This paper is intended to be an introduction to the Linux 2.6.8.1 CPU scheduler implementation. Please send questions/comments to josh.aas@gmail.com.

Click here to download as a PDF

Click here to download the LyX file

Click here for a patch against the Linux 2.6.8.1 sched.c that adds more comments (note: this has not received as much attention to detail as the paper, but it should be quite accurate - feel free to email corrections to me)

By Josh Aas
©2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI)
Distributed under the GNU FDL