Debugging Linux Systems

Conventions Used

Source code, function names, and shell commands, are written like this. The shell prompt used is bash>. Filenames are written in italics, like this. Italics are also used to introduce new terms.

Some sections modify original kernel source files while implementing code examples. To clearly point out the changes, newly inserted code lines are prefixed with +, and any deleted code lines with -.

Sometimes, for simplicity, this shortcut uses generic references. So if the text points you to the arch/your-arch/ directory, it should be translated, for example, to arch/x86/ if you are compiling the kernel for the x86 architecture.

The → symbol is sometimes inserted between command or kernel output to attach explanations.

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