linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset code prevents binding tasks to new cpus

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Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:27:38 -0500
From:	Nathan Lynch <ntl@...ox.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Cc:	anton@...ba.org, simon.derr@...l.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset code prevents binding tasks to new cpus

Paul Jackson wrote:
> Nathan wrote:
> > -	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_online_map;
> > +	top_cpuset.cpus_allowed = cpu_possible_map;
> 
> NAQ
> 
> While this seems sensible on systems not using cpusets (but still using
> kernels configured for cpusets), it is surprising on systems using
> cpusets, on which one expects the cpuset that a task is in to reflect
> the cpus that a task is allowed to use.

Will it actually break anything?

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