Re: [RFT][PATCH v5 6/7] cpuidle: menu: Refine idle state selection for running tick

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:16:41PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
>> --- linux-pm.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
>> +++ linux-pm/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
>> @@ -1031,10 +1031,11 @@ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void)
>>
>>  /**
>>   * tick_nohz_get_sleep_length - return the expected length of the current sleep
>> + * @cur_ret: pointer for returning the current time to the next event
>
> Both name and description are confusing, what it actually appears to
> return is the duration until the next event. Which would suggest a name
> like: delta_next or something along those lines.
>
> But 'cur' short for current, is very misleading.

OK, I'll change that.

Thanks!