[ANNOUNCEMENT/CFP] LPC 2026 Live Patching MC

[ANNOUNCEMENT/CFP] LPC 2026 Live Patching MC

[Petr Mladek]

We are pleased to announce the Call for Subtopic Proposals (CFP)
for the Live Patching Micro Conference (MC)
at the 2026 edition of the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC),
taking place in Prague, Czechia, from October 5–7, 2026:

 https://lpc.events/event/20/sessions/258/

The Live Patching MC at Linux Plumbers 2026 aims to gather
stakeholders  and interested parties to discuss proposed features
and outstanding issues in the kernel live patching.

Possible topics for this year:

  - Test framework for livepatch subsystem and the new klp-build
    toolchain

  - Live Patch compatibility with tracing solutions (kprobe, ftrace,
    BPF trampoline, etc.)

  - Replace the wild no-replace mode with independent replace sets,
    merge slots, provides, or obsoletes

  - Split a live patch module into submodules

  - SFrame and livepatch

  - Hybrid live patch idea

  - Use AI to help build live patch

Proposals can be submitted here (select "Live Patching MC" as the track):

 https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/

Please submit your proposals by August 7, 2026 to give us time to schedule talks
in advance of the conference.

Note that the primary purpose of a microconference talk is open discussion, not
formal presentations. Slides should be brief and only provide context. Each
15-30 minute topic is intended to encourage brainstorming and discuss open
issues, not necessarily to resolve them.

For any questions, feel free to contact the microconference leads:

 - Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
 - Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
 - Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
 - Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
 - Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
 - Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>

We look forward to your proposals!

Best Regards,
Petr