Linux Plumbers Conference Courses

RISC-V QoS - CBQRI, RQSC and resctrl

Explore RISC-V Quality-of-Service implementation with CBQRI, RQSC specifications, and Linux resctrl filesystem integration for resource allocation control.

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

Fingerprinting GPU Workloads with eBPF

Discover how to use eBPF to monitor and fingerprint GPU workloads by attaching tracepoints to NVIDIA drivers, enabling unprecedented visibility into accelerated computing tasks.

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

Taming the Chiplet - High Performance CCX Scheduling via BPF

Discover advanced thread scheduling techniques for AMD chiplet architectures using BPF and userspace agents to optimize cache locality and performance in complex CPU hierarchies.

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

Can ProxyExec and sched_ext Get Along?

Explore the compatibility challenges between ProxyExec's priority inheritance and sched_ext schedulers, examining split contexts and potential solutions for coexistence.

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

Guider - Lightweight Real-Time Performance and Fault Monitoring Framework for Embedded Linux Platforms

Discover Guider, an open-source monitoring framework for embedded Linux platforms with 180+ built-in commands, real-time profiling, and autonomous fault detection capabilities.

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

The Current Status and Future Direction of the LAVD Scheduler

Explore LAVD scheduler's optimization of latency and energy efficiency for gaming workloads, leveraging heterogeneous CPU architectures and future roadmap for broader applications.

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

Methodology and Practice in Observing Kernel Networking

Discover effective methodologies for monitoring kernel networking performance without overwhelming data or degrading system performance in production environments.

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

Exciting New Compiler Flags for Kernel Security

Discover advanced compiler flags for kernel hardening, including profile-guided sanitization and Clang's new slab isolation techniques to enhance memory safety.

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

Exploring a Real Life RCU Use Case for Rust

Explore RCU (Read-Copy-Update) implementation challenges in Rust for Linux kernel development, focusing on read-mostly scenarios and RCU lists with real-world examples.

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

How Do We Make a Steamdeck Scheduler Work on Large Servers

Explore strategies for adapting SCX_LAVD scheduler from gaming devices to large-scale server environments, covering topology challenges and performance tuning.

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

Updating Energy Model from Thermal

Explores a proposed Linux design for updating Energy Model power values from Thermal framework data on heat-related static power leakage in SoCs.

• 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