clock (RTC) Drivers for Linux
Video Mode Selection Support 2.13
WiMAX subsystem
Video Output Switcher Control
Kernel Build System
The Linux kernel firmware guide
The Linux kernel user-space API guide
IOCTLs
Working with the kernel development community
Development tools for the kernel
How to write kernel documentation
Kernel Hacking Guides
Linux Tracing Technologies
Kernel Maintainer Handbook
fault-injection
Kernel Livepatching
The Linux driver implementer's API guide
Core API Documentation
locking
Accounting
Block
cdrom
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE)
Frame Buffer
fpga
Human Interface Devices (HID)
I2C/SMBus Subsystem
Industrial I/O
ISDN
InfiniBand
LEDs
Linux Media Subsystem Documentation
NetLabel
Linux Networking Documentation
pcmcia
Power Management
TCM Virtual Device
timers
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
1-Wire Subsystem
Linux Watchdog Support
Linux Virtualization Support
The Linux Input Documentation
Linux Hardware Monitoring
Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide
Security Documentation
Linux Sound Subsystem Documentation
Linux Kernel Crypto API
Filesystems in the Linux kernel
Linux Memory Management Documentation
BPF Documentation
USB support
Linux PCI Bus Subsystem
Assorted Miscellaneous Devices Documentation
Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture
Linux Scheduler
ARM Architecture
ARM64 Architecture
IA-64 Architecture
m68k Architecture
MIPS-specific Documentation
Linux on the Nios II architecture
OpenRISC Architecture
PA-RISC Architecture
powerpc
RISC-V architecture
s390 Architecture
SuperH Interfaces Guide
Sparc Architecture
x86-specific Documentation
Xtensa Architecture
ext4 Data Structures and Algorithms
Translations
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Introduction
Usage
Build instructions
Installation instructions
Recommendations
Allowing User Mounts
Allowing User Unmounts
Samba Considerations
Use instructions
Restrictions
CIFS VFS Mount Options
Misc /proc/fs/cifs Flags and Debug Info
CIFS kernel module parameters
TODO
A Partial List of Missing Features
Known Bugs
Misc testing to do
Changes
Authors
Original Author
Patch Contributors
Test case and Bug Report contributors