Spinlocks Courses and Certifications

Linux Plumbers Conference

Do Nothing Fast - How to Scale Idle CPUs

Explore surprising benchmark results and solutions for scaling idle CPUs in high-core systems, delving into wakeup-queueing, idle frequency, and task migration challenges.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

USENIX

RON - One-Way Circular Shortest Routing to Achieve Efficient and Bounded-Waiting Spinlocks

Innovative spinlock method for multi-core processors, minimizing communication costs and achieving bounded waiting time through one-way circular routing, improving performance in both user and kernel spaces.

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

PASS Data Community Summit

Inside Waits, Latches, and Spinlocks Returns

Dive deep into SQL Server internals, exploring waits, latches, and spinlocks. Learn monitoring techniques, troubleshoot common wait types, and gain insights into Azure SQL-specific waits through demos and Windows Debugger analysis.

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

Ticket Spinlocks in Zephyr RTOS - What, Where and Why

Explore ticket spinlocks in Zephyr RTOS, their advantages over traditional spinlocks, and their impact on SMP systems. Learn about lock fairness and potential challenges in hardware and simulator targets.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Linux Plumbers Conference

Adaptive Userspace Spinlocks with RSEQ - Implementing Efficient Locks in Linux

Exploring efficient userspace spinlocks in Linux using restartable sequences, addressing challenges and proposing solutions for improved performance without system calls.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Linux Plumbers Conference

Improving CPU Isolation with Per-CPU Spinlocks - Performance Cost and Analysis

Explore CPU isolation improvements using per-CPU spinlocks. Analyze performance costs, cache coherence, and contention. Compare with current solutions and discuss strategies for optimizing time-sensitive task execution.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Synchronization in Linux Kernel Programming

200 ratings at Udemy

Linux Kernel Programming - Synchronization and Concurrency

• Udemy
• 4 hours 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

CppNow

Multicore Synchronization - The Lesser-Known Primitives

Explore advanced multicore synchronization primitives, their performance properties, and practical challenges in complex concurrent systems, with examples from the Concurrency Kit project.

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

OffensiveCon

Racing Against the Lock: Exploiting Spinlock UAF in the Android Kernel

Explore Android kernel vulnerabilities and exploit techniques, focusing on spinlock use-after-free issues and their impact on device security.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Changing Paravirt Lock-ops for a Changing World

Explore dynamic guest behavior, paravirt lock operations, and innovative approaches to enhance virtualization performance in Linux systems.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Using Coccinelle to Detect and Fix Nested Execution Context Violations

Explore techniques for detecting and fixing nested execution context violations using Coccinelle, enhancing code quality and reliability in Linux kernel development.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reliable Userspace Spinlock Implementation in Linux

Explore a new approach for safe userspace spinlocks in Linux using futex with extended information, addressing historical limitations and improving performance.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Understanding Data Races in the Linux Kernel

Explore kernel concurrency challenges, data race detection with KCSAN, and proven techniques for maintaining race-free, reliable Linux kernel code through proper synchronization.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video