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

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:02:39 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] sched/deadline: merge dl_bw into dl_bandwidth

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:43:12 +0100
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com> wrote:

> However, this surely needs to be fixed here. It's tracking the sum of
> all tasks' (across CPUs) bandwidth admitted on the system, so that's why
> it's called dl_total_bw. Incremented when a task passes sched_setattr()
> and decremented when it leaves the system or changes scheduling class.
> 
> Does it make a bit more sense? Would you still prefer a different name?

No the name is fine, the comment needs to change.

 - dl_total_bw - tracks the sum of all tasks' bandwidth across CPUs.

How's that?

-- Steve