About

Kundan Kumar is a highly skilled Senior Principal Software Engineer with over 16 years of experience in Linux and ESXi Kernel hacking. He is currently working with Dell in this capacity, where he has been instrumental in driving various Linux multipathing solutions. Kundan is an expert in SPDK multipathing and lockless IO submission, as well as NVMe userspace and kernel IO stack. He also has extensive experience in Linux Multipathing, Block Layer, SAN, and Linux device drivers and Kernel internals. In addition to his technical expertise, Kundan is also well-versed in debugging Linux kernel using tools such as crash utility, ftrace, and jprobes. He has a deep understanding of low-level device drivers design and development and has expertise in debugging embedded boards using lauterbach(TRACE32). Kundan has also been involved in software design, coding, and testing of modules, as well as identifying, analyzing, and tracking defects. Kundan has worked with several reputable companies in the past, including Hewlett Packard, where he served as a Linux System Software Specialist. During his time there, he worked on the Linux Hypervisor for HP Desktop systems and was responsible for the design and implementation of ACPI event-based RFKILL toggle when DOMU is WIN10. He also worked on fixing issues for devices connected to the PCI bus. Kundan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Science from Bangalore Institute of Technology. He has also written over 30 articles on Linux internals, which can be found on his blog at https://sklinuxblog.blogspot.com/. Overall, Kundan Kumar is a highly experienced and skilled Senior Principal Software Engineer with a deep understanding of Linux and ESXi Kernel hacking. His expertise in SPDK multipathing, NVMe IO stack, and low-level device drivers design and development make him an invaluable asset to any organization.