Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Extract the task putting code from pick_next_task()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:55:21PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:

> >> +	finish_prev_task(rq, prev, rf);
> >
> > I'm not sure I like the name of this function. Perhaps
> > "balance_and_put_prev_task()"? Something more in kind to what the function
> > does.
> >
> 
> The 'finish' thing isn't too far from the truth; it's the last thing we
> need to do with the prev task (in terms of sched bookkeeping, I mean) -
> and in Chen's defence ISTR Peter suggested that name.
> 
> Seeing as it's a "supercharged" put_prev_task(), I could live with the
> marginally shorter "put_prev_task_balance()".

What Valentin said; it's the last put we do before picking a new task.
Also, I don't like long names. That said, I'm open to short and
appropriate suggestions.