20 years of Linux virtual memory

Andrea will provide a short high level view of the most notable milestones in the evolution of the Linux Virtual Memory over the years. He will then focus on the various Memory Management features such as Transparent Huge Pages(THP), automatic NUMA balancing and...

What’s Inside The Input Stack?

Everybody uses at least one input device when dealing with a computer. And hopefully, this input device “just” works. However, when dealing with the brand-new latest laptop model, it’s common enough that the input devices are not working, or are not working as...

An introduction to the Linux DRM subsystem

Every modern multimedia-oriented ARM SoC usually has a number of display controllers, to drive a screen or an LCD panel, and a GPU, to provide 3D acceleration. The Linux kernel framework of choice to support these controllers is the DRM subsystem. This talk will walk...

What’s new in the world of storage for linux

Storage keeps moving forward, and so does the Linux IO stack. This talk will detail some of the recent  additions and changes that have gone into the Linux kernel storage stack, helping Linux get the most out of industry innovations in that...

Container FS interfaces

Many talks about containers start with Orchestration systems like Docker or Kubernetes. However, this one will look at the storage impacts on the actual in-kernel container API. With the addition of the superblock namespace (essentially a user namespace for the kernel...