Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:45:49 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [RFT][PATCH v5 6/7] cpuidle: menu: Refine idle state selection for running tick |
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:16:41PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> --- linux-pm.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c > +++ linux-pm/kernel/time/tick-sched.c > @@ -1031,10 +1031,11 @@ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void) > > /** > * tick_nohz_get_sleep_length - return the expected length of the current sleep > + * @cur_ret: pointer for returning the current time to the next event
Both name and description are confusing, what it actually appears to return is the duration until the next event. Which would suggest a name like: delta_next or something along those lines.
But 'cur' short for current, is very misleading.
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