Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel. The open-source code, which has been accepted into the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, is designed to reduce data corruption ...

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

Due to the complexity of developing and maintaining the kernel, only the most essential and performance-critical code are placed in the kernel. Other things, such as GUI, management and control code, ...

As more people and companies start to write Linux kernel code, understanding acceptable kernel programming coding style and conventions is very important. This article starts out by explaining the ...

Oracle has announced that it has contributed data-integrity code to the Linux kernel. The open-source code, which has been accepted into the Linux 2.6.27 kernel, is designed to reduce data corruption ...

The code, developed with hardware maker Emulex, maintains data integrity as information moves from application to database and from Linux to disk storage Oracle has contributed data-integrity ...