Kernel coverage at LWN.net

LWN.net's coverage of Linux kernel development is detailed, technical, and timely.

The article index

See the LWN Kernel Index for instant access to all LWN kernel articles, organized by topic.

Recent LWN.net kernel articles

LWN runs kernel-oriented content every week. Some of our more recent articles in this area include:

March 21, 2024	Hardening the kernel against heap-spraying attacks
March 18, 2024	Toward a real "too small to fail" rule
March 14, 2024	The first half of the 6.9 merge window
March 13, 2024	A new filesystem for pidfds
March 11, 2024	Development statistics for 6.8
March 8, 2024	Better linked-list traversal in BPF
March 5, 2024	Formalizing policy zones for memory
February 29, 2024	A sandbox mode for the kernel
February 26, 2024	A RDRAND followup
February 22, 2024	When ELF notes reveal too much
February 21, 2024	A proposal for shared memory in BPF programs
February 16, 2024	Windows NT synchronization primitives for Linux
February 7, 2024	So you think you understand IP fragmentation?
February 5, 2024	The end of tasklets
February 1, 2024	The hard life of a virtual-filesystem developer
January 22, 2024	The rest of the 6.8 merge window
January 19, 2024	mseal() gets closer
January 15, 2024	Rust and C filesystem APIs
January 12, 2024	The first half of the 6.8 merge window
January 11, 2024	The kernel "closure" API

Recent kernel patches

A few of the most recently posted kernel patches are listed below; see the LWN Kernel Patches Page for full access to the patch database.