Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-7.2-ck1, MuQSS CPU scheduler for linux-7.2

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 11:45:22 EST


Con Kolivas <con@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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