This presentation will cover some of the most recent KSPP accomplishments, as well as some currently active efforts. Also, a brief explanation of how you can help us complete some particularly challenging work will be...
The Linux kernel is one of the most complex pieces of software ever written. Being in ring 0, bugs in the kernel are a big problem, so having confidence in the correctness and robustness of the kernel is incredibly important. This is difficult enough for a single...
One of the ways to get a solid understanding of operating systems is to write one, from scratch. This is what Vlad has been doing in his free time since 2016. It all started as an experiment to see what would it take to write an OS that could just “run a shell” and...
A lot of neat little features has been added to the ftrace tracing subsystem. This will go over what those are. From synthetic events to event probes. New triggers and even user events. If you don’t know what these are, then this talk will explain them to...
HID (Human Interface Device) is an old protocol which handles input devices. It is supposed to be standard and to allow devices to work without the need for a driver. Unfortunately, it is not standard, merely “standard”. The HID subsystem has roughly 80 drivers, half...
