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Zbigniew Kempczyński

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Zbigniew Kempczyński

Worked on the geerlingguy/linux repository to address a concurrency issue in the DRM Xe subsystem, focusing on kernel development and device driver reliability. Delivered a targeted fix for a race condition in the xe_sync driver by reordering ufence signaling, ensuring the fence is marked signalled before the memory write occurs. This approach prevented -EBUSY errors during map and unmap operations, allowing userspace to safely reuse ufences without synchronization issues. The solution demonstrated proficiency in C and deep understanding of kernel-level concurrency, contributing to improved subsystem stability and safer memory management within the Linux graphics stack during the development period.

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Repository Contributions

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Bugs
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Commits
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Features
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Activity Months1

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Work History

August 2025

1 Commits

Aug 1, 2025

August 2025 performance summary for geerlingguy/linux: Delivered a targeted Xe_sync ufence race-condition fix to improve stability in the DRM Xe subsystem. The change reorders ufence signaling to mark it signalled before the memory write, preventing -EBUSY errors during map/unmap and enabling safe userspace reuse of ufences. The work is based on commit 04e1f683cd28dc9407b238543871a6e09a570dc0.

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Correctness100.0%
Maintainability100.0%
Architecture100.0%
Performance100.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C

Technical Skills

ConcurrencyDevice DriversKernel Development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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geerlingguy/linux

Aug 2025 Aug 2025
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Languages Used

C

Technical Skills

ConcurrencyDevice DriversKernel Development