A new set of Linux scheduler features would allocate CPU time fairly among the users on the system. The Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) was merged for the 2.6.23 kernel. One CFS feature which did not ...
If you’ve ever wondered how much memory a process uses, you’ve probably used a form of task manager or system monitor. System monitors can be useful to identify resource hogs, but are often less ...
Linux system calls never change. What, never? Hardly ever. One of the fundamental principles of Linux kernel development is that user-space interfaces are set in stone. Once an API has been made ...