Linux 6.18-rc4: Fixing Performance Regression in CPU Idle States and Sleep Paths

Summary Following last week’s fix for the power management performance regression affecting some Intel Chromebooks, Linux 6.18-rc4 brings a critical patch for CPU idle state management (cpuidle menu governor) to address another performance decline issue that has persisted since 6.17. This regression caused a performance drop of approximately 11% in multi-threaded throughput tests on desktop … Read more