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Operating System Scheduling for Performance Engineers

7 chapters · 31 lessons

1. 1. Scheduler Fundamentals and Decision Criteria

   4 lessons

   Understand how kernel schedulers balance fairness, responsiveness, and throughput when mapping tasks to CPU cores.

2. 2. Cache Hierarchy and Locality Optimization

   5 lessons

   Learn how memory caches influence scheduling decisions and why task placement affects application speed.

3. 3. Heterogeneous CPU Architectures

   4 lessons

   Master scheduling strategies for systems with performance cores, efficiency cores, and asymmetric capabilities.

4. 4. Profiling and Diagnosing Scheduling Problems

   5 lessons

   Use kernel tracing, performance counters, and visualization tools to identify scheduling bottlenecks.

5. 5. Tuning Applications for Scheduler Efficiency

   4 lessons

   Design threading models and configure affinity settings to align application behavior with scheduler goals.

6. 6. Real-Time and Low-Latency Scheduling

   4 lessons

   Apply real-time scheduling policies to meet strict timing requirements in embedded and server environments.

7. 7. Scheduler Behavior in Production Workloads

   5 lessons

   Optimize scheduling for databases, web services, build systems, and inference pipelines in production.