linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] cpuset: Support RCU-NOCB toggle on v2 root partitions

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Message-ID: <YpAdSW8JXVPOoNJl@slm.duckdns.org>
Date:   Thu, 26 May 2022 14:37:29 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...nel.org>,
        rcu@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] cpuset: Support RCU-NOCB toggle on v2 root
 partitions

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 08:28:43PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> I am thinking along the line that it will not be hierarchical. However,
> cpuset can be useful if we want to have multiple isolated partitions
> underneath the top cpuset with different isolation attributes, but no more
> sub-isolated partition with sub-attributes underneath them. IOW, we can only
> set them at the first level under top_cpuset. Will that be useful?

At that point, I'd just prefer to have it under /proc or /sys.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun