Paul E. McKenney
@paulmckrcu
Today I learned that gawk has a "--debug" command-line argument, and has had for more than ten years. In my defense, I using awk for about 30 years prior to that...
Slides from this weekend's Oregon State University Beaver BarCamp. Unusual topic, but a request. Fun session, good interaction. drive.google.com/file/d/1-0si8Z…
It is my honor to be designated as Godfather of the 2025 Kernel Recipes. The conference organizers asked me to help increase the speaking skills of the presenters. This blog series is a first step in that direction: people.kernel.org/paulmck/kernel…
This Linux-kernel-RCU bug fought well: people.kernel.org/8q9a9dt4q3
I tried my hand at the sport of curling yesterday. The instructor quickly noted my distinctive personal style comprising strong elements of brute force, awkwardness, and beginner's luck. ;-)
Excellent LWN writeup of my Kangrejos talk: lwn.net/Articles/99348…
Another five years, another LWN RCU API article: lwn.net/Articles/98863… A big "thank you" to my co-authors and all who contributed to RCU!!!
2/2 P3064R0 How to Avoid OOTA Without Really Trying open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21… P3135R1 Hazard Pointer Extensions open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21… Many thanks to my many co-authors, especially those who were lead authors!
1/2 Last month's contributions to ISO C++: P2135R1 A Relaxed Guide to memory_order_relaxed open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21… P2414R3 Pointer lifetime-end zap proposed solutions open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21…
Sign in nearby retail store: "You don't have to be crazy to work here. We will train you."
Huh. I guess I have been a worst take for more than a decade now. And you know what? I am proud of it!!! ;-)
And the worst take of 2024 is....
Reminds me of a bug I fixed on my first computing job some decades back. ;-) xkcd.com/2867/
The video for my Linux Plumbers Conference "Hunting Heisenbugs" talk is up: lpc.events/event/17/contr…
Linux Plumbers Conference (lpc.events) is coming up! Let's see, one Monday and three on Tuesday. I guess I need to get my act together getting those presentations finalized! ;-)
And the slides, video, and caricature for my Kernel Recipes talk are now available! youtube.com/watch?v=RjJG3L… speakerdeck.com/ennael/hardwar… And a big "thank you" to everyone who helped make this great event happen!!! (The caricature is at the start of the video.)
