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

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:24:36 -0800
From: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
To: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>, Qais Yousef <qyousef@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, 
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
	Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@...gle.com>, 
	Youssef Esmat <youssefesmat@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, 
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, 
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, 
	Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@...il.com>, K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>, 
	Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@....com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, kernel-team@...roid.com, 
	"Connor O'Brien" <connoro@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 08/23] sched: Split scheduler and execution contexts

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 6:49 AM Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for that feedback! I guess rq_picked() might be an alternative
to your suggestion of rq_pick(), but selected still sounds better to
me.

thanks
-john