From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754500Ab3KUTjF (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:39:05 -0500 Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.151]:47786 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752537Ab3KUTjC (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:39:02 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:38:54 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Juri Lelli , peterz@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, oleg@redhat.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, darren@dvhart.com, johan.eker@ericsson.com, p.faure@akatech.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, claudio@evidence.eu.com, michael@amarulasolutions.com, fchecconi@gmail.com, tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it, nicola.manica@disi.unitn.it, luca.abeni@unitn.it, dhaval.giani@gmail.com, hgu1972@gmail.com, raistlin@linux.it, insop.song@gmail.com, liming.wang@windriver.com, jkacur@redhat.com, harald.gustafsson@ericsson.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org, bruce.ashfield@windriver.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/14] sched: SCHED_DEADLINE SMP-related data structures & logic. Message-ID: <20131121193854.GA4138@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <1383831828-15501-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com> <1383831828-15501-5-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com> <20131120135134.4c57bcda@gandalf.local.home> <528E1508.7060305@gmail.com> <20131121160849.GU4138@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <528E31F2.7010702@gmail.com> <20131121162631.GV4138@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20131121114718.62cf3bbd@gandalf.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131121114718.62cf3bbd@gandalf.local.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13112119-0928-0000-0000-000003A92EEF Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:47:18AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:26:31 -0800 > "Paul E. McKenney" wrote: > > > > >> I guess "deadline tasks" is too much generic; "SCHED_DEADLINE tasks" too long; > > > >> "DL" or "-dl" can be associated to "download". Nothing special in the end, just > > > >> tought it was a reasonable abbreviation. > > > > > > > > My guess was that "-deadline" was an abbreviation for tasks that had > > > > missed their deadline, just so you know. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Argh! ;) > > > > > > Actually, thinking about it twice: if we call "-rt tasks" things that are > > > governed by code that resides in sched/rt.c, we could agree on "-deadline > > > tasks" for things that pass through sched/deadline.c. > > > > Actually, "SCHED_DEADLINE" isn't -that- much longer than "-deadline" > > and it does have the virtue of being unambiguous. > > -sdl ? I will let you guys hash this one out. > Unless you are a fan of "Saturday Day Live!" (for the older generation > that can't stay awake for SNL) Isn't that what DVRs are for? ;-) Thanx, Paul