On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 14:34 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 15:23 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > The patch using this is here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg35411.html > > > > It simply copies the affinity from the parent when thread is created. > > Sounds like policy, not something the kernel should do.. The alternative would be using clone() instead of thread_create() and inherit everything from the creating task. Inheriting from kthreadd and then undoing some aspects just sounds like daft policy that really ought to be in userspace. -- 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