Understanding the Linux Kernel, Visually

Understanding the Linux kernel is challenging due to its large and complex program state. While existing kernel debugging tools provide full access to kernel states at arbitrary levels of detail, developers often spend a significant amount of time sifting through redundant information to find what is truly useful. Additionally, the textual results provided by traditional debuggers are often insufficient for expressing high-dimensional information in a readable manner.

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2025-03-26
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3689031.3696095
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2
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Software System Performance and Reliability
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Understanding the Linux Kernel, Visually

Hanzhi Liu, Chang Xu, Yanyan Jiang
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Software System Performance and Reliability
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Understanding the Linux Kernel, Visually

Hanzhi Liu, Chang Xu, Yanyan Jiang
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Abstract

Understanding the Linux kernel is challenging due to its large and complex program state. While existing kernel debugging tools provide full access to kernel states at arbitrary levels of detail, developers often spend a significant amount of time sifting through redundant information to find what is truly useful. Additionally, the textual results provided by traditional debuggers are often insufficient for expressing high-dimensional information in a readable manner.

Nanjing University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 10%
Software System Performance and Reliability
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