On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 13:19 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 14:07 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > Author: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > sched: export sched_set/getaffinity to modules > > > > vhost-net driver wants to copy the affinity from the > > owner thread to thread it creates. Export > > sched_set/get affinity to modules to make this possible > > when vhost is built as a module. > Urgh,.. so why again is that a good idea? In particular: - who sets the affinity of the task? - why can't it set the kernel thread's affinity too? - what happens if someone changes the tasks' affinity? So no, I don't think this is a sensible thing to do at all. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
