Re: [GSOC 2026] Request for feedback of proposal

Hi Shresth,

Thank you for reaching out. To ensure equal starting conditions for
all applicants, we do not provide individual feedback prior to the
start of the program. Additionally, due to the high volume of
interest, we are unable to consult with every applicant during the
admissions phase.

We encourage you to put your best effort into your application. If you
are accepted, our team will be fully dedicated to working with you and
providing the support needed to complete the program successfully.

Best of luck with your submission!

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM Shresth Maheshwari
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello CRIU team,
>
> I hope you are doing well.
>
> My name is Shresth Maheshwari, and I am a third-year Electronics and
> Communication Engineering student at NIT Hamirpur. Over the past few
> months, I have been studying the CRIU codebase and building my
> understanding of Linux internals in preparation for contributing to
> the project and submitting a proposal for Google Summer of Code.
>
> I am writing to share my draft proposal titled “Optimize Copy-on-Write
> Memory Dumping in CRIU” and to kindly request feedback from the
> community. During my preparation, I have focused on understanding the
> dump and restore workflow, exploring memory management concepts such
> as Copy-on-Write, and performing small practical experiments to better
> understand the behavior of memory pages.
>
> I have also been documenting my learning process and hands-on
> experiments while studying the relevant subsystems. My goal with this
> proposal is to improve the efficiency of handling Copy-on-Write pages
> during the dump process while maintaining correctness and reliability.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any feedback or suggestions regarding:
>
> The technical feasibility of the approach
> Areas where my understanding may be incomplete
> Potential edge cases or considerations I should address
> Improvements to the implementation plan or timeline
>
> Your guidance would be extremely valuable in refining the proposal
> before submission.
>
> Thank you very much for your time and for maintaining such an
> impactful project. I look forward to learning from your feedback and
> continuing to contribute to CRIU.
>
> Best regards,
> Shresth Maheshwari
> NIT Hamirpur
> GitHub: https://github.com/shresth2405