Re: CPU affinity

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:09:06 +1200


On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 12:47:23AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Thats why the kernel will try and keep tasks glued to a CPU. The
> hard case is do you idle a CPU for a while or move a task onto it.

Surely you keep it `glued' for as long as reasonably possible? Why
would you move it otherwise? (I can see in some cases it means some
CPUs would get hotter than others, but not much...)

-cw

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