diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
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. |