Re: [PATCH 04/14] sched: SCHED_DEADLINE SMP-related data structures& logic.

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:47:18AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:26:31 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> 
>  -sdl ?

I will let you guys hash this one out.

> Unless you are a fan of "Saturday Day Live!" (for the older generation
> that can't stay awake for SNL)

Isn't that what DVRs are for?  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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