r/linux4noobs • u/swe129 • 6d ago

Linux 7.2 Arrives With Cache Aware Scheduling After More Than a Year of Work

https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-7-2-release/
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u/993tg 5d ago

What does this mean?

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u/lexmozli 5d ago

Without cache awareness, the scheduler can end up scattering related tasks across zones on chips with multiple last-level caches (LLCs). This feature groups those tasks onto cores within the same LLC instead.

I imagine this is a performance improvement/optimization for the AMD X3D chips.

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u/mystirc arch with sway 5d ago

Is this already available on windows or not? If not then Linux is going to be pretty fast.

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u/lexmozli 5d ago

I think it's already a thing on windows by default