linux-kernel - [RFC resend] sched: Can we rename 'core scheduling' to 'smt scheduling'?

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Message-ID: <Zbd/qYQCQCELe+TF@fedora>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:36:25 +0800
From: Wang Jinchao <wangjinchao@...sion.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	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>, Mel
 Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <stone.xulei@...sion.com>
Subject: [RFC resend] sched: Can we rename 'core scheduling' to 'smt
 scheduling'?

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 03:07:43PM +0800, Wang Jinchao wrote:
> The term 'core' in 'kernel/sched/' implies a relation to the kernel of sched,
> and at the same time, 'core' is used in 'core scheduling' to represent a CPU core.
> Both meanings coexist in the 'core.c' file and appear numerous times.
> 
> This can be confusing for newcomers.
> 
> --
> Wang Jinchao

Maybe we should rename sched/core_sched.c to sched/smt_sched.c, 
and move relevant code from sched/core.c to smt_sched.c.
I believe using "smt" in smt_sched.c would be clearer than "core" in core_sched.c, 
especially considering its association with core.c.