linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] sched/deadline: merge dl_bw into dl

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:34:30 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
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        alessio.balsini@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] sched/deadline: merge dl_bw into dl_bandwidth

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:40:28 +0100
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com> wrote:

> + *  - dl_bw (< 100%) is the bandwidth of the system (domain) on each CPU;
> + *  - dl_total_bw array contains the currently allocated bandwidth on the
> + *    i-eth CPU.

The comment for dl_total_bw doesn't make sense. You mean that
dl_total_bw is the cpu's bandwidth? If so, let's not call it total,
because that would suggest it's the bandwidth of all CPUs. What about
dl_cpu_bw?

-- Steve