linux-kernel - Re: [regression] sched_getaffinity fails with EINVAL in 2.6.31-rc4

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0907282029180.28714@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
cc:	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [regression] sched_getaffinity fails with EINVAL in 2.6.31-rc4

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Rusty Russell wrote:

> I argued strongly against the set and getaffinity interfaces when they were
> introduced; they can't be used in general without a loop (enlarge cpu_set,
> retry).
> 

Right, so the functional regression here is glibc 2.3.2 -> 2.3.3.
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