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Linux Scheduler Patches Aim To Address Performance Regression Since Last Year
A set of Linux kernel scheduler patches posted today are trying to address some performance regressions observed since the Linux 6.11 kernel that was released back in September 2025
Intel Linux engineer Peter Zijlstra posted the set of five scheduler patches today for trying to address some performance regressions. At the very least the last patch is missing ttwu_stat(), still need to figure out how to account it ;-) Chris, I'm hoping your machine will agree with these numbers; it hasn't been straight sailing in that regard." Hopefully these regression fixes will all be sorted out and upstreamed soon.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.
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