Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] CFP: Real-time and Scheduling MC at LPC

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Fri Aug 25 2023 - 11:58:48 EST


Hello

This is a gentle reminder about RT and SCHED MC. We will have to send the
schedule on the next weeks. Please, submit your topic ASAP.

Thanks!

On 6/20/23 19:13, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> The real-time and scheduling micro-conference joins these two
> intrinsically connected communities to discuss the next steps together.
>
> Over the past decade, many parts of PREEMPT_RT have been included
> in the official Linux codebase. Examples include real-time mutexes,
> high-resolution timers, lockdep, ftrace, RCU_PREEMPT, threaded interrupt
> handlers, and more. The number of patches that need integration has been
> significantly reduced, and the rest is mature enough to make their way
> into mainline Linux.
>
> The scheduler is at the core of Linux performance. With different
> topologies and workloads, giving the user the best experience possible is
> challenging, from low latency to high throughput and from small
> power-constrained devices to HPC, where CPU isolation is critical.
>
> The following accomplishments have been made as a result of last
> year’s micro-conference:
>
> - Progress on rtla/osnoise to support any workload [1]
> - Progress on adding tracepoints for IPI [2]
> - Improvements in RCU to reduce noise
> - Progress on the latency-nice patch set [3]
>
> Ideas of topics to be discussed include (but are not limited to):
>
> - Improve responsiveness for CFS tasks - e.g., latency-nice patch
> - The new EEVDF scheduler proposal [4]
> - Impact of new topology on CFS including hybrid or heterogeneous system
> - Taking into account task profile with IPCC or uclamp
> - Improvements in CPU Isolation
> - The status of PREEMPT_RT
> - Locking improvements - e.g., proxy execution [5]
> - Improvements on SCHED_DEADLINE
> - Tooling for debugging scheduling and real-time
>
> It is fine if you have a new topic that is not on the list.
> People are encouraged to submit any topic related to real-time
> and scheduling.
>
> Please consider that the goal is to discuss open problems, preferably
> with patch set submissions already in discussion on LKML. The
> presentations are very short, and the main portion of the time should
> be given to the debate - thus, the importance of having an
> open and relevant problem, with people in the community engaged
> in the solution.
>
> Submissions are made via LPC submission systems, selecting *Track Real-time
> and Scheduling MC*
>
> Please, forward this email for people interested on this subject (it not easy to
> build the Cc: list for this email without forgetting important people :-))!
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f5cfbd37aefd419eefe9243b4d2fc38ed5753fe4.1668692096.git.bristot@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230307143558.294354-1-vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230224093454.956298-3-vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx/
> [4] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230328092622.062917921@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/
> [5] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230411042511.1606592-1-jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Organizers:
> - Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
> - Juri Lelli
> - Vincent Guittot
> - Steven Rostedt