Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-06-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
Erm, I meant to hijack a thread of Daniel to report this bug ... so ignore this :) Thanks, Ingo * Ingo Molnar wrote: > > So I'm hijacking this thread a bit to report a bug in the following > patch: > > Author: Daniel Lezcano > Date: Tue Jun 3 14:59:05 2014 +0200 > >

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-06-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
So I'm hijacking this thread a bit to report a bug in the following patch: Author: Daniel Lezcano Date: Tue Jun 3 14:59:05 2014 +0200 sched: Move enum CPU_[xxx_]IDLE to private sched.h The different enum CPU_IDLE, CPU_NOT_IDLE, CPU_NEWLY_IDLE and CPU_MAX_IDLE_TYPES are only

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-06-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
So I'm hijacking this thread a bit to report a bug in the following patch: Author: Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezc...@linaro.org Date: Tue Jun 3 14:59:05 2014 +0200 sched: Move enum CPU_[xxx_]IDLE to private sched.h The different enum CPU_IDLE, CPU_NOT_IDLE, CPU_NEWLY_IDLE and

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-06-05 Thread Ingo Molnar
Erm, I meant to hijack a thread of Daniel to report this bug ... so ignore this :) Thanks, Ingo * Ingo Molnar mi...@kernel.org wrote: So I'm hijacking this thread a bit to report a bug in the following patch: Author: Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezc...@linaro.org Date: Tue Jun 3

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-28 Thread Peter Zijlstra
Thanks Nico, applied them. pgpg5q0AMa9Ks.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-28 Thread Peter Zijlstra
Thanks Nico, applied them. pgpg5q0AMa9Ks.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-27 Thread Daniel Lezcano
On 05/27/2014 06:02 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Tue, 27 May 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote: On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: "Power" is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming "power aware" scheduler

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-27 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > "Power" is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many > > meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming "power > > aware" scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. > >

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-27 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Vincent Guittot wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > > There are still some use of "power" instead of "capacity" in the sched > directory like SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER, ARCH_POWER or NONTASK_POWER. They > should also be renamed in capacity as there are also used for capacity I thought the first

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-27 Thread Daniel Lezcano
On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: "Power" is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming "power aware" scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. The definition of "power" is typically the rate at which

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-27 Thread Vincent Guittot
Hi Nicolas, There are still some use of "power" instead of "capacity" in the sched directory like SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER, ARCH_POWER or NONTASK_POWER. They should also be renamed in capacity as there are also used for capacity Vincent On 27 May 2014 00:19, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > "Power" is a very

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-27 Thread Vincent Guittot
Hi Nicolas, There are still some use of power instead of capacity in the sched directory like SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER, ARCH_POWER or NONTASK_POWER. They should also be renamed in capacity as there are also used for capacity Vincent On 27 May 2014 00:19, Nicolas Pitre nicolas.pi...@linaro.org wrote:

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-27 Thread Daniel Lezcano
On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: Power is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming power aware scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. The definition of power is typically the rate at which work is

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-27 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Vincent Guittot wrote: Hi Nicolas, There are still some use of power instead of capacity in the sched directory like SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER, ARCH_POWER or NONTASK_POWER. They should also be renamed in capacity as there are also used for capacity I thought the first one was

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-27 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote: On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: Power is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming power aware scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. The

Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-27 Thread Daniel Lezcano
On 05/27/2014 06:02 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: On Tue, 27 May 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote: On 05/27/2014 12:19 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: Power is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming power aware scheduler work,

[PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term "power"

2014-05-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
"Power" is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming "power aware" scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. The definition of "power" is typically the rate at which work is performed, energy is converted or

[PATCH v2 0/6] sched: expel confusing usage of the term power

2014-05-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
Power is a very bad term in the scheduler context. There are so many meanings that can be attached to it. And with the upcoming power aware scheduler work, confusion is sure to happen. The definition of power is typically the rate at which work is performed, energy is converted or electric