linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] sched/fair: Rename avg_vruntime() to cfs_avg

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Message-ID: <aS8ClXXCwvrRFBHS@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 16:15:33 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] sched/fair: Rename avg_vruntime() to
 cfs_avg_vruntime()


* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 07:46:45AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Since the unit of the ->avg_vruntime field isn't actually
> > the same thing as the avg_vruntime() result, reduce confusion
> > and rename the latter to the common cfs_*() nomenclature of
> > visible global functions of the fair scheduler.
> 
> But you're going to rename both those fields into sum_weight and
> sum_w_vruntime freeing up the avg_vruntime name and clearing up the
> above confusion.

Ah, indeed and agreed - I dropped this patch.

Thanks,

	Ingo