Zinc is a new minimal cryptography API for the kernel that is in the process of being upstreamed. Rather than providing an abstracted framework, Zinc provides simple functions. This talk will address the design considerations of the new API, its approach to...
Coverity is a static analyzer that scans the kernel code and reports issues that can hide coding mistakes and vulnerabilities. Currently, it reports around 5,000 outstanding defects in the Linux kernel. I’m dedicated to fixing those defects and, this talk is a status...
Do you know how batteries and battery chargers are handled in the Linux kernel subsystem? While not as complex as the DRM subsystem, the power-supply subsystem is a key part of embedded mobile devices running Linux. This talk will be an quick overview of the subsystem...
The purpose of this talk is to provide a short overview of the current live patching facility inside the linux kernel (with a brief history excursion), describe the features it currently provides, and most importantly things that still need to be implemented /...
Over the past few years, the kernel has grown a modern, sophisticated memory model which is exposed directly to the developer and provides portable concurrency primitives across the 20+ architectures supported by mainline. These low-level primitives have been used to...
