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| author | Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com> | 2024-07-19 19:22:06 -0500 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2024-08-07 13:37:16 -0600 |
| commit | 602bce7e5edeb0d701ee2074fe512c4d793dac0d (patch) | |
| tree | 6929c70c675350de54693891ef52038df9af9860 /Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst | |
| parent | e9c7acd723127f0b9bf78202a02f2e5e7d0b6a4f (diff) | |
docs: scheduler: Start documenting the EEVDF scheduler
Add some documentation regarding the newly introduced scheduler EEVDF.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240720002207.444286-2-carlos.bilbao.osdev@gmail.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst index bc1e507269c6..8786f219fc73 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ CFS Scheduler 1. OVERVIEW ============ -CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the new "desktop" process -scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23. It is the -replacement for the previous vanilla scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity -code. +CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the "desktop" process +scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23. When +originally merged, it was the replacement for the previous vanilla +scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity code. Nowadays, CFS is making room +for EEVDF, for which documentation can be found in +Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst. 80% of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models an "ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU" on real hardware. |