netdev - Re: [PATCH] softirq: let ksoftirqd do its job

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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:28:02 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] softirq: let ksoftirqd do its job

On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 03:30:42PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> Still... enabled!
> Hmmm.. more idea how to disable this???

I think you ought to be able to assign yourself to the root cgroup,
something like:

  echo $$ > /cgroup/tasks

or wheverever the cpu-cgroup controller is mounted at.

But its been a fair while since I touched any of that, its not a CONFIG
I have enabled much.