From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] sched/fair.c: change "has_capacity" to "has_free_capacity"
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:21:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140515072105.GY30445@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400101030-17717-3-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 04:57:06PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> The capacity of a CPU/group should be some intrinsic value that doesn't
> change with task placement. It is like a container which capacity is
> stable regardless of the amount of liquid in it... unless the container
> itself is crushed that is, but that's another story.
>
> Therefore let's rename "has_capacity" to "has_free_capacity" in order to
> better convey the wanted meaning.
>
Yeah, not really, the whole capacity thing is bollocks, but sure we can
rename it for as long as it still lives ;-)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-15 7:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-14 20:57 [PATCH 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power" Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 1/6] sched/fair.c: remove "power" from struct numa_stats Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 2/6] sched/fair.c: change "has_capacity" to "has_free_capacity" Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-15 7:21 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2014-05-15 7:28 ` Vincent Guittot
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 3/6] sched/fair.c: disambiguate existing/remaining "capacity" usage Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-15 7:39 ` Vincent Guittot
2014-05-15 16:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 4/6] sched: let struct sched_group_power care about CPU capacity Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 5/6] sched: remove remaining power to the CPU Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-16 9:00 ` Preeti Murthy
2014-05-16 16:34 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-14 20:57 ` [PATCH 6/6] sched: final power vs capacity cleanup Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-15 7:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-05-15 16:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-20 3:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-15 7:41 ` [PATCH 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power" Vincent Guittot
2014-05-15 16:15 ` Nicolas Pitre
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