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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Vitty: dates are a disaster&lt;/p&gt;
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== [http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2018 KVM Forum 2018] ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== KVM Forum 2018 ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The 11th edition of the [https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum KVM Forum] was held from 24 - 26 October at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Videos and Slides ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==== Wednesday - October 24, 2018 ====&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Wednesday Morning =====&lt;br /&gt;
* L1TF and KVM - Alexander Graf, SUSE ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssAEPxMKOI video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/File:L1TF-in-KVM_Alexander-Graf.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Security in QEMU: How Virtual Machines Provide Isolation - Stefan Hajnoczi, Red Hat ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAdRf_hwxU8 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/9/96/Stefanha-kvm-forum-2018.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Wednesday Afternoon =====&lt;br /&gt;
* Painting a Picture of the KVM Use-cases in the Container World - Fabian Deutsch, Red Hat ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6GDh_iv3ow video] [http://redhat.slides.com/fdeutsch/kvm-and-containers-kvm-forum-2018#/ slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Getting Some Peace and Quiet as an Open Source Maintainer - Cornelia Huck, Red Hat ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DRESPgLLw0 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/1/11/Getting-Some-Peace-and-Quiet-as-an-Open-Source-Maintainer-Cornelia-Huck-Red-Hat-1.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Memory Overcommit for Overcommitted Admins - Jonathan Davies, Nutanix ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB4QApBdFl0 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/3/38/Memory-overcommit_jonathan-davies-1.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Scalability and Stability of libvirt: Experiences with Very Large Hosts - Marc Hartmayer, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lw50IKqGo video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/6/66/Scalability-and-Stability-of-libvirt-Experiences-with-Very-Large-Hosts-Marc-Hartmayer-IBM-1.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
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==== Thursday - October 25, 2018 ====&lt;br /&gt;
===== Thursday Morning =====&lt;br /&gt;
* Keynote: KVM Status Report - Paolo Bonzini, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS6MXi4rbU video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/8/85/Kvmforum18-kvm.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Private vs. Common: Reflection on Cross-architecture Commonality - Christian Borntraeger, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWlg1Z5RvS4 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/3/31/Private-vs.-Common-Reflection-on-Cross-architecture-Commonality-Christian-Borntraeger-IBM.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Contributor Q&amp;amp;A Panel - Moderated by Stefan Hajnoczi, Red Hat ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q22lu6l1Cdk video] [https://etherpad.net/p/KVMForum2018Panel transcript])&lt;br /&gt;
* Intel SGX Virtualization on Linux and KVM - Sean Christopherson, Intel ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJk8b25AJd8 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/e/e8/KVM_Forum_2018_-_Intel_SGX.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Secure Virtual Machines on Power - Ram Pai &amp;amp; Guerney Hunt, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4jccqc14Vc video] [https://schd.ws/hosted_files/kvmforum2018/57/SVM_Edinburg_v3.pdf slides]) &lt;br /&gt;
* Protect Data of Virtual Machines with Memory Encryption on KVM - Kai Huang, Intel Corporation ([https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/d/d7/Mktme_kvm_forum_2018.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
*  s390 KVM Memory Management and its Pitfalls - Janosch Frank, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtqhtv-aSc video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/a/ae/KVM_Forum_2018_s390_KVM_memory_management.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Extending Secure Encrypted Virtualization with SEV-ES - Thomas Lendacky, AMD ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgJQYVZVbRc video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/9/94/Extending-Secure-Encrypted-Virtualization-with-SEV-ES-Thomas-Lendacky-AMD.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* vfio-ap: The Perils of the Weird - Halil Pasic, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBR36WD9lCY video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/0/06/Vfio-ap-The-Perils-of-the-Weird-Halil-Pasic-IBM.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Thursday Afternoon =====&lt;br /&gt;
* Performance Optimization on Huawei Public and Private Cloud - Lei Gong &amp;amp; Jinsong Liu, Huawei ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT1b1WdnbM0 video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/c/c6/Performance-Optimization-on-Huawei-Public-and-Private-Cloud-Lei-Gong-Jinsong-Liu-Huawei.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Kata Containers: Leveraging Advanced Features of QEMU to Provide Better Container Isolation - Eric Ernst, Intel ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgnb7jMZfPs video])&lt;br /&gt;
* Demand Paging Performance with 160 vCPUs - Cannon Matthews, Google ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2LjeX3BHU video])&lt;br /&gt;
