Welcome to the Linux Kernel Programming website for the summer semester 2025!


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Contact

Course email address: lkp@os.rwth-aachen.de

Matrix server: If you already have a Matrix account on any Matrix server, use this form to send it to us so we can invite you.
If you don’t have an account, you can create one by following these steps:

  • Create an account on https://app.element.io
  • Specify the server: matrix.os.rwth-aachen.de
  • Enter your username in the form firstname.surname
  • Use this registration token (valid until Mai 18): 8pVLFb
  • Use the form above to register to the LKP chat room

Matrix chat room rules:

  • You can ask questions about the lecture and labs.
  • You are encouraged to answer each others’ questions. We will give bonus points to students who frequently help others with proper answers.
  • When answering a question, please create a thread to avoid cluttering the chat room!
  • Do not provide solution code for the labs.

Schedule

Note: This is a tentative schedule. It might be updated if you need more times for some labs, because of unforeseen reasons, or if we decide to add a new lecture topic :)

Entries in red are cancelled dates due to lecture-free days in the University calendar.

Week nr. Monday (Lab) Tuesday (Lecture) Thursday (Lab)
15 Kick-off + History and Architecture of the Linux Kernel
16 Dusting Off Your C Skills C Bootcamp and Kernel Programming Dusting Off Your C Skills
17 Ostermontag Implementing Kernel Modules & Contributing to the Kernel First Steps with the Kernel
18 First Steps with the Kernel My First Modules (lab) Maifeiertag
19 My First Modules “Tutorial” lab Debugging in the Linux Kernel
20 Debugging in the Linux Kernel User/Kernel Communication Debugging in the Linux Kernel
21 User/Kernel Communication Mechanisms Memory Management (1) User/Kernel Communication Mechanisms
22 User/Kernel Communication Mechanisms Memory Management (2) Christi Himmelfahrt
23 Memory Management Memory Management (lab) Memory Management (TDI)
24 Pfingstwoche Pfingstwoche Pfingstwoche
25 Memory Management The Virtual File System Fronleichnam
26 Virtual File System Tracing Facilities in the Kernel Virtual File System
27 Virtual File System System Calls
28 System Calls Project
29 Project Project

Team

This course is offered by the Operating Systems group at RWTH.

Lectures: Redha Gouicem
Labs: Jérôme Coquisart

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