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

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:17:31 +0100
From:   Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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 12/02/18 13:02, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 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?

LGTM. I'll fix in next version.

Thanks!

- Juri