linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Change the name of preempt mode from full to low

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Message-ID: <20230911153733.GA3880@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:37:33 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
Cc:     corbet@....net, mingo@...hat.com, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Change the name of preempt mode from full to
 low_latency

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 07:00:46PM +0800, Yajun Deng wrote:
> There is a similar name fully in Kconfig.preempt, but it corresponds to
> PREEMPT_RT. In order to distinguish them, change the name of preempt mode
> from full to low_latency.
> 
> Also, define a global array and variable that used to save preempt mode
> name and size.

Yeah, let's not rename this for giggles. Regular preemption is a fully
preemptible kernel model. No need to invent new names for it.