Linux to gain "completely fair scheduler"

The next release of the Linux kernel will apparently gain an all-new scheduler said to deliver better desktop scheduling. Ingo Molnar's CFS ("completely fair scheduler") implements a fair scheduling approach long advocated by Con "Conman" Kolivas, a practicing Australian medical doctor specializing in anaesthesia.

Molnar, a Red Hat employee who maintains the kernel's scheduling subsystem, describes CFS as follows: "Eighty percent of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models an 'ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU' on real hardware."

Molnar adds, "I'd like to give credit to Con Kolivas for the general approach here: he has proven via RSDL/SD [Staircase-Deadline] that 'fair scheduling' is possible and that it results in better desktop scheduling. Kudos Con!"