Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:22:32 +0100 | From | Juri Lelli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] sched/deadline: Change return value of cpudl_find() |
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Hi,
On 23/05/17 11:00, Byungchul Park wrote: > Currently cpudl_find() returns the best cpu that means it has the > maximum dl, however, the value is already kept in later_mask and the > return value is not referred directly any more. > > Now, it's enough to return whether CPUs were found or not, like rt. >
I'd reword as
cpudl_find() users are only interested in knowing if suitable CPU(s) were found or not (and then they look at later_mask to know which).
Change cpudl_find() return type accordingly.
> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> > --- > kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c | 26 +++++++++++++------------- > kernel/sched/deadline.c | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c > index fba235c..7408cbe 100644 > --- a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c > +++ b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c > @@ -119,29 +119,29 @@ static inline int cpudl_maximum(struct cpudl *cp) > * @p: the task > * @later_mask: a mask to fill in with the selected CPUs (or NULL) > * > - * Returns: int - best CPU (heap maximum if suitable) > + * Returns: (int)bool - CPUs were found
Why not simply bool?
Thanks,
- Juri
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