You can be a kernel hacker!
summary
Claim: kernel hacking is approachable and immediately useful, not mystical. Concrete tools shown include strace for watching system calls, perf and ftrace for CPU and kernel-function profiling, and /proc for recovering deleted files. Demonstrations include a working Rick Roll module that swaps the open syscall and a tiny OS that reads keyboard input. Six hands-on starter paths range from running one command to a three-month paid internship ($5,000 outreach) and Google Summer of Code applications.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 5:40WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
- 17:52USUAL STRATEGIES
- 18:47STRATEGY 1
- 27:50STRATEGY 5
- 29:02LINUX INTERNSHIPS
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