linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: Clean up usage of rt

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Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 08:50:49 -0400
From: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
To: Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/rt: Clean up usage of rt_task()

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 01:06:13PM +0100 Qais Yousef wrote:
> On 05/15/24 07:20, Phil Auld wrote:
> > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 10:32:38AM +0200 Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 07:58:51PM -0400, Phil Auld wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Qais,
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 12:41:12AM +0100 Qais Yousef wrote:
> > > > > rt_task() checks if a task has RT priority. But depends on your
> > > > > dictionary, this could mean it belongs to RT class, or is a 'realtime'
> > > > > task, which includes RT and DL classes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Since this has caused some confusion already on discussion [1], it
> > > > > seemed a clean up is due.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I define the usage of rt_task() to be tasks that belong to RT class.
> > > > > Make sure that it returns true only for RT class and audit the users and
> > > > > replace them with the new realtime_task() which returns true for RT and
> > > > > DL classes - the old behavior. Introduce similar realtime_prio() to
> > > > > create similar distinction to rt_prio() and update the users.
> > > > 
> > > > I think making the difference clear is good. However, I think rt_task() is
> > > > a better name. We have dl_task() still.  And rt tasks are things managed
> > > > by rt.c, basically. Not realtime.c :)  I know that doesn't work for deadline.c
> > > > and dl_ but this change would be the reverse of that pattern.
> > > 
> > > It's going to be a mess either way around, but I think rt_task() and
> > > dl_task() being distinct is more sensible than the current overlap.
> > >
> > 
> > Yes, indeed.
> > 
> > My point was just to call it rt_task() still. 
> 
> It is called rt_task() still. I just added a new realtime_task() to return true
> for RT and DL. rt_task() will return true only for RT now.
> 
> How do you see this should be done instead? I'm not seeing the problem.
>

Right, sorry. I misread your commit message completely and then all the
places where you changed rt_task() to realtime_task() fit my misreading.

rt_task() means rt class and realtime_task does what rt_task() used to do.
That's how I would do it, too :)


(Re)

Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>

Cheers,
Phil

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