Hello, On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:35:07AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: ... > + There are two types of partitions - local and remote. A local > + partition is one whose parent cgroup is also a valid partition > + root. A remote partition is one whose parent cgroup is not a > + valid partition root itself. Writing to "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" > + is not mandatory for the creation of a local partition as its > + "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" file will be filled in automatically if > + it is not set. The automaticaly set value will be based on its > + "cpuset.cpus" value. Writing the proper "cpuset.cpus.exclusive" > + values down the cgroup hierarchy is mandatory for the creation > + of a remote partition. Wouldn't a partition root's cpus.exclusive always contain all of the CPUs in its cpus? Would it make sense for cpus.exclusive to be different from .cpus? Thanks. -- tejun