Linux 4.15-ck1 Released With MuQSS 0.170

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 18 February 2018 at 06:37 AM EST. 8 Comments
LINUX KERNEL
Con Kolivas announced the release today of his patched Linux 4.15 kernel that includes the MuQSS scheduler, his successor to the BFS scheduler.

The Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler is up to version 0.170 with his 4.15-ck1 patch-set. The overall goal of MuQSS is to improve system responsiveness and interactivity on desktop workloads and other use-cases. With the updated MuQSS, there is an improved version of the run queue sharing code. There is also improved documentation and a number of bug fixes.

More details on Linux 4.15-ck1 / MuQSS 0.170 via this blog post.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week