On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > So yeah it's a problem in theory. Now in practice, I have yet to be convinced > because > this should be solved after a few iterations in /proc in most cases.
I have seen some drivers regularly spawning threads all over the machnine. This is a practical issue that I am addresing. > > Now the issue doesn't only concern kthreads but all tasks in the system. > If we really want to solve that race, then may be we can think of a > kernel_parameter > that sets the initial affinity of init and then lets get it naturally > inherited > through the whole tree. This patch that we are discussing does exactly that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
