Kernel 6.14.8: Implementation of a Linux Scheduling Class

The implementation of my kernel scheduling technique, which is designed to be merged with the Linux 6.14.8 kernel source tree, is contained in this repository.

Requirements

• 6.14.8 Linux kernel source tarball version.
• A functional Linux environment with gcc 14.1.0, make, and necessary development tools (because linux 6.14.8 was made for gcc 14, more recent versions like gcc 15 may display compile errors).
• Knowledge of kernel configuration and compilation

Installation Guidelines

1. Extract the kernel source after downloading it.

   Get and extract the official Linux 6.14.8 kernel tarball:

   wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.14.8.tar.xz
   tar -xf linux-6.14.8.tar.xz

2. Integrate new Kernel Code

Make a clone of this repository and move the contents of the customized_kernel folder into the corresponding locations in the kernel source that was extracted. Each file must be placed in its equivalent location because the directory structure of this folder corresponds to the kernel tree; files that are already in the kernel will be replaced by the updated files from this repository.

cp -r custom-linux-kernel-scheduler_project/customized-kernel/* linux-6.14.8/

3. Configure and Build the Kernel

Run the following commands to configure and build the kernel with the new scheduler:

cd linux-6.14.8
make menuconfig
make -j$(nproc) bzImage

A prebuilt bzImage is included in this repository under: arch/x86/boot/bzImage

you can use this bzImage in an emulator with qemu providing the equivalent initramfs, or boot a linux vm with the bzImage as the -kernel option

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The testbenches folder includes user-space C programs designed to test:

The custom scheduler’s behavior

Integration of additional system calls

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The scheduler has been tested and is fully functional with 6.14.11 Linux kernel version as well.