News stories tagged with #sched_ext
The Linux kernel receives significant updates, including the resumption of maintenance for the Loongson display driver, AMD's new 'pghot' patches to enhance memory management, and NVIDIA's scheduler optimizations for CPU-intensive workloads. These improvements aim to boost performance on memory- and CPU-heavy workloads through better SMT-awareness and integration with upcoming hardware platforms. The changes are expected to land in upcoming kernel releases such as Linux 7.1.