linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] sched_ext: Improve comment on idle_sched_class exception in scx_task_iter_next

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Message-ID: <20240805195009.GG42857@maniforge>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:50:09 -0500
From: David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] sched_ext: Improve comment on idle_sched_class
 exception in scx_task_iter_next_locked()

On Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 04:40:12PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> scx_task_iter_next_locked() skips tasks whose sched_class is
> idle_sched_class. While it has a short comment explaining why it's testing
> the sched_class directly isntead of using is_idle_task(), the comment
> doesn't sufficiently explain what's going on and why. Improve the comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

Acked-by: David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>

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