Linux Plumbers Conference Talks & Presentations

Linux Plumbers Conference

ION - dma-buf Allocators - Constraint Solving

Roundtable on ION/dma-buf allocators and constraint solving, discussing centralized vs device-specific allocators, userland device constraint discovery, and potential iommu/dma-api extensions.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Let Me Contain That For You

Redesign of Google's container management solution, addressing scalability, resource utilization, priority management, and hierarchical containment for future workload demands.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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How Will We Address Persistent Memory

Explore persistent memory technologies, their characteristics, and implications for file system implementation in Linux, discussing hardware, software stacks, and potential approaches.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Scalability Issues in Linux Kernel

Explore Linux kernel scalability challenges, including bottlenecks, framework improvements, and tuning strategies for high-performance systems and multi-threaded applications.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Full Dynticks Status

Explore full dynticks capability in Linux kernel: current status, improvements since 3.10 merge, and future development plans for enhanced power management and performance.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Kicking it up a Level - Bringing the Trusted Platform Module into QEMU

Explore virtualization of Trusted Platform Modules in qemu, enhancing security for cloud users through remote attestation and verification of untampered Trusted Computing Bases.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Kexec - Kdump and Secureboot

Explore challenges and solutions for Kexec/kdump compatibility with Secureboot, including recent implementations and discussions on maintaining system security during kernel loading.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Improving Overlay Network Performance on Existing Hardware

Explore performance improvements for VXLAN and NVGRE tunnel protocols, including checksum offload and GRO optimizations, to enhance overlay network efficiency on existing hardware.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Rebuilding Debian with LLVM - Clang

Explore the challenges and progress of rebuilding Debian using LLVM/Clang compiler, discussing issues faced, future steps, and potential collaboration among distributions to improve software compatibility.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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ACPI vs DT

Comparison of ACPI and Device Tree firmware approaches for hardware enumeration and configuration, discussing challenges and potential solutions for Linux kernel development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Clang Static Analyzer

Explore Clang Static Analyzer's capabilities for finding semantic errors, its integration with LLVM, and potential applications in Linux kernel development.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Intel DPDK - Data Plane Development Kit

Overview of Intel's Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), exploring its capabilities, applications, and limitations in high-performance packet processing for network infrastructure.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Splitting DRM - KMS Device Nodes

Explore the proposal to split DRM and KMS device nodes in GPUs, discussing benefits like fine-grained access control and shared nodes across multiple GPUs, and its implications for device functionality.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Unified in-Kernel IPC - KDBUS/Binder

Exploring the potential consolidation of KDBUS and Binder for unified in-kernel IPC, discussing Android compatibility and upstream integration challenges.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

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Current Status of Lock Elision in Linux

Explore Intel TSX implementation for lock elision in Linux, covering kernel, glibc, and other components to address lock scaling challenges in multi-CPU systems.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk