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Sched_ext Merged For Linux 6.12 - Scheduling Policies As BPF Programs


Linux 6.12 is shaping up to be a heck of a kernel update! Following real-time 'PREEMPT_RT' going mainline after twenty years and many other kernel features merged this week, Linus Torvalds just pulled in the much anticipated sched_ext code!

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