LSF/MM/BPF: 2026: Call for Proposals

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

The annual Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF
(LSF/MM/BPF) Summit for 2026 will be held May 4–6, 2026 in Zagreb,
Croatia.

LSF/MM/BPF is an invitation-only technical workshop to map out
improvements to the Linux storage, filesystem, BPF, and memory
management subsystems that will make their way into the mainline
kernel within the coming years.

LSF/MM/BPF 2026 will be a three-day, stand-alone conference with four
subsystem-specific tracks, cross-track discussions, as well as BoF and
hacking sessions. Please check out:

          https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lsfmmbpf/

for further details on the venue and hotels.

This is a call for proposals for technical topics for this year's event.

We are asking that you please let us know you want to be invited by
February 20, 2026. We realize that travel is an ever-changing target,
but it helps us to get an idea of possible attendance numbers.

(1) Fill out the following Google form to request attendance and
    suggest any topics for discussion:

          https://forms.gle/hUgiEksr8CA1migCA

    If advance notice is required for visa applications, please point
    that out in your proposal or request to attend, and submit the topic
    as soon as possible.

(2) Please send topics to

          lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org

    and to the relevant technical audience:

          FS:     linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
          MM:     linux-mm@kvack.org
          Block:  linux-block@vger.kernel.org
          ATA:    linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
          SCSI:   linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
          NVMe:   linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
          BPF:    bpf@vger.kernel.org

(3) Please tag your proposal with [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] and ensure that
    each topic is a separate thread.

(4) The Google form has an area for people to add required/optional
    attendees. Please encourage new members of the community to submit a
    request for an invite as well. Maintainers or long-term community
    members can add nominees to the form to help make sure that new
    members get the proper consideration.

(5) For discussion leaders, slides and visualizations are encouraged to
    outline the subject matter and focus the discussions. Please refrain
    from lengthy presentations and talks in order for sessions to be
    productive; the sessions are supposed to be interactive, inclusive
    discussions.

LWN has covered previous iterations of LSF/MM/BPF extensively:

          2014: https://lwn.net/Articles/LSFMM2014/
          2015: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2015/
          2016: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2016/
          2017: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2017/
          2018: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2018/
          2019: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2019/
          2020: 404 - Cancelled by The Plague
          2021: 404 - Cancelled by The Plague
          2022: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2022/
          2023: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmmbpf2023/
          2024: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmmbpf2024/
          2025: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmmbpf2025/

The program committee for this year consists of:

          Javier González    (Storage)
          Martin K. Petersen (Storage)
          Christian Brauner  (Filesystems)
          Amir Goldstein     (Filesystems)
          Jan Kara           (Filesystems)
          Vlastimil Babka    (MM)
          Matthew Wilcox     (MM)
          Daniel Borkmann    (BPF)
          Martin KaFai Lau   (BPF)

Thank you,
Christian Brauner