linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/15] cfq-iosched: Properly name all references to IO class

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Message-ID: <x49mx05j4qx.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:51:02 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, tj@...nel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/15] cfq-iosched: Properly name all references to IO class

Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> writes:

> Currently CFQ has three IO classes, RT, BE and IDLE. At many a places we
> are calling workloads belonging to these classes as "prio". This gets
> very confusing as one starts to associate it with ioprio.
>
> So this patch just does bunch of renaming so that reading code becomes
> easier. All reference to RT, BE and IDLE workload are done using keyword
> "class" and all references to subclass, SYNC, SYNC-IDLE, ASYNC are made
> using keyword "type".
>
> This makes me feel much better while I am reading the code. There is no
> functionality change due to this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Thank you!

Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
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