Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-21 Thread Paul Gortmaker
[Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings] On 20/01/2021 (Wed 23:11) Yury Norov wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Today I found this series in linux-next despite downsides discovered during > the review. This series introduce

Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-21 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 08:57:25AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:11:48PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:49 AM Yury Norov wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM Paul E. McKenney > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > Th

Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-21 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:11:48PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote: > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:49 AM Yury Norov wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > This series allows "all", "none", and "last" to be used in cpumask > > > strings. This all

Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-20 Thread Yury Norov
On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 12:49 AM Yury Norov wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > This series allows "all", "none", and "last" to be used in cpumask > > strings. This allows these strings to be less dependent on the underlying > > system. For ex

Re: [PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-06 Thread Yury Norov
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:48 PM Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > Hello! > > This series allows "all", "none", and "last" to be used in cpumask > strings. This allows these strings to be less dependent on the underlying > system. For example, currently a string specifying all but the first > CPU must b

[PATCH RFC cpumask] Allow "all", "none", and "last" in cpumask strings

2021-01-05 Thread Paul E. McKenney
Hello! This series allows "all", "none", and "last" to be used in cpumask strings. This allows these strings to be less dependent on the underlying system. For example, currently a string specifying all but the first CPU must be "1-7" on an eight-CPU system and "1-15" on a 16-CPU system. With th