--- title: Sub-Scheduler Support Could Be One Of The Most Exciting... description: Linux developer Tejun Heo has posted a second iteration of patches implementing cgroup sub-scheduler support for sched_ext, targeting the Linux 7.1 merge... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sub-scheduler-support-could-be-one-of-the-most-exciting-features-to-come-for-linux-7-1-cb2sm10ug twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sub-Scheduler Support Could Be One Of The Most Exciting Features To Come For Linux 7.1 | daily.dev og:description: Linux developer Tejun Heo has posted a second iteration of patches implementing cgroup sub-scheduler support for sched_ext, targeting the Linux 7.1 merge... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sub-scheduler-support-could-be-one-of-the-most-exciting-features-to-come-for-linux-7-1-cb2sm10ug og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Cb2sm10Ug.png og:image:alt: Sub-Scheduler Support Could Be One Of The Most Exciting Features To Come For Linux 7.1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sub-Scheduler Support Could Be One Of The Most Exciting Features To Come For Linux 7.1 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux developer Tejun Heo has posted a second iteration of patches implementing cgroup sub-scheduler support for sched_ext, targeting the Linux 7.1 merge window. The feature allows multiple BPF scheduler instances to be attached to the cgroup hierarchy, enabling application-specific scheduling for domain-aware workloads like databases, VMs, and game engines. Unlike hard CPU partitioning via cpuset, this approach enables dynamic CPU allocation without static partitioning, supporting opportunistic over-commit and cache-aware packing. If accepted, the feature could land in April during the Linux 7.1 merge window, with a stable release expected mid-year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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