The Very Exciting Cache Aware Scheduling Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2
Cache Aware Scheduling support is set to be merged into the Linux 7.2 kernel. This feature aims to improve performance on modern CPUs by optimizing task placement in relation to last level caches. The development has been led by Intel engineers and has shown significant benefits on both Intel and AMD processors.
- ▪Cache Aware Scheduling is expected to be included in the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel release.
- ▪The feature helps improve cache locality by colocating tasks that share data in the same last level cache domain.
- ▪Intel software engineers have been working on this feature for over a year, demonstrating its advantages on modern server-class processors.
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The Very Exciting Cache Aware Scheduling Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2 Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 20 May 2026 at 03:44 PM EDT. Add A Comment As a very exciting development ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel merge window opening in about one month's time, it looks like the long-awaited Cache Aware Scheduling support will finally be merged! CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE has made it into a TIP branch with all the Cache Aware Scheduling code for helping with Linux performance on modern CPUs sporting multiple last level caches.
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