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Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:48:04 -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

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 09:47:15AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> 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?

Applying to wq/for-3.10 w/ the rebinding cleanup.  Holler if this
should be routed differently.

Thanks!

-- 
tejun
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