Re: [PATCH 1/8] sched: Consistent task-state printing

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:50:16 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 04:01:09PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:07:48 +0200
> > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> >   
> > > +static inline char __task_state_to_char(unsigned int state)
> > > +{
> > > +	static const char state_char[] = "RSDTtXZ";
> > > +
> > > +	BUILD_BUG_ON(1 + ilog2(TASK_REPORT) != sizeof(state_char) - 2);
> > >  
> > > -	return state < sizeof(stat_nam) - 1 ? stat_nam[state] : '?';
> > > +	return state_char[state];
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static inline char task_state_to_char(struct task_struct *tsk)
> > > +{
> > > +	return __task_state_to_char(__get_task_state(tsk));
> > >  }
> > >    
> > 
> > So far I'm fine with the patch set, but I hate the non descriptive "__"
> > prefix of __task_state_to_char(). Can we make this a bit more
> > descriptive, because every time I see it in other patches, I go back to
> > this patch to see if we are using the right function.
> > 
> > What about something like:
> > 
> > task_state_to_state_char(unsigned int state);
> > 
> > task_to_state_char(struct task_struct *tsk);
> > 
> > ?  
> 
> Hurmph.. naming.
> 
> How about something like so?
> 

I'm not picky, I just hate beginning underscores, and wish we can start
removing all functions that use them.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve