LSF/MM/BPF: 2025: Call for Proposals

LSF/MM/BPF: 2025: Call for Proposals

[Michal Hocko]

The annual Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF
(LSF/MM/BPF) Summit for 2025 will be held March 24–26, 2025
at the Delta hotel Montreal

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 2025 will be a three day, stand-alone conference with
four subsystem-specific tracks, cross-track discussions, as well
as BoF and hacking sessions:

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

On behalf of the committee I am issuing a call for agenda proposals
that are suitable for cross-track discussion as well as technical
subjects for the breakout sessions.

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

We are asking that you please let us know you want to be invited
by Feb 1st 2025. We realize that travel is an ever changing target,
but it helps us to get an idea of possible attendance numbers.
Clearly things can and will change, so consider the request to
attend deadline more about planning and less about concrete plans.

We are still looking to arrange / fund a virtual component for one
or more of the tracks. We will follow up on the final decision soon
hopefuly. Please note that it is possible that we might not have
virtual attendees option this time.

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

	  https://forms.gle/xXvQicSFeFKjayxB9

In previous years we have accidentally missed people's attendance
requests because they either did not Cc lsf-pc@ or we simply missed
them in the flurry of emails we get. Our community is large and our
volunteers are busy, filling this out will help us to make sure we
do not miss anybody.

2) Proposals for agenda topics should ideally still be sent to the
following lists to allow for discussion among your peers. This will
help us figure out which topics are important for the agenda:

          lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org

... and Cc the mailing lists that are relevant for the topic in
question:

          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

Please tag your proposal with [LSF/MM/BPF TOPIC] to make it easier
to track. In addition, please make sure to start a new thread for
each topic rather than following up to an existing one. Agenda
topics and attendees will be selected by the program committee,
but the final agenda will be formed by consensus of the attendees
on the day.

3) Like previous years we would also like to try and make sure we are
including new members in the community that the program committee
may not be familiar with. 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, but additionally
if maintainers or long term community members could add nominees to
the form it would help us make sure that new members get the proper
consideration.

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.

We are still looking into the virtual component. We will likely run
something similar to what we did last year, but details on that will
be forthcoming.

2024: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmmbpf2024/

2023: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmmbpf2023/

2022: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2022/

2019: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2019/

2018: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2018/

2017: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2017/

2016: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2016/

2015: https://lwn.net/Articles/lsfmm2015/

2014: http://lwn.net/Articles/LSFMM2014/

4) If you have feedback on last year's meeting that we can use to
improve this year's, please also send that to:

          lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org

Thank you on behalf of the program committee:

          Christian Brauner (Filesystems)
          Jan Kara (Filesystems)
          Martin K. Petersen (Storage)
          Javier González (Storage)
          Michal Hocko (MM)
          Dan Williams (MM)
          Daniel Borkmann (BPF)
          Martin KaFai Lau (BPF)

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

Re: LSF/MM/BPF: 2025: Call for Proposals

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 11:46:08AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> The annual Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF
> (LSF/MM/BPF) Summit for 2025 will be held March 24–26, 2025
> at the Delta hotel Montreal

I've written an opinionated guide to Montreal.
Patches accepted, latest version can be found at
https://www.infradead.org/~willy/linux/lsfmm2025.txt


Montreal
========

Montreal is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world.
Despite that, you can generally manage without speaking any French;
they are accustomed to tourists.

Transport
=========

Montreal primarily uses the metro; it is an entirely underground system.
Entrances are indicated with a blue downward pointing arrow.  The Delta
hotel is between McGill and Place-des-Arts metro stops on the green line.
Train announcements are only in French but signage is bilingual.

Tickets for the STM (https://www.stm.info/en) are valid on both busses
& metro (but not local rail which is a different system that you won't
need to care about anyway).  Travel to and from the airport is a special
$11 fare which includes 24 hours of travel.  You can use a credit card
to buy fares from a big orange machine; while you can pay on the bus,
everybody will look askance at you for slowing them down.  You'll get
a credit-card sized piece of card with an embedded antenna; you can
break it by folding it, and it is not recyclable.  While you could buy
a plastic OPUS card, this will not be a wise investment decision.

