Re: [RFC] Restrict kernel spawning of threads to a specified set ofcpus.

[Rob Landley]

On 09/05/2013 03:07:37 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> I am not sure how to call this kernel option but we need something  
> like
> that. I see drivers and the kernel spawning processes on the nohz  
> cores.
> The name kthread is not really catching the purpose.

Can't you just use the CPU affinity of PID 1 for this? Since it's a  
process that's always there and already has a mask and all. No need for  
a new interface...

Rob
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