Hello, Jens. On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 07:19:34PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > We need to expose it. Once the binding is set from the kernel side on a > kernel thread, it can't be modified.
That's only if kthread_bind() is used. Caling set_cpus_allowed_ptr() doesn't set PF_THREAD_BOUND and userland can adjust affinity like any other tasks. > Binding either for performance reasons or for ensuring that we > explicitly don't run in some places is a very useful feature. Sure, but I think this is too specific. Something more generic would be much better. It can be as simple as generating a uevent. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
