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* [RFC] sched: Can we rename 'core scheduling' to 'smt scheduling'?
@ 2023-12-19  7:07 Wang Jinchao
  2024-01-29 10:36 ` [RFC resend] " Wang Jinchao
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Wang Jinchao @ 2023-12-19  7:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ingo Molnar, Peter Zijlstra, Juri Lelli, Vincent Guittot,
	Dietmar Eggemann, Steven Rostedt, Ben Segall, Mel Gorman,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira, Valentin Schneider, linux-kernel
  Cc: stone.xulei, wangjinchao

The term 'core' in 'kernel/sched/' implies a relation to the kernel of sched,
and at the same time, 'core' is used in 'core scheduling' to represent a CPU core.
Both meanings coexist in the 'core.c' file and appear numerous times.

This can be confusing for newcomers.

--
Wang Jinchao

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* [RFC resend] sched: Can we rename 'core scheduling' to 'smt scheduling'?
  2023-12-19  7:07 [RFC] sched: Can we rename 'core scheduling' to 'smt scheduling'? Wang Jinchao
@ 2024-01-29 10:36 ` Wang Jinchao
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Wang Jinchao @ 2024-01-29 10:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ingo Molnar, Peter Zijlstra, Juri Lelli, Vincent Guittot,
	Dietmar Eggemann, Steven Rostedt, Ben Segall, Mel Gorman,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira, Valentin Schneider, linux-kernel
  Cc: stone.xulei

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 03:07:43PM +0800, Wang Jinchao wrote:
> The term 'core' in 'kernel/sched/' implies a relation to the kernel of sched,
> and at the same time, 'core' is used in 'core scheduling' to represent a CPU core.
> Both meanings coexist in the 'core.c' file and appear numerous times.
> 
> This can be confusing for newcomers.
> 
> --
> Wang Jinchao

Maybe we should rename sched/core_sched.c to sched/smt_sched.c, 
and move relevant code from sched/core.c to smt_sched.c.
I believe using "smt" in smt_sched.c would be clearer than "core" in core_sched.c, 
especially considering its association with core.c.

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