linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] Have sane default values for cpusets

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Message-ID: <20100512193012.GO3296@balbir.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 01:00:12 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...il.com>
Cc:	menage@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org, lennart@...ttering.net,
	jsafrane@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Have sane default values for cpusets

* Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...il.com> [2010-05-12 15:05:41]:

> Hi folks,
> 
> This does not break ABI since applications which were explicitly setting
> up the cpusets will still be setting them up anyway. And if someone was
> checking if a cpuset was setup or not by checking the state of
> cpuset.cpus_allowed, then it was broken and should be fixed.
>

The only ABI breakage I would consider is

A user space application reading those values and expecting them to
be empty before taking any action

-- 
	Three Cheers,
	Balbir
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