Linux Shared Libraries course, Munich, Germany, 20 July 2017

I've scheduled a public instance of my "Building and Using Shared Libraries on Linux" course to take place in Munich, Germany on 20 July 2017.  This one-day course provides a thorough introduction to building and using shared libraries. covering topics such as: the basics of creating, installing, and using shared libraries; shared library versioning and naming conventions; the role of the dynamic linker; run-time symbol resolution; controlling symbol visibility; symbol versioning; preloading shared libraries; and dynamically loaded libraries (dlopen). The course format is a mixture of theory and practical.

The course is aimed at programmers who create and use shared libraries. Systems administrators who are managing and troubleshooting applications that use shared libraries will also find the course useful.

You can find out more about the course (such as expected background and course pricing) at http://man7.org/training/shlib/ and see a detailed course outline at
http://man7.org/training/shlib/shlib_course_outline.html.

Cgroups/namespaces/seccomp/capabilities course

There are still some places available on my "Linux Security and Isolation APIs" that will take place in Munich, Germany on 17-19 July 2017.  This three-day course provides a deep understanding of the low-level Linux features (set-UID/set-GID programs, capabilities, namespaces, cgroups, and seccomp) used to implement privileged applications and build container, virtualization, and sandboxing technologies. The course format is a mixture of theory and practical.

The course is aimed at designers and programmers building privileged applications, container applications, and sandboxing applications. Systems administrators who are managing such applications are also likely to find the course of benefit.

You can find out more about the course (such as expected background and course pricing) at
http://man7.org/training/sec_isol_apis/
and see a detailed course outline at
http://man7.org/training/sec_isol_apis/sec_isol_apis_course_outline.html

man-pages-4.11 is released

I've released man-pages-4.11. The release tarball is available on kernel.org. The browsable online pages can be found on man7.org. The Git repository for man-pages is available on kernel.org.

This release resulted from patches, bug reports, reviews, and comments from over 30 contributors. It includes more than 300 commits changing over 100 pages. The changes include the addition of 5 pages, significant rewriting of 1 other page, and enhancements to many other pages.

Among the more significant changes in man-pages-4.11 are the following:

• Two new pages, userfaultfd(2) and ioctl_userfaultfd(2), written by me and Mike Rapoport, document the userfaultfd() system call that was added in Linux 4.3, along with associated ioctl() operations that can be performed on the file descriptor returned by that system call.
• A new statx(2) man page, written by David Howells, documents the statx() system call that was added in the just-released Linux 4.11 kernel.
• A new pthread_atfork(3) manual page documents the pthread_atfork() library function.
• The slabinfo(5) has been heavily updated to reflect current kernel details.