Re: [PATCH]: exec: avoid propagating PF_NO_SETAFFINITY intouserspace child

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Thu Nov 28 2013 - 10:02:20 EST


On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 03:57:55PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Do you have a better definition that doesn't get in the way of people
> wanting to do actual work?

As written multiple times now, workqueue does have per-workqueue
attributes and if you really want a dedicated worker thread, use a
dedicated kthread.

> So far I just see you breaking existing setups because you don't want to
> support things that work perfectly well.

It doesn't work as explained multiple times in this thread.

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tejun
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