An EEVDF CPU scheduler for Linux
An EEVDF CPU scheduler for Linux
Posted Mar 11, 2023 4:57 UTC (Sat) by flussence (guest, #85566)In reply to: An EEVDF CPU scheduler for Linux by fredrik
Parent article: An EEVDF CPU scheduler for Linux
> A scheduler api for BPF would reasonably also limit new scheduler designs. The article mentions that the eevdf scheduler changed things all over the map.
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> > "It completely reworks the base scheduler, placement, preemption, picking -- everything."
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> > "It completely reworks the base scheduler, placement, preemption, picking -- everything."
That's only *more* reason to make this work via BPF, where people can try it out in a sandbox without risking bringing the entire system down. Otherwise something this intrusive ought to spend a good 10-15 years stewing in an external tree like every other attempt to overthrow CFS.