From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CEAF444238B for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:33:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786977185; cv=none; b=X4CRb5RFperf/5x0OrTtsSCSqEaZSFHFuUBvyD3N1TP599MHTT6DsoZlURNia5z1sAKQ2TNnTFIVJv7vJJ7/QMLk01blmr9Tt0aJz8YSX2/MZNQKrkfoLKTTpV/079OcztAcz7B7YY9VxjqbAEnvmdkTBp49aNOf3Lp4wXe9bdg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786977185; c=relaxed/simple; bh=KMfjw2/uGH/yKlgmhybZSFl3kPTit2VOAkrE9oMPx28=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=lD0c8etDQ1mGqi2a2NKVefPDYTBSJQJ5zc/PfLqqErCfruKQoRSc3no9P4TmRMYaiQyQatO75jHeiKFaWpVI04k5LbSE9rBbMh+LoUNc935GN4G+tLkUIEftcZ7bq2ix9hbDOYO+k0LAvEudo6rBZX7scLeQ7Wxb47NECL0Jn+8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=exUJLb7Q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="exUJLb7Q" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net A5284408EC DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1786977182; bh=a7AaJjkZYq0gHsh2MeyFnUrmXJR62qZ9fVizqLb7ACI=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=exUJLb7Q3Ma4uiiY8EJjFk0mpiHD/WKAYZkEguyE6bRP3UCXkYD3hecgQ7JETBeRC B96pdMT92M0eu+rC1M/RggY6sTsw7MhajYPdEndZpwYSZDRgP6bkFRNWqw44IX5g8h z42oc8YlyHcX10LBSNWbw3GKu0AqgOG5qw3Ac6GCZiQ3OnZn+KU1qiKtd5kz2Xfzeq oTgzNIe4l1ZJpGc6L7lIsLdEXtY4krRVzZkycn98GikRP5q1IHZrBaIzN9vZFz9qb8 Z0wZHf8MUG7raOqKbdAe+Y+B9UTjahummyPFHGhP+mo7odapCRM04k+ntmyjAKeh2E vXEmRh8mJdmCg== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:814::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A5284408EC; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:33:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Con Kolivas , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-7.2-ck1, MuQSS CPU scheduler for linux-7.2 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:33:01 -0600 Message-ID: <87zeykbyw2.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Con Kolivas writes: > Announcing the return of the first stable version of my out-of-tree > patchset - not for mainline inclusion consideration. > > Tag: > https://github.com/ckolivas/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-ck1 > Tree: > https://github.com/ckolivas/linux/tree/7.2-ck > > The -ck patchset aims to improve desktop/mobile device responsiveness, > interactivity, and gaming, mostly by replacing the CPU scheduler > en-bloc with my EEVDF, configurable runqueue sharing, MultiQueue > Skiplist Scheduler. > > It's been 10 years since I originally abandoned the patchset for time > reasons, but LLMs have made merging and development infinitely easier. I'm genuinely curious: have you considered moving this work to sched_ext? That would instantly make it much more widely available for people to try out and actually use. Thanks, jon