linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix cpuset sched_relax_domain

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Date:	Tue, 6 May 2008 20:49:46 -0500
From:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, menage@...gle.com,
	seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix cpuset sched_relax_domain_level control file

> Or maybe we can restrict the value from -1 to 5 ?

That might be a good idea.  My recollection is that this
is what we tell users to input ... values between -1 and
some small positive integer.  So returning -EINVAL on an
input of -2 (for example) should be the least surprising
behaviour for users.

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