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 <[email protected]>
> ---
> 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
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 02:22:32PM +0100, Juri Lelli wrote:
> 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.
Hi,
Much better. Thank you very much. I will change it.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > 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?
I just did it same as rt.
> Thanks,
>
> - Juri