linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make sure new tasks conform to the current config of the cpuset

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Message-ID: <20160810035959.GF25053@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 23:59:59 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset: make sure new tasks conform to the current
 config of the cpuset

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:25:01AM +0800, Zefan Li wrote:
> A new task inherits cpus_allowed and mems_allowed masks from its parent,
> but if someone changes cpuset's config by writing to cpuset.cpus/cpuset.mems
> before this new task is inserted into the cgroup's task list, the new task
> won't be updated accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>

Applied to cgroup/for-4.8-fixes w/ stable cc'd.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun