In the context of the Linux kernel, scheduler latency isthe time between a wakeup ... need_resched , that is checked by kernel code todetermine if a scheduling pass is needed. Linux was not designed ...

This repository introduces a custom gang scheduling policy into the Linux kernel, implemented as a standalone scheduling class named SCHED_GANG.Gang scheduling is an efficient mechanism for ...

Where the blog author takes offence is in the claim made in the Linux kernel code and documentation that the base time slice scales with the number of CPUs (or cores), pointing out the commit in ...

The Linux kernel scheduler has deficiencies that prevent a multicore system from making proper use of all cores for heavily multithreaded loads, according to a lecture and paper delivered earlier ...

The latest refresh of the Linux kernel, 3.3, is now available, and the second release of 2012 brings with it the long-awaited merging of code from Google's little side project. While that is ...

The Linux Foundation is strengthening the walls around the Linux kernel's source code Git repositories. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor Aug. 19, 2014 at 5:51 a.m. PT ...

This repository introduces a custom Linux kernel scheduling class named SCHED_GANG, designed specifically for tightly-coupled, parallel workloads.Unlike traditional schedulers that manage threads ...