From the airport, you'll want to take the 747 bus to Lionel-Groulx, go
down into the Metro and catch a green line train towards Honore-Beaugrand,
getting off at McGill.  For getting back to the airport, you will again
need to buy an $11 ticket for the 747 bus.  If you're travelling, say,
Thursday evening, you might want to buy your special $11 ticket on
Thursday morning, use it to travel around the city and eventually catch
the 747 in time to catch your plane.

I would not recommend driving in Montreal.  It is confusing and expensive.
I'm going to take the train from Ottawa, but taking the train from New
York is a 11+ hour ride.  I'm told it's very pretty!  There are also
coaches (Flixbus / Greyhound / etc) but I have no experience with those.

You can rent a bicycle by the minute: https://bixi.com/en/
Scooters are probably not available to rent during winter.

Beer
====

The closest brewer to the conference is Benelux.  They don't open until
mid-afternoon, but the Provigo grocery store across the street sells
their beer if they're not open.  It's not generally legal to drink on
the street; take the beer back to the hotel before opening it.

Other worthwhile breweries include Dieu de Ciel, 4 Origines, Saint Bock,
Brewsky and McAuslan (aka St Ambroise).  Don't be afraid to use the
metro to visit them.  There are many pubs on Crescent and de la Montagne
streets; most will serve local beer.  Cans of beer are readily available
at corner shops (referred to as "dep", short for Depanneur).

Molson is headquartered in Montreal.  It is not usually considered
local beer.

Food
====

Montreal prides itself on food.  Classic dishes include poutine, smoked
meat and tourtiere.  As a major city, there is plenty of international
food.  Montreal and New York have different styles of bagels from each
other and much ink has been spilled on the subject of which is superior;
try St Viateur or Fairmont for a fair example of Montreal bagels.

There is also fierce competition as to whether Quebec, Ontario or
Vermont produces the best maple syrup.  You should probably find a
Cabane a Sucre / Sugar Shack to form an opinion of your own, eg
https://www.parcjeandrapeau.com/en/urban-sugar-shack-spring-restaurant-sainte-helene-bistro-terrace-montreal/

Outside
=======

We're going to be there in March.  It could be -30C or +20C.  Montreal
has an underground city (RESO) which has shops and restaurants, as
well as being a sheltered route between office towers and the metro.
There's an entrance at Union street, just two blocks from the hotel.
https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/guide-underground-city-shopping
(yes, that is a chunk of the Berlin wall in the picture)

If the weather is clement, Mont Royal is a popular destination, but it
can be icy and not much fun at this time of year.  The Lachine canal may
be a better bet, or you can walk or cycle on the Formula 1 circuit on
Ile Notre Dame.  It's not the Nurburgring; while you can drive on it,
the speed limit is 30kph.  A more unusual route would be the Samuel
De Champlain bridge Multiuse Path which is some of the best tarmac in
the city (but ends on an unsurfaced path that connects to the Formula
1 circuit).

The local sport is hockey.  The Habs are not having a good year, so you
may be able to buy tickets to a game.  The Colorado Avalanche are in town
on Saturday 22nd; otherwise you should be able to watch a game in a pub.
Women's hockey is gaining in popularity, and the Montreal Victoire are
playing Toronto at Place Bell at noon on Sunday 23rd.

St Catherine, St Laurent & St Denis are the major shopping streets.
There are markets at Atwater and Jean Talon.  The Vieux Port area
is full of tourist tat (but maybe you want a sweatshirt with Montreal
written on it).

The Biodome and Biosphere are both worth a visit.  There's also a
planetarium, the Musee des Beaux Arts and the botanic gardens.  I like
the Archaeology museum.