linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/31] sched: Add @reason to sched_move

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:00:35 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/31] sched: Add @reason to sched_move_task()

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 10:22:53PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> sched_move_task() can be called for both cgroup and autogroup moves. Add a
> parameter to distinguish the two cases. This will be used by a new
> sched_class to track cgroup migrations.

This all seems pointless, you can trivially distinguish a
cgroup/autogroup task_group if you so want (again for unspecified
raisins).