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Linux 7.3 adds large-system scheduling work and VM working-set tracking

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Linux 7.3 includes 18,765 non-merge commits from 3,021 developers, with changes including group scheduling for large systems, VM working-set tracking, and global per-CPU BPF data. These kernel changes matter to engineers tuning operating systems and large-scale workloads.

What

Linux 7.3 was released with 18,765 non-merge commits from 3,021 developers, including 807 first-time kernel developers.

How

Notable changes include group-scheduling work for large systems, virtual-machine working-set tracking and completion of sched_ext.

Why it matters

The scheduling and VM changes give engineers building large systems new kernel work to assess for resource management and performance.

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