linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] sched: Rename vtime fields

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Message-ID: <1498777341.6130.6.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:02:21 -0400
From:   Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] sched: Rename vtime fields

On Thu, 2017-06-29 at 19:15 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> The current "snapshot" based naming on vtime fields suggests we
> record
> some past event but that's a low level picture of their actual
> purpose
> which comes out blurry. The real point of these fields is to run a
> basic
> state machine that tracks down cputime entry while switching between
> contexts.
> 
> So lets reflect that with more meaningful names.
> 
> Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>