The effort to merge the real-time preemption patch into the mainline kernel requires to refactor existing infrastructure in the kernel. Such refactoring work is intrusive and potentially disruptive. This talk will take a close look at recent refactoring work and...
Continous integration has gained a lot of popularity in the open source world in recent years, with the loud/web world at the forefront. The kernel world has however been somewhat slow to catch-up, especially in the embedded world, services like KernelCi and the 0-day...
UARTs and RS-232 have been around since the 1960s, and despite the advent of technologies like USB and PCIe, it seems UART-attached devices are not going away anytime soon. In embedded systems, UARTs are a commonly used peripheral interface (e.g. for Bluetooth, NFC,...
The Kernel Self-Protection Project focuses on addressing gaps in Linux’s defensive technologies. With Linux reaching into every corner of modern life, and userspace frequently being very locked-down, the kernel has become an ever-increasing target for attackers and...
Ftrace is the official tracer of the Linux kernel. It has been apart of Linux since 2.6.31, and has grown tremendously ever since. Ftrace’s name comes from its most powerful feature: function tracing. But the ftrace infrastructure is much more than that. It also...
