The OP is talking about mucking about in the kernel. Even if that book did talk about kernel programming, Stevens has been dead for 15-20 years so the book would be horribly out of date.

Linux works well for most jobs, but to get it to work great requires kernel tuning, and that's never easy. ByteDance has a proposal to make this easier.

Linux kernel 5.9 has arrived with plenty of performance boosting to intrigue data center admins. Jack Wallen highlights the improvements and shows how to install the mainline kernel.

As we’ve come to expect, with each new kernel release, there’s new hardware to be supported. Linux kernel 5.15 is no exception. The list of added or improved hardware support includes: ...

At the very least, Rust for Linux must be viewed as a long-term project and is almost certain not to get mainlined into the Linux kernel in 5.14 – the version currently under development and due ...

The LTS (long-term support) period for the Linux kernel is being cut down. In 2017, the kernel jumped from two years of support to six. Now, six years later, it turns out that's a lot of work.