Re: [PATCH] sched_setattr.2: Document sched_util_{min,max}

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 01:10:29PM GMT, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi Alejandro,

Hi Brian,

> Thanks for the look! A few comments and questions.

:)

> > Please don't use blank lines in the source code.  They trigger a
> > warning.
> 
> Oops, I probably should have gotten further into the documentation to
> figure out how to run the linters. Indeed I see the warning now, and
> I'll make sure I don't add more lint in the next version.

No problem.  If you need help, just ask.

> > > +These flags indicate that the
> > > +.I
> > > +sched_util_min
> > > +or
> > > +.I
> > > +sched_util_max
> > > +fields, respectively, are present, representing the expected minimum and
> > > +maximum utilization of the thread.
> > 
> > Please use semantic newlines.
> > 
> > $ MANWIDTH=72 man man-pages | sed -n '/Use semantic newlines/,/^$/p'
> 
> I'll give that man page a better read for my next submission. Thanks for
> the callout.
> 
> >    Use semantic newlines
> >      In the source of a manual page, new sentences should be started on
> >      new lines, long sentences should be split  into  lines  at  clause
> >      breaks  (commas,  semicolons, colons, and so on), and long clauses
> >      should be split at phrase boundaries.  This convention,  sometimes
> >      known as "semantic newlines", makes it easier to see the effect of
> >      patches, which often operate at the level of individual sentences,
> >      clauses, or phrases.
> 
> I'll do my best to interpret what the best "phrase boundaries" are. I
> don't think the writing always has enough punctuation breaks to nicely
> break into 80-char pieces.

Yup; it's not black and white.  Just find what you think is a decent
break point, and that should be ok.  Anything is better than random.  :)

> > > @@ -353,7 +398,6 @@ .SH ERRORS
> > >  .I attr.sched_flags
> > >  contains a flag other than
> > >  .BR SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK ;
> > > -or
> > 
> > This change seems to be unrelated to this patch, right?
> 
> I suppose it's unrelated. At first I was going to add new EINVAL
> descriptions to this paragraph, and I found that it had an odd
> (incorrect?) use of too many "or". But then I simply broke out an
> additional EINVAL section, which makes this change less related.
> 
> Side note: on second thought, it probably makes sense to split this
> paragraph into multiple anyway, since the pattern
> 
>   "condition A; or condition B; or condition C [...]"
> 
> gets a bit hard to read with sufficient number of different conditions.
> 
> If it's preferred (and based on your comment, it probably is?), I'll
> make corrections in separate patches.

Yup, it is.

Have a lovely night!
Alex

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