From: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: process: Added two important books for Linux Kernel programming and development
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:10:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260328074745.2309736-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> (raw)
These books are very well written and enhance the understanding of the process.
Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
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Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
index 9438e03d6f50..c5164a27fc1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference:
- "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall]
- "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly]
- "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall]
-
+ - "Linux System Programming" by Robert Love [O'Reilly]
+ - "Linux Kernel Development" By Robert Love [Pearson]
The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it
adheres to the ISO C11 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are
not featured in the standard. The kernel is a freestanding C
--
2.52.0
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