Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched_ext: Fix ops.dequeue() semantics

[Kuba Piecuch]

On Mon Feb 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC, Andrea Righi wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 07:43:33AM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 11:54:00AM +0000, Kuba Piecuch wrote:
>> > Is "local" short for "local or global", i.e. not user-created?
>> 
>> Yes, maybe it'd be useful to come up with a terminology for them. e.g.
>> terminal - once a task reaches a terminal DSQ, the only way that the BPF
>> scheduler can affect the task is by triggering re-enqueue (although we don't
>> yet support reenqueueing global DSQs).
>
> I like "terminal DSQ", if there's no objection I'll update the
> documentation using this terminology.

"Built-in" would also work and avoids introducing new terminology, but it
doesn't provide any insight into why these DSQs are special, whereas
"terminal" suggests there's some finality to inserting a task there.

I'm slightly leaning towards "terminal".

Thanks,
Kuba