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Cheat sheet for x86-64 Unix systems programming
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Cheat sheet for x86-64 Unix systems programming

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# Systems Programming Cheat Sheet



[Click here to view the cheat sheet

PDF](https://github.com/jstrieb/systems-programming-cheat-sheet/raw/master/Cheat%20Sheet.pdf).



Discussed on [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27693612) and

[r/programming](https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ob78tp/i_open_sourced_my_systems_programming_cheat_sheet/).



# Introduction & Background



This cheat sheet was originally written while I was taking [Introduction to

Computer Systems (15-213/18-213)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213/) at Carnegie

Mellon University in the Spring 2019 semester. As such, it is based heavily on

the textbook *[Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Third

Edition](http://csapp.cs.cmu.edu/)* by Randal E. Bryant and David R.

O'Hallaron, as well as other course notes. 



The cheat sheet therefore contains some information that is specifically

tailored to x86-64 Unix systems. For example, the material may include

undefined behaviors particular to such systems. It may also assume

implementation details such as the System V calling convention and AT&T

assembly language syntax. In general, any quirks included are those that 213

students are expected to know.



The four-page PDF is intended to be printed on two sheets of double-sided 8.5" x

11" letter paper (sorry non-Americans).



The course allowed students to bring one double-sided piece of letter paper

with notes for each exam, so I tried to cram as much as possible into the

limited space. These are my cheat sheets from the midterm and final combined

into one PDF.



If you've opened the PDF and don't know what any of it means, I encourage you

to access the [lecture slides from when I took the

course](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-s19/www/schedule.html).

These and the textbook should be enough to supplement the cheat sheet so that

the material (or at least the acronyms) make some sense.



# Project Status & Contributing



This project is basically done. I created it while I was a student, and will

happily make any corrections necessary. But I do not plan to expand the cheat

sheet to include new material. Feel free to open an issue and ask about adding

material, though.



For any corrections or discussions, please [open an

issue](https://github.com/jstrieb/systems-programming-cheat-sheet/issues/new).

Pull requests without prior discussion will be ignored.



# Support the Project



There are a few things you can do to support the project:



- Star the repository (and follow me on GitHub for more)

- Share and upvote on sites like Twitter, Reddit, and Hacker News

- Look carefully for errors and report any that you find



These things motivate me to to keep sharing what I build, and they provide

validation that my work is appreciated! Thanks in advance!



# Modifying & Compiling



Clone the repository.



``` bash

git clone https://github.com/jstrieb/systems-programming-cheat-sheet.git && cd systems-programming-cheat-sheet

```



Make any modifications to [`Cheat

Sheet.tex`](https://github.com/jstrieb/systems-programming-cheat-sheet/blob/master/Cheat%20Sheet.tex).



Recompile with `make`.



# Acknowledgments 



- The entire (Spring 2019) 15-213 course staff

- Randy Bryant and David O'Hallaron for their excellent textbook

- [Kirubel Aklilu](https://github.com/kirubelaklilu1), Matt Henderson, and

  [Hrishikesh Bodas](https://github.com/hbodas) for studying with me when we

  all took 213

- Anyone who has taken the time to read the cheat sheet and report errors