linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: schedutil: move slow path from workqueue to SCHED

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Message-ID: <20161113193159.GB29583@graphite.smuckle.net>
Date:   Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:31:59 -0800
From:   Steve Muckle <smuckle.linux@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Lists linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@....com>,
        Robin Randhawa <robin.randhawa@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] cpufreq: schedutil: move slow path from workqueue to
 SCHED_FIFO task

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:16:59PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > +       struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 50 };
> 
> I'd define a symbol for the 50.  It's just one extra line of code ...

A minor point for sure, but in general what's the motivation for
defining symbols for things which are only used once? It makes it harder
to untangle and learn a piece of code IMO, having to jump to the
definitions of them to see what they are.

thanks,
Steve