Re: [PATCH 1/9] sched: add schedule_timeout_idle()

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:23:45 +0100 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:00:18PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> 
> >  extern signed long schedule_timeout_interruptible(signed long timeout);
> >  extern signed long schedule_timeout_killable(signed long timeout);
> >  extern signed long schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout);
> > +extern signed long schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout);
> 
> > +/*
> > + * Like schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(), except this task will not contribute
> > + * to load average.
> > + */
> > +signed long __sched schedule_timeout_idle(signed long timeout)
> > +{
> > +	__set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
> > +	return schedule_timeout(timeout);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_timeout_idle);
> 
> Yes we have 3 such other wrappers, but I've gotta ask: why? They seem
> pretty pointless.

I like the wrappers.  At least, more than having to read the open-coded
version.  The latter is just more stuff to interpret and to check
whereas I can look at "schedule_timeout_idle" and think "yup, I know
what that does".

But whatever.  I'll probably be sending this series up for 4.6 and we can
worry about the schedule_timeout_foo() stuff later.