diff --git a/homa_impl.h b/homa_impl.h
index 5acaf8ae..11aa70ee 100644
--- a/homa_impl.h
+++ b/homa_impl.h
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ struct homa {
 	 *                            core for SoftIRQ (deprecated).
 	 * HOMA_GRO_NEXT              Always use the next core in circular
 	 *                            order for SoftIRQ (deprecated).
-	 * HOMA_GRO_IDLE_NEW          Use the new mechanism for selecting an
+	 * HOMA_GRO_GEN2              Use the new mechanism for selecting an
 	 *                            idle core for SoftIRQ.
 	 * HOMA_GRO_FAST_GRANTS       Pass all grant I can see immediately to
 	 *                            homa_softirq during GRO.
@@ -1959,25 +1959,22 @@ struct homa {
 	#define HOMA_GRO_SAME_CORE       2
 	#define HOMA_GRO_IDLE            4
 	#define HOMA_GRO_NEXT            8
-	#define HOMA_GRO_IDLE_NEW       16
+	#define HOMA_GRO_GEN2           16
 	#define HOMA_GRO_FAST_GRANTS    32
 	#define HOMA_GRO_SHORT_BYPASS   64
-	#define HOMA_GRO_NORMAL      (HOMA_GRO_SAME_CORE|HOMA_GRO_IDLE_NEW \
+	#define HOMA_GRO_NORMAL      (HOMA_GRO_SAME_CORE|HOMA_GRO_GEN2 \
 			|HOMA_GRO_SHORT_BYPASS)
 
 	/*
-	 * @gro_busy_usecs: try not to schedule SoftIRQ processing on a core
-	 * if it has handled Homa packets at GRO level in the last
-	 * gro_busy_us microseconds (improve load balancing by avoiding
-	 * hot spots). Set externally via sysctl.
+	 * @busy_usecs: if there has been activity on a core within the
+	 * last @busy_usecs, it is considered to be busy and Homa will
+	 * try to avoid scheduling other activities on the core. Set
+	 * externally via sysctl.
 	 */
-	int gro_busy_usecs;
+	int busy_usecs;
 
-	/**
-	 * @gro_busy_cycles: Same as gro_busy_usecs, except in units
-	 * of get_cycles().
-	 */
-	int gro_busy_cycles;
+	/** @busy_cycles: Same as busy_usecs except in get_cycles() units. */
+	int busy_cycles;
 
 	/**
 	 * @timer_ticks: number of times that homa_timer has been invoked
diff --git a/homa_incoming.c b/homa_incoming.c
index ba5fac84..9ff62827 100644
--- a/homa_incoming.c
+++ b/homa_incoming.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,9 @@ void homa_incoming_sysctl_changed(struct homa *homa)
 	tmp = (tmp*cpu_khz)/1000;
 	homa->poll_cycles = tmp;
 
-	tmp = homa->gro_busy_usecs;
+	tmp = homa->busy_usecs;
 	tmp = (tmp*cpu_khz)/1000;
-	homa->gro_busy_cycles = tmp;
+	homa->busy_cycles = tmp;
 
 	tmp = homa->bpage_lease_usecs;
 	tmp = (tmp*cpu_khz)/1000;
diff --git a/homa_offload.c b/homa_offload.c
index 15651b20..fdc9319c 100644
--- a/homa_offload.c
+++ b/homa_offload.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int homa_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int hoffset)
 //			NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->count);
 
 #define CORES_TO_CHECK 4
-	if (homa->gro_policy & HOMA_GRO_IDLE_NEW) {
+	if (homa->gro_policy & HOMA_GRO_GEN2) {
 		/* Pick a specific core to handle SoftIRQ processing for this
 		 * group of packets. This policy scans the next several cores
 		 * in order after this, trying to find one that is not
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int homa_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int hoffset)
 			core = homa_cores[candidate];
 			if (atomic_read(&core->softirq_backlog)  > 0)
 				continue;
-			if ((core->last_gro + homa->gro_busy_cycles) > now)
+			if ((core->last_gro + homa->busy_cycles) > now)
 				continue;
 			tt_record3("homa_gro_complete chose core %d for id %d "
 					"offset %d with IDLE_NEW policy",
diff --git a/homa_plumbing.c b/homa_plumbing.c
index e4197054..37ca1964 100644
--- a/homa_plumbing.c
+++ b/homa_plumbing.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static struct ctl_table homa_ctl_table[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "gro_busy_us",
-		.data		= &homa_data.gro_busy_usecs,
+		.data		= &homa_data.busy_usecs,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= homa_dointvec
diff --git a/homa_utils.c b/homa_utils.c
index 1bcba3f3..17e35b6f 100644
--- a/homa_utils.c
+++ b/homa_utils.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int homa_init(struct homa *homa)
 	homa->max_gro_skbs = 20;
 	homa->gso_force_software = 0;
 	homa->gro_policy = HOMA_GRO_NORMAL;
-	homa->gro_busy_usecs = 10;
+	homa->busy_usecs = 10;
 	homa->timer_ticks = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&homa->metrics_lock);
 	homa->metrics = NULL;
diff --git a/test/unit_homa_offload.c b/test/unit_homa_offload.c
index 497215f0..93347fdd 100644
--- a/test/unit_homa_offload.c
+++ b/test/unit_homa_offload.c
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ TEST_F(homa_offload, homa_gro_receive__max_gro_skbs)
 
 TEST_F(homa_offload, homa_gro_complete__GRO_IDLE_NEW)
 {
-	homa->gro_policy = HOMA_GRO_IDLE_NEW;
+	homa->gro_policy = HOMA_GRO_GEN2;
 	mock_cycles = 1000;
-	homa->gro_busy_cycles = 100;
+	homa->busy_cycles = 100;
 	cpu_number = 5;
 	atomic_set(&homa_cores[6]->softirq_backlog, 1);
 	homa_cores[6]->last_gro = 0;