linux-kernel - Re: scheduling co-processors

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Date:	Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:52:29 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Sherif Fadel <fahmy@...edu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: scheduling co-processors

Sherif Fadel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a dual-core system on which I would like to treat one processor
> as a scheduling co-processor. I have already implemented some custom
> scheduling policies and tested them with SMP disabled, I would not like
> to see if it is possible to have the scheduling algorithm running on one
> core and the scheduled tasks running on another.
> 
> I do not know if I can somehow use cpus_allowed to restrict the kernel
> to one core and the running tasks to another. Is this possible? If so,
> could you please inform me how one would go about this?
> 
You can look at cpu affinity and see if it does some of what you want.

> In case you are wondering why I would need this, I am writing a bunch of
> high-overhead distributed scheduling algorithms and I want to mitigate
> their overhead in this way.
> 
> Thanks.
> 


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