Code that is intended to run in an operating system kernel or kernel module
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Callback in Linux kernel driver in order to hide device's low-level protocol
I'm am writing a Linux kernel driver for HD44780 LCDs connected via I2C bus. In my last change I tried to decouple low-level code (which talks to the device via I2C) from device's logic (printing ...
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Simple Linux char driver
Since the resources I found to learn are generally out-of-date, I'm having to read a lot of documentation, which makes the learning process somewhat haphazard. The module makes a simple character ...
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Windows AppLocker extension - Owner rule
I am trying to extend Windows AppLocker behavior to add custom rule which checks owner of executables in Program Files and Windows folders. This would help us patch folders that are writable by ...
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Kernel development
I'm trying to learn more about kernels, so naturally I started to program one. I'm using tutorials from here. Right now I have modified the printf() that was ...
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Homebrew std::string for use with kernel
I've ported some standard library facilities like vector, algorithm, etc. to my kernel so I can code in C++ instead of C. This is one of them. I'm looking for concerns regarding:
Performance
Safety
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Free a binary tree without using recursion or allocating memory
As the title says, the objective is to free a binary tree without using the stack or allocating memory.
This was required for a kernel module where resources were limited.
Result has a complexity of ...
