Linux Plumbers Conference Courses

ACPI Fast Handover for Kexec Live-Update

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Explore ACPI fast handover techniques for kexec live-update, enhancing system efficiency and minimizing downtime during kernel updates.

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

Toolchain-Agnostic Build Time Improvements for Linux Kernel

Explore strategies for improving Linux kernel compile and build times, including header optimization, automated refactoring, and link-time de-duplication techniques.

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

SBI Supervisor Software Events - Challenges for Implementation and Supervisor Software

Explore the challenges and mechanisms of injecting software events from SBI implementations to supervisor software in RISC-V systems.

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

Deprecating Stuff in Linux Systems

Explore strategies for effective deprecation in software development, focusing on timing and best practices for phasing out obsolete components.

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

Control Flow Integrity on RISC-V

Explore hardware-assisted control flow integrity mechanisms for RISC-V, focusing on shadow stacks and landing pad instructions to enhance program safety and prevent memory-based attacks.

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

RISC-V Patchwork CI: Setup, Builds, and Testing - Improving Developer Experience

Exploring RISC-V kernel's patchwork CI: setup, builds, tests, limitations, and future plans. Seeking input on improving developer experience and submission quality.

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

Modernizing Android BPF and the Android Security Model

Explore challenges and solutions for integrating modern BPF features securely in Android, aligning with upstream development while addressing ecosystem security requirements.

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

Improving Kexec Boot Time for Server Configurations

Optimizing kernel boot times for faster live updates: parallelizing smpboot, TSC synchronization, HugeTLB Vmemmap, PCI probe skipping, and ACPI optimization strategies to reduce VM downtime by up to 80%.

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

Exceptions in BPF

Explore recent additions of exceptions to BPF runtime in Linux kernel, discussing implementation choices, future integrations, and benefits for simplifying BPF programming and enforcing program behavior.

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

Storing and Outputting Test Information: KUnit Attributes and KTAPv2

Explore KUnit Test Attributes for storing supplemental test information in kernel testing frameworks, improving developer experience and enabling advanced filtering and documentation capabilities.

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

Rust for Linux - Progress and Future Directions

Exploring Rust integration in Linux: progress, safe abstractions, tooling, and future directions. Highlights include core functionality, kernel primitives, pinned-init API, and workflow changes.

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

Emulating NT Synchronization Primitives in Wine

Explore a proposed kernel driver solution to enhance Wine's performance by emulating NT synchronization primitives, potentially doubling speed for multithreaded applications like modern games.

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

VSCode for Kernel Development - Integrating Advanced Features

Explore an advanced VSCode setup for Linux kernel development, featuring series management, mailing list exploration, bug reproduction, cross-referencing, and integrated debugging.

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

Beginner Linux Kernel Maintainers Toolbox

Essential tools and practices for new Linux kernel maintainers, covering email workflows, community testing, code signing, and efficient mailing list management to streamline contributions.

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

Advancing Kernel Control Flow Integrity with eBPF

Explore eBPF's potential in enhancing kernel security through control flow integrity. Learn about challenges, implementation techniques, and performance optimization for improved kernel protection.

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