Scaling KVM and Its Community

Explore the growth and challenges of KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) in this 33-minute conference talk by Sean Christopherson from Google. Delve into the substantial expansion of KVM over recent years, including the doubling of commits to x86/kvm from 2019 to 2020, the addition of RISC-V support in 2021, and the upcoming deployment of KVM on arm64 for Android and cloud providers. Examine the increasing size and complexity of KVM as it adapts to new use cases and hardware features. Learn about the worldwide impact of KVM in relation to cloud computing growth. Discover the challenges faced by KVM and potential solutions for scaling up the number of contributors, end users, and supported technologies. Gain insights into the future of KVM and its community as they work to address these scaling challenges.