Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:15:37 +0100 | From | Qais Yousef <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/4] sched/rt: Distribute tasks in find_lowest_rq() |
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On 04/15/20 11:39, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:58:49 +0100 > > Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> wrote: > > > > > To move this forward, I would suggest renaming the current cpumask_any_*() > > > into cpumask_first_*(), and THEN introduce the new pseudo-random > > > ones. People are then free to hand-fix specific locations if it makes sense > > > there, like you're doing for RT. > > > > Or leave "cpumask_any()" as is, and create a new "cpumask_random()" for > > this purpose. > > Well, that's just twisting words, not sure I like that. 'Any' really > means 'any'. So in order to preserve long term sanity, I'd vote for > Valentin's approach of converting existing users over to first.
I have answered Valentin's email. So hopefully I have addressed the concerns.
If not, I really hate this mass conversion and I think we're better off with the status-quo.
Thanks
-- Qais Yousef
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