Kernel Development Learning Pipeline

KDLP Fall 2023 Midterm Presentation Guidelines

• Overview:
  • Short presentation about research into a topic of your choice live during class
  • Propose topic and outline ahead of time
  • Plenty of room to be creative 🙂
• Example midpoint presentation topics (pick one of these or propose your own):
  • What is the OOM killer?
  • Why are there multiple versions of some syscalls with numbers at the end? What issue were they added to address?
    • pipe, pipe2, pipe3
    • dup, dup2, dup3
    • etc.
  • Why do some syscalls have a version ending in at? What issue were they added to address?
    • open vs openat
    • fstat vs fstatat
    • rename vs renameat
    • symlink vs symlinkat
    • etc
  • What does .config do? How does it interact with the build process for the kernel?
  • What is physical and virtual memory? Why is there a distinction between the two?
  • What is the history of git? How does it fit into the bigger picture of version control software?
  • Or pick your own!
• Select a topic and submit your proposal with a short outline as soon as possible. The hard due date is at 23:59 Eastern on 10/31/2023
• Presentation requirements:
  • 10 ± 1 minutes long
  • Must include some sort of visual component:
    • Slideshow
    • Diagrams
    • Etc.
  • Must include some sort of live demo in the terminal
    • Must include discussion of some snippet(s) kernel code that is relevant to your topic
  • Present live during class time in the class Jitsi
    • Share your screen for terminal + visual elements
    • There will be two presentations per day on L16, L17, L18, L19, and L20