Core API Documentation

This is the beginning of a manual for core kernel APIs. The conversion (and writing!) of documents for this manual is much appreciated!

Core utilities

• The Linux Kernel API
• Generic Associative Array Implementation
• Semantics and Behavior of Atomic and Bitmask Operations
• CPU hotplug in the Kernel
• Semantics and Behavior of Local Atomic Operations
• Concurrency Managed Workqueue (cmwq)
• Linux generic IRQ handling
• Using flexible arrays in the kernel
• Reed-Solomon Library Programming Interface
• The genalloc/genpool subsystem

Interfaces for kernel debugging

• The object-lifetime debugging infrastructure
• The Linux Kernel Tracepoint API