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Subject: Re: [PATCH] set_cpus_allowed() for 2.4
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 12:24, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Adding to that, it is also used for backporting Ingo's workqueue stuff, 
> which is useful and completely separate from the O(1) scheduler.

That is why I back-ported it - hch and you mentioned it was needed for
workqueues :)

It also simplifies the processor affinity syscalls (same code I did for
2.5, in fact), which I plan on submitting to Marcelo soon.

	Robert Love

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