On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:06:27 -0700 stan <upaitag@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's been a while (6 months?) since I ran a python program that uses a > 100% cpu core for hours. The last time I ran it, the task would > migrate from core to core to core, every second or so. I could see > it doing so in the various tops. > > Now, it runs on only one core, and doesn't move. > > This is more efficient from a computing perspective because there > aren't as many task switches, but it means that the core that is > running gets very hot. Since the rest of the cores are idle, I would > like to switch back to the previous behavior for this reason. Can > someone tell me how? A quick follow-up: I am running kernel 5.9 rc8 and this seems to be working again. I see the single python task switching cores approximately every 5 - 10 seconds; perfect! _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx