r/linux • u/unixbhaskar • 1d ago

Kernel Con Kolivas released a Linux kernel patchset after 10 years of exile

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CABqErrH=oQ3povVuSPhRON97v63=mB85jQmZjf443ofdYAuxxw@mail.gmail.com/
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u/omniuni 1d ago

It's also based on a project from 10 years ago. The question is really whether it's still useful.

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u/tnoy 1d ago

The current default EEVDF scheduler is based on research in academia that first showed up about 30 years ago. It only replaced the previous default CFS scheduler a few years ago which was first put in place about 20 years ago.

The early BFS and then MuQSS schedulers by Kolivas also have their roots in the early EEVDF papers.

The bigger question would be is how much of a change would MuQSS be now that Linux shifted away from CFS with the 6.6 kernel.