On Sun, Dec 05, 2021 at 01:32:15PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote: > adding = deleting = false; > old_prs = new_prs = cpuset->partition_root_state; > if (cmd == partcmd_enable) { > + /* > + * Enabling partition root is not allowed if not all the CPUs > + * can be granted from parent's effective_cpus. > + */ > + if (!cpumask_subset(cpuset->cpus_allowed, parent->effective_cpus)) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + /* > + * A parent can be left with no CPU as long as there is no > + * task directly associated with the parent partition. For > + * such a parent, no new task can be moved into it. > + */ > + if (partition_is_populated(parent, cpuset) && > + cpumask_equal(cpuset->cpus_allowed, parent->effective_cpus)) > + return -EINVAL; So, given that this only happens with threaded domains, can we just not allow partitions within threaded domains? The combination doesn't make whole lot of sense to me anyway. > + /* > + * On default hierarchy, task cannot be moved to a cpuset with empty > + * effective cpus. > + */ > + if (is_in_v2_mode() && cpumask_empty(cs->effective_cpus)) > + goto out_unlock; And then we can avoid this extra restriction too, right? Thanks. -- tejun