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Linux kernel doesn't use libc. Libc provides the interface for userspace to call the kernel.
by viraptor 2y ago
Linux kernel doesn't use libc. Libc provides the interface for userspace to call the kernel.
- JackSlateur 2y agoIt does includes its headers (stdlib.h, at least), in various subsystems.
- viraptor 2y agoIn user space tools and tests only. The kernel part does not include stdlib.h anywhere. Nowhere where it matters in the context of "And if my kernel crashes?"
- JackSlateur 2y agoYou are right, thank you for the insight