I, Kevin Becker, apply for the Ubuntu Kernel Uploaders team membership, to get upload rights for the linux-* packages.

• Name	Kevin Becker
  Launchpad Page	http://launchpad.net/~kevinbecker
  Wiki Page	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/kevinbecker/

Who I am

My name is Kevin Becker and I've been part of the Canonical Kernel Team since December 2023. I received a Master's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from University at Buffalo in 2012. I've been working with Linux for about 20 years, embedded systems for about 15 years, and realtime Linux for about 13 years. I received my commit rights in March 2024.

My Ubuntu story

I started using Linux in 2003 and found Ubuntu in 2005. Since then I've primarily used Ubuntu or Ubuntu flavors on all my computers, with some diversions to other distros (usually Arch) at times.

My involvement

Since joining Canonical, I've been working on the linux-realtime kernel and improving testing of the realtime kernel at Canonical. I'm also working with testing/tracking latencies of the realtime kernel. I worked with the PREEMPT_RT patches for about 13 years at my previous job at an aerospace company.

Activity

http://launchpad.net/~kevinbecker

Sponsoring

Summary

Details

Other Kernels

jammy:linux-realtime and jammy:linux-uc22-realtime kernels for the s2024.01.08, 2024.02.05, s2024.02.05, 2024.03.04, s2024.03.04, 2024.04.01, s2024.04.01 and 2024.04.29 cycles. They were reviewed by Joseph Salisbury.

bionic:linux-raspi-5.4 for the s2024.03.04 and 2024.04.01 cycles. They were reviewed by Tim Gardner.

bionic:linux-azure-5.4 for the s2024.04.01 cycle. This was reviewed by Roxana Nicolescu.

Other Packages

noble:ubuntu-realtime metapackage. This was reviewed by Juerg Haefliger.

Areas of work

I have primarily worked on the Realtime Kernel. I'm supporting the jammy and noble linux-realtime kernels and snaps. I've been adding realtime tests to autotest-client-tests, including tests from rt-tests and rteval. I've begun work on a latency/performance regression dashboard using Grafana for 24.10. I'm also assisting with plans around enabling kdump by default in some configurations.

Things I could do better

I need to learn more about kernel snaps.

Plans for the future

• Oracular realtime kernel
• Jammy 6.8 realtime backport
• Improvements for testing and performance tracking of the realtime kernel. Eventually, I would like to expand this to other kernels
• I would like to make a new test for realtime that also acts a sample realtime application
• Combine sched-ext and PREEMPT_RT
• ADT/RT Hinting Guide

Upload Rights

I'm requesting upload rights for the kernel package set for all active series, which includes all the "linux*" packages.

Comments

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Endorsements

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Roxana Nicolescu (roxanan)

General feedback

Kevin has been doing an amazing job preparing the kernels but also testing and making sure they are delivered on time. The learning curve was very fast and it seems he's been doing it for longer. I fully trust him with upload right!

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I have reviewed a number of packages prepared by Kevin and have found no issues. I am certain he will continue to produce superb work. He has my endorsement and +1

Tim Gardner May 16, 2024

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Joseph Salisbury

General feedback

I've reviewed many of Kevin's packages and have found no issues. Kevin has my endorsement as I am confident in his abilities.

Joseph Salisbury May 16, 2024

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