linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpusets: update tasks' cpus_allowed and mems

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2008 02:30:51 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	miaox@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpusets: update tasks' cpus_allowed and mems_allowed after CPU/NODE offline/online

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe we need to add a flag in the task_struct to mark which task can't be
> unbound?

Yes, something like a PF_CPU_BOUND flag that gets set in
kthread_bind() and checked for in set_cpus_allowed() would be the
right way to handle that. We have an internal change like that against
an older kernel verison - I'll see if I can find someone to forward
port it and send it in.

Paul
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