On 29 March 2014 03:27, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pi...@linaro.org> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Vincent Guittot wrote: > >> Part of this patchset was previously part of the larger tasks packing >> patchset >> [1]. I have splitted the latter in 3 different patchsets (at least) to make >> the >> thing easier. >> -configuration of sched_domain topology [2] >> -update and consolidation of cpu_power (this patchset) >> -tasks packing algorithm >> >> SMT system is no more the only system that can have a CPUs with capacity that >> is different from the default value. We need to extend the use of >> cpu_power_orig to all kind of platform so the scheduler will have both the >> maximum capacity (cpu_power_orig/power_orig) and the current capacity >> (cpu_power/power) of CPUs and groups of the sched_domains. > [...] > > Wouldn't it make sense to have a patch in this series that performs some > s/power/capacity/ throughout the scheduler code before the other patches > are applied? That would help getting consistent terminology and avoid > confusion before real power related metrics are eventually brought into > the scheduler.
Fair point. I will add the changes in the next version. Thanks Vincent > > > Nicolas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
