Linux Plumbers Conference Courses

Enabling Large Block Size Devices in Linux

Explores challenges and efforts to support larger block sizes in Linux storage devices, discussing potential advantages for higher capacity and cost-effective SSDs with recent advancements in folio adoption and iomap.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

New Thermal Trip Types for Linux Kernel

Exploring programmable thermal trip points for improved system management, reducing polling and enabling custom userspace actions for efficient temperature control.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Implementing sframes - Challenges and Solutions

Exploring sframes implementation in Linux kernel for efficient user space stack tracing, addressing challenges like fault handling, dynamic linking, and JIT code integration.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Securing Build Platforms: Enhancing Trust in Software Distribution

Explore techniques for securing software build platforms, focusing on Linux distributions. Learn about chain of trust, build provenance, and adapting solutions from language ecosystems to distribution builds.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GPU Virtual Memory Address Management for Nouveau and Linux Kernel

Exploring GPU driver advancements: Nouveau's Vulkan support, NVIDIA firmware integration, and the new GPU virtual address space manager for improved performance and compatibility.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

BPF Static Keys - Extending Functionality for Kernel Tracing

Explore BPF Static Keys API for efficient tracing of networking events in Linux kernel. Learn implementation, usage in C and Go, and see full introspection of Linux + Cilium networking stack.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Persisting Guest Memory and Kernel/Device State Safely with pkernfs

Exploring pkernfs: A new file system for hypervisor live updates with device assignment. Discusses memory management challenges, security improvements, and solutions for preserving VM state during updates.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Standardizing CPUID Data for the Open-Source x86 Ecosystem

Proposal to standardize CPUID information for x86 architecture, addressing challenges in feature identification and data redundancy across open-source projects. Aims to improve accuracy and efficiency in CPU feature detection.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hyper-V's Virtual Secure Mode in KVM - Project Update

Update on implementing Windows Credential Guard support in KVM through Hyper-V's Virtual Secure Mode, discussing progress, challenges, and potential overlaps with other KVM developments.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Standardizing Linux DRM Drivers - Interfacing DRM Bridge as a Single API

Explores standardizing Linux DRM drivers by shifting from encoders to bridges, simplifying implementation for modern display solutions while maintaining KMS pipeline compatibility.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

BPF Struct_ops: Current Status and Latest Developments

Explore BPF struct_ops in Linux: inner workings, applications, and recent developments. Learn how user-defined methods can be integrated with kernel subsystems for enhanced traffic regulation.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Function Parameters with BTF - Enhancing Function Tracing

Explore function tracing enhancements using BTF to display return values and arguments, improving debugging capabilities in Linux kernel development.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Troubles and Tidbits from Datadog's eBPF Journey

Explore Datadog's eBPF journey, uncovering challenges, pitfalls, and lessons learned in observability, security, and networking. Gain insights into eBPF hook points, security bypasses, and networking complexities.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

bpftime - Fast Uprobes with User Space BPF Runtime

Explore bpftime, a userspace eBPF runtime offering faster uprobes and syscall hooks. Learn about its performance benefits, implementation techniques, and compatibility with existing eBPF toolchains.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quality Assurance for Embargoed Kernel Patches

Exploring strategies to improve testing and quality assurance for embargoed kernel patches, addressing challenges in the current process and proposing solutions for enhanced security.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video