Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] sched/pelt: Add a new runnable average signal

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Fri Feb 21 2020 - 06:47:54 EST


On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 at 10:45, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 19/02/2020 13:55, Vincent Guittot wrote:
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> [...]
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> > +static inline long se_runnable(struct sched_entity *se)
> > +{
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> Why returning long here? sched_entity::runnable_weight is unsigned long
> but could be unsigned int (cfs_rq::h_nr_running is unsigned int).

I have reused the same prototype as for runnable_laod_avg

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> ___update_load_sum() has 'unsigned long runnable' as parameter.