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Abdul Rehman

Worked on enhancing the sched-ext/scx repository by addressing scalability and reliability challenges in kernel scheduling for large-core systems. Expanded the cpumask capacity from 4 to 128 bits, preventing mask overflow and ensuring stable scheduling on systems with high CPU counts. Introduced new iterator macros, for_each_possible_cpu() and for_each_online_cpu(), within the BPF environment to standardize and simplify CPU mask iteration, streamlining system programming tasks. Leveraged expertise in C, BPF, and kernel development to deliver these improvements, enabling sched-ext/scx to support larger deployments with minimal risk of CPU mask limitations and more efficient development cycles for CPU-related features.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

50%Features

Repository Contributions

2Total
Bugs
1
Commits
2
Features
1
Lines of code
61
Activity Months1

Your Network

121 people

Work History

November 2024

2 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Monthly performance summary for 2024-11 focusing on sched-ext/scx. Key work: improved CPU masking scalability and BPF CPU iteration ergonomics, delivering reliability on large-core systems and faster development cycles.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture80.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C

Technical Skills

BPFKernel DevelopmentSystem Programming

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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sched-ext/scx

Nov 2024 Nov 2024
1 Month active

Languages Used

C

Technical Skills

BPFKernel DevelopmentSystem Programming