[PATCH] Doc: process: Added two important books for Linux Kernel programming and development

From: Bhaskar Chowdhury

Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 03:50:16 EST


These books are very well written and enhance the understanding of the process.

Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 ++-
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@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference:
- "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall]
- "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly]
- "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall]
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+ - "Linux System Programming" by Robert Love [O'Reilly]
+ - "Linux Kernel Development" By Robert Love [Pearson]
The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it
adheres to the ISO C11 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are
not featured in the standard. The kernel is a freestanding C
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