linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 08/23] sched: Split scheduler and execution contexts

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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:49:28 +0100
From: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Joel Fernandes
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 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, kernel-team@...roid.com, Connor
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 08/23] sched: Split scheduler and execution contexts

On 19/12/23 16:18, John Stultz wrote:
> NOTE: Peter previously mentioned he didn't like the name
> "rq_selected()", but I've not come up with a better alternative.
> I'm very open to other name proposals.
>

I got used to the naming relatively quickly. It "should" be rq_pick()
(i.e. what did the last pick_next_task() return for that rq), but that
naming is unfortunately ambiguous (is it doing a pick itself?), so I think
"selected" works.