From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/13] sched/balancing: Rename load_balance() => sched_balance_rq()
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:47:21 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f14bf408-8a6d-4213-b922-82f1e8782609@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240308111819.1101550-6-mingo@kernel.org>
On 3/8/24 4:48 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Standardize scheduler load-balancing function names on the
> sched_balance_() prefix.
>
> Also load_balance() has become somewhat of a misnomer: historically
> it was the first and primary load-balancing function that was called,
> but with the introduction of sched domains, it's become a lower
> layer function that balances runqueues.
>
> Rename it to sched_balance_rq() accordingly.
nit: Can this be sched_balance_rqs()? since load balancing happens
between two runqeueus.
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> ---
Though one would have been familiar with names(for someone started recently),
given the correct behaviour and historical context helps why the name changes are making sense.
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-11 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-08 11:18 [PATCH -v1 00/13] sched/balancing: Standardize the naming of scheduler load-balancing functions Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 01/13] sched/balancing: Rename run_rebalance_domains() => sched_balance_softirq() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 02/13] sched/balancing: Rename scheduler_tick() => sched_tick() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 03/13] sched/balancing: Rename trigger_load_balance() => sched_balance_trigger() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 04/13] sched/balancing: Rename rebalance_domains() => sched_balance_domains() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 05/13] sched/balancing: Rename load_balance() => sched_balance_rq() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-11 8:17 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2024-03-12 10:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 06/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_busiest_queue() => find_src_rq() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] sched/balancing: Rename find_busiest_queue() => sched_balance_find_src_rq() tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 07/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_src_rq() " Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 13:51 ` Vincent Guittot
2024-03-08 17:49 ` Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 08/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_busiest_group() => sched_balance_find_src_group() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 09/13] sched/balancing: Rename update_blocked_averages() => sched_balance_update_blocked_averages() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-11 6:42 ` Honglei Wang
2024-03-12 10:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 10/13] sched/balancing: Rename newidle_balance() => sched_balance_newidle() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 11/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_idlest_group_cpu() => sched_balance_find_dst_group_cpu() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 12/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_idlest_group() => sched_balance_find_dst_group() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:18 ` [PATCH 13/13] sched/balancing: Rename find_idlest_cpu() => sched_balance_find_dst_cpu() Ingo Molnar
2024-03-12 12:00 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
2024-03-08 11:25 ` [PATCH -v1 00/13] sched/balancing: Standardize the naming of scheduler load-balancing functions Ingo Molnar
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