Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:47:18 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 04/14] sched: SCHED_DEADLINE SMP-related data structures & logic. |
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:26:31 -0800 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > >> I guess "deadline tasks" is too much generic; "SCHED_DEADLINE tasks" too long; > > >> "DL" or "-dl" can be associated to "download". Nothing special in the end, just > > >> tought it was a reasonable abbreviation. > > > > > > My guess was that "-deadline" was an abbreviation for tasks that had > > > missed their deadline, just so you know. ;-) > > > > > > > Argh! ;) > > > > Actually, thinking about it twice: if we call "-rt tasks" things that are > > governed by code that resides in sched/rt.c, we could agree on "-deadline > > tasks" for things that pass through sched/deadline.c. > > Actually, "SCHED_DEADLINE" isn't -that- much longer than "-deadline" > and it does have the virtue of being unambiguous. >
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