On 3/29/23 08:05, Miroslav Benes wrote: > Hi, > > we would like to organize Live Patching Microconference at Linux Plumbers > 2023. The conference will take place in Richmond, VA, USA. 13-15 November. > https://lpc.events/. The call for proposals has been opened so it is time > to start the preparation on our side. > > You can find the proposal below. Comments are welcome. The list of topics > is open, so feel free to add more. I tried to add key people to discuss > the topics, but the list is not exhaustive. I would like to submit the > proposal soonish even though the deadline is on 1 June. I assume that we > can update the topics later. My plan is to also organize a proper Call for > Topics after the submission and advertise it also on LKML. > > Last but not least it would be nice to have a co-runner of the show. Josh, > Joe, any volunteer? :) > > Thank you > Miroslav > > > Proposal > -------- > The Live Patching microconference at Linux Plumbers 2023 aims to gather > stakeholders and interested parties to discuss proposed features and > outstanding issues in live patching. > > Live patching is a critical tool for maintaining system uptime and > security by enabling fixes to be applied to running systems without the > need for a reboot. The development of the infrastructure is an ongoing > effort and while many problems have been resolved and features > implemented, there are still open questions, some with already submitted > patch sets, which need to be discussed. > > Live Patching microconferences at the previous Linux Plumbers > conferences proved to be useful in this regard and helped us to find > final solutions or at least promising directions to push the development > forward. It includes for example a support for several architectures > (ppc64le and s390x were added after x86_64), a late module patching and > module dependencies and user space live patching. > > Currently proposed topics follow. The list is open though and more will > be added during the regular Call for Topics. > > - klp-convert (as means to fix CET IBT limitations) and its > upstreamability > - shadow variables, global state transition > - kselftests and the future direction of development > - arm64 live patching > > Key people > > - Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > - Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx> > - Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx> > - Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> > - Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx> > - Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> > - Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@xxxxxxx> > - Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> > - Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > > We encourage all attendees to actively participate in the > microconference by sharing their ideas, experiences, and insights. > Hi folks, Gentle bump and call for any late updates to the Live Patching Microconference Proposal. I believe we have about a week left to edit the proposal for consideration at this year's LPC. See [1] for more info on LPC 2023 and [2] for the currently proposed microconferences. [1] https://lpc.events/event/17/ [2[ https://lpc.events/event/17/page/200-proposed-microconferences -- Joe
