rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq()

The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early
2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has
become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle
and NO_HZ_FULL.  The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into
the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that
callbacks get promoted to invocable state.

This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(),
which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this
function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel.  In addition, for
the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed
to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().

While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Paul E. McKenney 2018-11-21 11:35:03 -08:00
parent 2aa5503026
commit c98cac603f
10 changed files with 29 additions and 33 deletions

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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void rcu_qs(void)
* be called from hardirq context. It is normally called from the
* scheduling-clock interrupt.
*/
void rcu_check_callbacks(int user)
void rcu_sched_clock_irq(int user)
{
if (user) {
rcu_qs();