If the vcpu placement is "static", it's just fine to ignore the def->cpumask if emulatorpin is specified. See more details in PATCH 1/7. --- src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c index f8a2bfd..63a51c4 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c @@ -2618,7 +2618,8 @@ static int qemuProcessHook(void *data) /* This must be done after cgroup placement to avoid resetting CPU * affinity */ - if (qemuProcessInitCpuAffinity(h->driver, h->vm, h->nodemask) < 0) + if (!def->cputune.emulatorpin && + qemuProcessInitCpuAffinity(h->driver, h->vm, h->nodemask) < 0) goto cleanup; if (qemuProcessInitNumaMemoryPolicy(h->vm, h->nodemask) < 0) -- 1.7.7.6 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list