* “Honey, I Shrunk the Hypervisor” - Building a Legacy Free Platform for QEMU - Robert Bradford, Intel Corporation ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqdPTXxAS6w video] [https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/%E2%80%9CHoney-I-Shrunk-the-Hypervisor%E2%80%9D-Building-a-Legacy-Free-Platform-for-QEMU-Robert-Bradford-Intel-Corporation.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Torwards a More Scalable KVM Hypervisor - Wanpeng Li, Tencent Cloud ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufqMlVXZzJc video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/e/ec/Torwards_a_more_Scalable_KVM_Hypervisor.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Device Assignment with Nested Guests and DPDK - Peter Xu, Red Hat ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0otGlPftFCU video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/a/a6/KVM_Forum_2018_viommu_vfio.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* CloudAtlas: Ways to Make Live Migration Safe and Expectable - Chao Zhang &amp;amp; Feng Xie, Alibaba Cloud ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWqqNYFeNbk video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/d/db/CloudAtlas_Ways_to_make_live_migration_easy_and_expectable_Chao-Zhang.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Taking it to the Nest Level - Nested KVM on the POWER9 Processor - Suraj Jitindar Singh, IBM ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esMBo1G8iYY video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/0/08/Taking-it-to-the-Nest-Level-Nested-KVM-on-the-POWER9-Processor-Suraj-Jitindar-Singh-IBM.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Distributed QEMU - Yubin Chen &amp;amp; Zhuocheng Ding, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GprmhYU1M8Q video])&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Hybrid&amp;quot; Nesting: KVM on Hyper-V - Vitaly Kuznetsov, Red Hat &amp;amp; Tianyu Lan, Microsoft ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn7mQYObkvs video])&lt;br /&gt;
*  Adaptive Live Migration - Xiao Guangrong &amp;amp; Yulei Zhang, Tencent Cloud &lt;br /&gt;
* Improving KVM x86 Nested-Virtualization - Liran Alon, Oracle ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc7F-n5278w video] [https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/8/8e/Improving_KVM_nVMX.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
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==== Friday - October 26, 2018 ====&lt;br /&gt;
===== Friday Morning =====&lt;br /&gt;
* QEMU Status Report - Alex Bennée, Senior Software Engineer, Linaro&lt;br /&gt;
* Libvirt Status Report - Peter Krempa, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat&lt;br /&gt;
* Arm Timers; and Fire! - Christoffer Dall, Arm ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Christopher-Dall_Arm-Timers-and-Fire.pdf slides])  &lt;br /&gt;
* Hardware-Assisted Mediated Pass-Through with VFIO - Kevin Tian, Intel ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Hardware-Assisted-Mediated-Pass-Through-with-VFIO-Kevin-Tian-Intel.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* ARM virt 3.0 and Beyond: Towards a Better Scalability - Eric Auger, Red Hat ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ARM-virt-3.0-and-Beyond-Towards-a-Better-Scalability-Eric-Auger-Red-Hat.pdf slides]) &lt;br /&gt;
* SPDK vhost Target: A Practical Solution to Accelerate Storage I/Os Inside VMs - Ziye Yang &amp;amp; Changpeng Liu, Intel&lt;br /&gt;
* L1TF and KVM - Alexander Graf, SUSE ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/L1TF-in-KVM_Alexander-Graf.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* VFIO Device Assignment Quirks, How to use Them and How to Avoid Them - Alex Williamson, Red Hat&lt;br /&gt;
* What Did Spectre and Meltdown Teach about CPU Models? - Paolo Bonzini, Red Hat  ([https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/6/65/Bonzini-Kvmforum18-cpu.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Shared Virtual Addressing in KVM - Yi Liu &amp;amp; Jacob Pan, Intel Corporation&lt;br /&gt;
* KVM/arm Meets the Villain: Mitigating Spectre - Marc Zyngier, ARM ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Zyngier-Spectre_Marc-Zyngier.pdf slides])  &lt;br /&gt;
* A Perfect Solution for Live Migration with Pass-through Devices - Quan Xu, Alibaba&lt;br /&gt;
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===== Friday Afternoon =====&lt;br /&gt;
* A Driver Framework for qtest - Laurent Vivier, Red Hat  &lt;br /&gt;
* Live Migration Support for GPU with SRIOV: Challenges and Solution - Zheng Xiao, Alibaba Cloud; Jerry Jiang &amp;amp; Ken Xue, AMD ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Live-Migration-Support-for-GPU-with-SRIOV-Challenges-and-Solution-Zheng-Xiao-Alibaba-Cloud-Jerry-Jiang-Ken-Xue-AMD.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* The Functional Test Beast: Tame it, Bring it Home and Make it your Pet - Cleber Rosa, Red Hat, Inc. ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/The-Functional-Test-Beast-Tame-it-Bring-it-Home-and-Make-it-your-Pet-Cleber-Rosa-Red-Hat-Inc..pdf slides]) &lt;br /&gt;
* vdpa: vhost-mdev as a New vhost Protocol Transport - Cunming Liang &amp;amp; Tiwei Bie, Intel ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Cunming-Liang-Intel-KVM-Forum-2018-VDPA-VHOST-MDEV.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Testing in QEMU and libvirt: Beyond Make and Make Check - Yash Mankad, Red Hat ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Testing-in-QEMU-and-libvirt-Beyond-Make-and-Make-Check-Yash-Mankad-Red-Hat.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Empty Promise: Zero-Copy Receive for vhost - Mike Rapoport, IBM ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Empty-Promise-Zero-Copy-Receive-for-vhost-Mike-Rapoport-IBM.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Facilitating Incremental Backup - Eric Blake, Red Hat ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2018-libvirt-incremental-backup-expanded._Eric-Blake.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* RAM is Getting More Complex - Dr. David Alan Gilbert, Red Hat ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAM-is-Getting-More-Complex-Dr.-David-Alan-Gilbert-Red-Hat.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Qemu Backup Status - Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy, Virtuozzo &lt;br /&gt;
* Guest Free Page Hinting - Nitesh Narayan Lal, Red Hat, Inc. ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/KVMForum2018.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
* Background Snapshots - Denis Plotnikov, Virtuozzo  &lt;br /&gt;
* virtio-mem: Paravirtualized Memory - David Hildenbrand, Red Hat ([https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/virtio-mem-Paravirtualized-Memory-David-Hildenbrand-Red-Hat-1.pdf slides])&lt;br /&gt;
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== Schedule ==&lt;br /&gt;
https://kvmforum2018.sched.com/&lt;br /&gt;
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== BoFs ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[KVM Forum 2018 BOF]]&lt;br /&gt;
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