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

Updating Energy Model from Thermal

Discover how thermal framework integration can dynamically update Energy Model power values to account for temperature-induced static power changes in SoC components.

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

KFuzzTest - Targeted Fuzzing of Internal Kernel Functions

Discover KFuzzTest, a framework for directly fuzzing internal Linux kernel functions using a macro-based API and syzkaller integration to test deeply nested code.

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

Kselftests Augmented - Running Kernelspace Tests from Userspace

Explore a framework bridging KUnit and kselftests, enabling userspace to trigger kernelspace tests for advanced kernel testing scenarios and specialized operations.

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

Files on Unmounted Mounts - CRIU Checkpoint and Restore Solutions

Explore CRIU checkpoint/restore challenges with files on unmounted mounts and discover kernel solutions using statmount() for accessing mountinfo on detached filesystems.

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

Scheduler Composability with Arena-Based Data Structures

Explore BPF arena-based data structures for evolving scheduler abstractions, covering DSQs, CPU topology, and performance improvements without kernel modifications.

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

Is Upstream Really Enough? - Practical Realities of Using eBPF in Long-Term Supported Systems

Explore real-world challenges of deploying eBPF in long-term supported and embedded systems, covering kernel incompatibilities, toolchain issues, and the proposed eBPF Embedded Profile.

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

Actionable Data Access Monitoring Output Data and Format

Explore DAMON data visualization challenges and discover methods to transform system access patterns into actionable insights for better workload analysis.

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

Solving Pre-silicon Kernel Upstream for RISC-V First Ever

Discover groundbreaking pre-silicon kernel upstreaming for RISC-V, accelerating software-hardware co-design and reducing time-to-market through simulation platforms and early testing.

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

Debugging RISC-V Kernel Crashes - KDUMP, vmcore, and Crash Utility Enhancements

Master RISC-V kernel crash debugging through KDUMP setup, vmcore extraction on real hardware like VisionFive2, and crash utility analysis with practical patches and demos.

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

SYZOS - Practical KVM Fuzzing

Discover SYZOS, a novel framework for effective KVM fuzzing that overcomes traditional challenges by fuzzing high-level guest operations instead of raw instructions.

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

sched_ext - Current Status and Future Plans

Discover the current state and future roadmap of sched_ext framework, including available features, development gaps, and community growth plans for Linux kernel scheduling.

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

External Locking for Internally Synchronized Data Structures

Explore advanced Rust kernel programming techniques for managing external locks with internally synchronized data structures like XArray, addressing memory allocation challenges.

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

Exploring Possibilities for Integrating StrictDoc with ELISA's Requirements Template Approach for the Linux Kernel

Explore integrating StrictDoc with ELISA's requirements template approach to bring Linux kernel closer to safety compliance through enhanced documentation and traceability.

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

Thermal Framework Issues and Limitations

Explore thermal framework limitations in Linux, including step_wise governor trade-offs, suspend issues, and untapped hardware telemetry potential with improvement proposals.

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