Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:50:25 -0700
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
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Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [PATCH] cpusets+hotplug+preepmt broken
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Srivatsa wrote:
> In fact, some of these and other set_cpus_allowed woes were discussed here

So indeed, there are issues with lock_cpu_hotplug, sched_setaffinity,
set_cpus_allowed() and tsk->cpus_allowed and cpu_online_map and such.

Indeed, the tar pit is deeper than I imagined.

Ok ... I will quietly sneak out the back door and leave this to the experts.

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