On Tue 19-11-13 19:42:00, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:42:03AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 18-11-13 16:50:22, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > index cc1b01c..10966f5 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > @@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ extern int cpuset_slab_spread_node(void);
> > >
> > > static inline int cpuset_do_page_mem_spread(void)
> > > {
> > > - return current->flags & PF_SPREAD_PAGE;
> > > + return (current->flags & PF_SPREAD_PAGE) ||
> > > + sysctl_spread_file_cache;
> > > }
> >
> > But this might break applications that explicitly opt out from
> > spreading.
>
> What do you mean? There's no such setting at the moment.
>
> They can only enable it.
cpuset_update_task_spread_flag allows disabling both flags. You can do
so for example via cpuset cgroup controller.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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