netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 07/15] net/sched: taprio: rename close_time to end

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Message-ID: <87edrevp86.fsf@kurt>
Date:   Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:05:29 +0100
From:   Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 07/15] net/sched: taprio: rename close_time
 to end_time

On Sat Jan 28 2023, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> There is a confusion in terms in taprio which makes what is called
> "close_time" to be actually used for 2 things:
>
> 1. determining when an entry "closes" such that transmitted skbs are
>    never allowed to overrun that time (?!)
> 2. an aid for determining when to advance and/or restart the schedule
>    using the hrtimer
>
> It makes more sense to call this so-called "close_time" "end_time",
> because it's not clear at all to me what "closes". Future patches will
> hopefully make better use of the term "to close".
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>

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