Numerous Scheduler Changes Inbound For Linux 4.7

Articles & Reviews
News Archive
Forums
Premium
Categories

Computers GPUs / Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards CPUs / Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals

Numerous Scheduler Changes Inbound For Linux 4.7

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 16 May 2016 at 04:45 PM EDT. 2 Comments

Ingo Molnar is once again quite punctual with submitting his pull requests for a newly-opened kernel cycle. One of his noteworthy updates mailed in today were for the kernel's scheduler changes.

Highlights of the scheduler changes for Linux 4.7 include a "massive" CPU hot-plugging rework, improved migration fairness, updates to CPU load calculation, CPUFreq updates, NOHZ optimizations, and other micro-optimizations and enhancements.

Those wanting to learn all the fine details of the scheduler changes for Linux 4.7 can see this pull request.

2 Comments

Char/Misc Is Still Quite Busy With Linux 5.9 Still Lacking An "Accelerator" Subsystem

Linux 5.9 Exposes Device Link Details Via Sysfs, Allows Hiding DebugFS From User-Space

Open-Source GPU Driver Updates Sent In For Linux 5.9 From Sienna Cichlid To Rocket Lake

Linux 5.9 Continues Working On A Variety Of Scheduler Improvements

Checkpoint/Restore Of Unprivileged Processes Sent In For Linux 5.9

About The Author

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 or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.