{
  "id": 7568221,
  "title": "[$] Adding BPF to blk-iocost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/adding-bpf-to-blk-iocost",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:37:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1093661/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The scheduling of block I/O requests has long been a challenge for operating-system kernels. For many years, the performance characteristics of rotating drives meant that putting considerable resources into request ordering was worthwhile. In a world with fast, solid-state drives, scheduling is more concerned with enforcing fairness between competing users while being fast enough to keep up with…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}