Hi folks - I've found myself having do some socket programming in the linux kernel. (yes, yes, I know: have I thought about user space? Yes, that's where I've prototyped my code. This is a ...

Triplett is an advocate of using Rust for systems-level programming and as a replacement for C, which has been widely used at Microsoft for Windows and within the Linux kernel.

The Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) now supports kernel-level debugging. It has been available for application-level debugging for some time, but real-time developers had to contend with basic debugging ...

A new anti-cheat software was recently announced in PUBG's latest dev letter. The constant evolution of cheat tools necessitates an equal evolution of anti-cheat software, and as cheaters have begun ...

The Linux kernel already was being stretched to keep up with higher networking speeds, but didn’t provide enough flexibility for programming new, custom functionality.

Typically, eBPF programs are written in a higher-level language, such as C, and then Just in Time (JIT) compiled into x86 assembly for maximum performance and safety.

EA says that with cheaters moving into the kernel, this is an “absolutely vital” move for fairness in some multiplayer games.

Valve's new disclosure requirement for games on Steam will prominently show which ones use kernel-level anti-cheat systems.