linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] sched: tagging interface for core scheduling

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Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:15:20 -0700
From:   Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] sched: tagging interface for core scheduling

> > +static unsigned long sched_core_alloc_task_cookie(void)
> > +{
> > +     struct sched_core_task_cookie *ck =
> > +             kmalloc(sizeof(struct sched_core_task_cookie), GFP_KERNEL);
>
>         struct sched_core_task_cookie *ck = kmalloc(sizeof(*ck), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Also, those type names are unfortunately long..
>
> > +static void sched_core_get_task_cookie(unsigned long cookie)
> > +{
> > +     struct sched_core_task_cookie *ptr =
> > +             (struct sched_core_task_cookie *)cookie;
>
>         struct sched_core_task_cookie *ptr = (void *)cookie;
>
> Know your language and use it to avoid typing excessively long names :-)

Good point, done. Keeping sched_core_task_cookie for now unless you'd
prefer a replacement, since it is only used internally by coretag.c.