Re: [BUG] mm, thp: khugepaged can't allocate on requested node when confined to a cpuset

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 04:54:35PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Is there a reason why we should respect cpuset limitation for kernel
> > threads?
> 
> Yes, because we want to allow isolating CPUs from 'random' activity.

Okay, it makes sense for cpus_allowed. But we're talking about
mems_allowed, right?
 
> 
> > Should we bypass cpuset for PF_KTHREAD completely?
> 
> No. That'll break stuff.

Like what?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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