Re: [patch] "fully HT-aware scheduler" support, 2.5.31-BK-curr
Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:28:16 +1000
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208281914100.2647-100000@localhost.localdomain> you
write:
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> > > - HT-aware affinity.
> > >
> > > Tasks should attempt to 'stick' to physical CPUs, not logical CPUs.
> >
> > Linus disagreed with this before when I discussed it with him, and with
> > the current (stupid, non-portable, broken) set_affinity syscall he's
> > right.
>
> actually, affinity still works just fine, users can bind tasks to logical
> CPUs as well. What i meant was the affinity logic of the scheduler (ie.
> affinity decisions done by the scheduler), not the externally visible
> affinity API.
My bad. I'll shut up now, and read the patch.
Sorry,
Rusty.
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