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Ownership is retained until the task is > > Can we avoid using "ownership" for this? From user's POV, this is fine but > kernel side internally uses the word for different purposes - e.g. we say > the BPF side owns the task if the task's SCX_OPSS_QUEUED is set (ie. it's on > BPF data structure, not on a DSQ). Here, the ownership encompasses both > kernel-side and BPF-side queueing, so the term becomes rather confusing. > Maybe we can stick with "queued" or "enqueued"? Agreed. I can't find a better term to describe this phase of the lifecycle, where ops.enqueue() has been called and the task remains in that state until the corresponding ops.dequeue() occurs (either due to a "dispatch" dequeue or "real" dequeue). So maybe we should stick with "enqueued" and clarify exactly what this state means. Thanks, -Andrea