netdev - [PATCH 1/8] netback: don't bind kthread to cpu

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:02 +0000
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	<xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ian.campbell@...rix.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<annie.li@...cle.com>
CC:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] netback: don't bind kthread to cpu

The initialization process makes an assumption that the online cpus are
numbered from 0 to xen_netbk_group_nr-1,  which is not always true.

As we only need a pool of worker threads, simply don't bind them to specific
cpus.

Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index 3ae49b1..db8d45a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -1729,8 +1729,6 @@ static int __init netback_init(void)
 			goto failed_init;
 		}
 
-		kthread_bind(netbk->task, group);
-
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&netbk->net_schedule_list);
 
 		spin_lock_init(&netbk->net_schedule_list_lock);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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