linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REPOST v3.9-rc1] sched: replace PF_THREAD_BOUND with PF_NO

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Message-ID: <20130318164715.GC21516@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:47:15 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST v3.9-rc1] sched: replace PF_THREAD_BOUND with
 PF_NO_SETAFFINITY

Hello,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:41:40AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > This patch replaces PF_THREAD_BOUND with PF_NO_SETAFFINITY.
> > sched_setaffinity() checks the flag and return -EINVAL if set.
> > set_cpus_allowed_ptr() is no longer affected by the flag.
> > 
> > This will allow simplifying workqueue worker CPU affinity management.
> 
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> 
> I suspect you want to carry this in the workqueue tree, to enable those 
> extra simplifications?

Yeah, I was planning to pull from one of the -tip branches but if I
can carry it through the workqueue tree it would be simpler.  Would
that be okay?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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