linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: scheduler: Start documenting the EEVDF scheduler

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Message-ID: <55674f3f-30d5-4da4-8fe2-0efafec5d3bb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:07:08 -0500
From: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, sergio.collado@...il.com,
 peterz@...radead.org, rdunlap@...radead.org
Cc: bilbao@...edu, jembid@....es, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: scheduler: Start documenting the EEVDF
 scheduler

On 7/16/24 11:45, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

> Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com> writes:
>
>> Add some documentation regarding the newly introduced scheduler EEVDF.
> A nit, but one I wish more people would make note of...
>
> [...]
>
>> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.rst
>> @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ CFS Scheduler
>>  1.  OVERVIEW
>>  ============
>>  
>> -CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the new "desktop" process
>> -scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23.  It is the
>> -replacement for the previous vanilla scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity
>> -code.
>> +CFS stands for "Completely Fair Scheduler," and is the "desktop" process
>> +scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar and merged in Linux 2.6.23. When
>> +originally merged, it was the replacement for the previous vanilla
>> +scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity code. Nowadays, CFS is making room
>> +for EEVDF, for which documentation can be found in
>> +:ref:`sched_design_EEVDF`.
> If, here, you just say "can be found in
> Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst", the right cross-reference will
> be created and ...
>
>>  80% of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models
>>  an "ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU" on real hardware.
>> diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..019327da333a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-eevdf.rst
>> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
>> +.. _sched_design_EEVDF:
> ...you can take out this unnecessary label.


Love it! Labels are a source of warnings.

Sending v3 now.


>
> Thanks,
>
> jon


Thanks,

Carlos