A Zoological guide to kernel data structures

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Kernel data structures exist in many shapes and sizes, in this blog Oracle Linux kernel engineer Alan Maguire performs a statistical analysis on data structure sizes in the Linux kernel.Recently I was working on a BPF feature which aimed to provide a mechanism to display any kernel data structure for debugging purposes. As part of that effort, I wondered what the limits are. How…

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