linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 04/16] sched/core: uclamp: Add system default clamps

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Message-ID: <20190509084311.clpvno6am7bxo5wz@e110439-lin>
Date:   Thu, 9 May 2019 09:43:11 +0100
From:   Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 04/16] sched/core: uclamp: Add system default clamps

On 08-May 20:42, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 11:41:40AM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote:
> > Add a privileged interface to define a system default configuration via:
> > 
> >   /proc/sys/kernel/sched_uclamp_util_{min,max}
> 
> Isn't the 'u' in "uclamp" already for util?

Yes, right... I've just wanted to keep the same "uclamp" prefix used
by all related kernel symbols. But, since that's user-space API we can
certainly drop it and go for either:

      /proc/sys/kernel/sched_clamp_util_{min,max}
      /proc/sys/kernel/sched_util_clamp_{min,max}

Preference?

-- 
#include <best/regards.h>

Patrick Bellasi