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Clarification on Linux Kernel Interaction with C Functions

Can anyone give me a bit of clarification on Kernel. In linux Kernel is also a compiled program right? then when we use C like function like open() how it interacts with the kernel which is already a compiled program?

  1. ming_58391#0000

    It’s a little more complex than that….
    Yes, the Kernel is a compiled program – but it runs in a privileged mode that is not available to user-space (normal) stuff. It acts as the interface between the low-level hardware and applications running in user-space.

    The kernel then exposes the hardware to applications through the device drivers. When you call `open()`, `close()`, `read()` and `write()` on that device driver, they get mapped through to the device driver in kernel space which fulfils that request. The user-space application uses the `libc` as the interface between user-space and kernel-sapce

    Very simplistically:

    +---------------+
    | Application   |
    |  open()       |       
    +---------------+
      |        ^        
      V        |
     libc     libc 
      |        |
      V        |
    +---------------+
    |   Kernel      |
    |   |       ^   |  
    |   V       |   |  
    | Device Driver | 
    +---------------+
      |        ^
      V        |
    +---------------+
    | Hardware      |  
    +---------------+
    
  2. undefined2001#0000

    I know This much theoritically

  3. undefined2001#0000

    but I want to know about more deeply like syscall table and more

  4. undefined2001#0000

    can you please suggest some resources if there any

  5. ming_58391#0000

    That is getting into Linux kernel device drivers.
    Have you looked at the Bootlin course material?
    https://bootlin.com/doc/training/linux-kernel/

  6. undefined2001#0000

    I want to know how they work together at lower level

  7. undefined2001#0000

    I haven’t yet.

  8. ming_58391#0000

    BTW – It is a massive topic. when I teach it, it is a 5 day full time course and that is just to give you the basics of device drivers.
    It’s not that it is complex, it is more that there is a lot of material to cover.

  9. undefined2001#0000

    😡

  10. ming_58391#0000

    However, if you start at the beginning with some simple examples, it does all make sense

  11. undefined2001#0000

    Let’s see where it goes

  12. ming_58391#0000

    Feel free to ask questions here

  13. ming_58391#0000

    I can’t share my materials, as they are proprietary – but can answer any questions you have

  14. undefined2001#0000

    Sure. I will ask if I don’t understand something

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