linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make ntasks to be a monotonic increasing value

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:06:41 -0700
From:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
To:	"Paul Jackson" <pj@....com>
Cc:	"Lai Jiangshan" <laijs@...fujitsu.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make ntasks to be a monotonic increasing value

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Paul Jackson <pj@....com> wrote:
> I prefer to only add kernel source code complexity when it is needed
> in practice for correct function or necessary performance.  The above
> more rapid growth of fudge is not needed for either reason, so far as
> I can tell.

That loop really could do with some updates though - currently it
looks at the mm for every task in the cpuset, rather than filtering
duplicate mms from threaded applications.

Paul
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