Linux Magazine3d ago
ICYMI: Linux kernel 6.6 introduces the EEVDF scheduler, a next-generation CPU scheduling algorithm focused on fairness and responsiveness
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/301/EEVDF?utm_source=mlm
#Linux #kernel #EEVDF #scheduler #CFS
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Linux 6.6 introduces the EEVDF scheduler, a next-generation CPU scheduling algorithm focused on fairness and responsiveness.

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Holger HoffstätteMar 24, 2025

Excellent article about Linux scheduling internals and how to use RTKit to enforce priorities for processes:
https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/03/24/rtkit.html

#linux #scheduling #eevdf

RealtimeKit and CPU Scheduling

Take a look at your process tree, it's likely that you might notice a new service: rtkit-daemon, the RealtimeKit Daemon. It seems nobody on the internet is talking about it, so let's explain what it's about in this article.

PhoronixMar 30, 2023

#EEVDF Scheduler Patches Updated For The #Linux Kernel

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-EEVDF-EO-March

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1641416592679419908

EEVDF Scheduler Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)Mar 29, 2023

Peter Zijlstra posted a new version of his RFC #Linux #kernel patchset with the #EEVDF CPU[1] scheduler:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/2023032809[email protected]/

```Many changes since last time; most notably it now fully replaces #CFS and uses lag based placement for migrations.

[…]

There's a bunch of RFC patches at the end and one DEBUG patch. Of those, the PLACE_BONUS patch is a mixed bag of pain. […]```

[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/925371/

[PATCH 00/17] sched: EEVDF using latency-nice - Peter Zijlstra