Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] cgroup/cpuset: Documentation update for partition

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:35:07AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
...
> +	There are two types of partitions - local and remote.  A local
> +	partition is one whose parent cgroup is also a valid partition
> +	root.  A remote partition is one whose parent cgroup is not a
> +	valid partition root itself.  Writing to "cpuset.cpus.exclusive"
> +	is not mandatory for the creation of a local partition as its
> +	"cpuset.cpus.exclusive" file will be filled in automatically if
> +	it is not set.	The automaticaly set value will be based on its
> +	"cpuset.cpus" value.  Writing the proper "cpuset.cpus.exclusive"
> +	values down the cgroup hierarchy is mandatory for the creation
> +	of a remote partition.

Wouldn't a partition root's cpus.exclusive always contain all of the CPUs in
its cpus? Would it make sense for cpus.exclusive to be different from .cpus?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun