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Two different capacity values are used within the scheduler. A CPU's
-``capacity_orig`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum
-attainable performance level. A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``capacity_orig`` to
-which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent handling IRQs) is
-subtracted.
+``original capacity`` is its maximum attainable capacity, i.e. its maximum
+attainable performance level. This original capacity is returned by
+the function arch_scale_cpu_capacity(). A CPU's ``capacity`` is its ``original
+capacity`` to which some loss of available performance (e.g. time spent
+handling IRQs) is subtracted.
Note that a CPU's ``capacity`` is solely intended to be used by the CFS class,
-while ``capacity_orig`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use
-the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``capacity_orig`` for the sake of
+while ``original capacity`` is class-agnostic. The rest of this document will use
+the term ``capacity`` interchangeably with ``original capacity`` for the sake of
brevity.
1.3 Platform examples