Linux Kernel

Linux Scheduler There is a doc within the documentation directory which explains nicely and clearly about the major purpose of the scheduler. The new things in the new scheduler are :- 1. Fully O(1) scheduling 2. Perfect 'SMP' scalability No big "run_queue" lock. All per CPU runqueues and locks. 3. Better SMP Affinity No random bouncing of processes between CPUs if/when there is a higher priority/interactive task. 4. Batch Scheduling 5. Handles Extreme load smoothly 6. O(1) RT Scheduling 7. Run forked children before parent.