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Remove this now before we forget to remove it when we are done with the refactor
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@@ -784,26 +784,6 @@ enables all log levels, and is basically the same as:
except that you don't need to know what is the maximum level.
=== Module documentation
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head kernel_module/modulename.c
grep 'insmod /modulename\.ko' README.adoc
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Many of the modules have userland test scripts / executables with the same name as the module, e.g. form inside the guest:
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/modulename.sh
/modulename.out
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The sources of those tests will further clarify what the corresponding kernel modules does. To find them on the host, do a quick:
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git ls-files | grep modulename
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=== Rebuild
After making changes to a package, you must explicitly request it to be rebuilt.
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Bibliography: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4508998/what-is-an-anonymous-inode-in-linux
=== Linux kernel asynchronous
=== Linux kernel asynchronous APIs
In this section we will document asynchronous APIs of Linux kernel, especially kthread-related scheduled events.