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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:27:42 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] sched/rt: Distribute tasks in find_lowest_rq()
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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.

-- Steve