From: Tulio A M Mendes <tadryanom@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:13:13 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: feat: decay-based scheduler — priority decay on time slice exhaustion, boost on sleep... 
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feat: decay-based scheduler — priority decay on time slice exhaustion, boost on sleep wake
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diff --git a/src/kernel/scheduler.c b/src/kernel/scheduler.c
index 9cde79ba..522ffe62 100644
--- a/src/kernel/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/kernel/scheduler.c
@@ -752,8 +752,10 @@ void schedule(void) {
     struct process* prev = current_process;
 
     // Put prev back into expired runqueue if it's still runnable.
+    // Priority decay: penalize CPU-bound processes that exhaust their slice.
     if (prev->state == PROCESS_RUNNING) {
         prev->state = PROCESS_READY;
+        if (prev->priority < SCHED_NUM_PRIOS - 1) prev->priority++;
         rq_enqueue(rq_expired, prev);
     }
 
@@ -855,6 +857,8 @@ void process_wake_check(uint32_t current_tick) {
         if (iter->state == PROCESS_SLEEPING) {
             if (current_tick >= iter->wake_at_tick) {
                 iter->state = PROCESS_READY;
+                /* Priority boost: reward I/O-bound processes that sleep */
+                if (iter->priority > 0) iter->priority--;
                 rq_enqueue(rq_active, iter);
             }
         }