linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] usermodehelper: kill ____call_usermodehelper()->set_cpus_allowed

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Message-ID: <20131129134406.GA3717@htj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:44:06 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, zhang.yi20@....com.cn,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usermodehelper: kill
 ____call_usermodehelper()->set_cpus_allowed_ptr()

Hey, Oleg.

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 08:33:49PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> @@ -208,13 +208,9 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
>  	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
>  	flush_signal_handlers(current, 1);
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
> -
> -	/* We can run anywhere, unlike our parent keventd(). */
> -	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpu_all_mask);

I don't think this is correct on numa machines where unbound workers
are NUMA-node affine by default.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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