Core counts keep rising, and that means that the Linux kernel continues to encounter interesting performance and scalability issues. Which is not a bad thing, since it has been fifteen years since the “free lunch” of exponential CPU-clock frequency increases came to an abrupt end. During that time, the number of hardware threads per socket […]
We are pleased to announce that the RT Microconference has been accepted into the 2018 Linux Plumbers Conference! The Real-Time patch (also known as PREEMPT_RT) has been developed out of tree since 2004. Although it hasn’t yet been fully merged, several enhancements came to the Linux kernel directly as the result of the RT patch. These include, mutexes, […]
Testing and Fuzzing Microconference Accepted into 2018 Linux Plumbers Conference Testing, fuzzing, and other diagnostics have greatly increased the robustness of the Linux ecosystem, but embarrassing bugs still escape to end users. Furthermore, a million-year bug would happen several tens of times per day across Linux’s installed base (said to number more than 20 billion), […]
The early registration deadline is August 18, 2018, after which the regular-registration period will begin. So to save $150, register for the Linux Plumbers Conference before August 18th!
The Containers Micro-conference at Linux Plumbers is the yearly gathering of container runtime developers, kernel developers and container users. It is the one opportunity to have everyone in the same room to both look back at the past year in the container space and discuss the year ahead. In the past, topics such as use […]
We are pleased to announce that the BPF Microconference has been accepted into the 2018 Linux Plumbers Conference! BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) is one of the fastest emerging technologies of the Linux kernel and plays a major role in networking (XDP (eXpress Data Path), tc/BPF, etc), tracing (kprobes, uprobes, tracepoints) and security (seccomp, landlock) thanks to […]
We are pleased to announce that the RDMA Microconference has been accepted into the 2018 Linux Plumbers Conference! RDMA (remote direct memory access) is a well-established technology that is used in environments requiring both maximum throughputs and minimum latencies. For a long time, this technology was used primary in high-performance computing, high frequency trading, and […]
A two-day Networking Track will be featured at this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference; it will run the first two days of LPC, November 13-14. The track will consist of a series of talks, including a keynote from David Miller: “This talk is not about XDP: From Resource Limits to SKB Lists”. Talk proposals on a […]
The 2018 Linux Plumbers Conference organizing committee is pleased to announce that the registration for this year’s conference is now open. Information on how to register can be found here. Registration prices and cutoff dates are published in the ATTEND page. A reminder that we are following a quota system to release registration slots. Therefore […]
Referred-track, microconference, and BoF proposals all welcome, see below! Submissions close: September 2, 2018 Speakers notified: September 23, 2018 Slides due: November 9, 2018 Microconference slots often fill before the deadline (so don’t wait to submit yours!) but BoF submissions can come late. Call for Refereed-Track Proposals We are pleased to announce the Call for […]
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