linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/19] scheduler: implement force_cpus

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Message-ID: <1258805083.4104.918.camel@laptop>
Date:	Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:04:43 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, awalls@...ix.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com, avi@...hat.com,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/19] scheduler: implement force_cpus_allowed()

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 13:46 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Implement force_cpus_allowed() which is similar to
> set_cpus_allowed_ptr() but bypasses PF_THREAD_BOUND check and ignores
> cpu_active() status as long as the target cpu is online.  This will be
> used for concurrency-managed workqueue.

This is a very unsatisfactory changelog and after staring at the patch
for a few minutes I still go WTF?!

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