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Date:   Tue, 3 Oct 2023 12:06:02 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sched/core: Use empty mask to reset cpumasks in
 sched_setaffinity()
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On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 10:32:18PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Since commit 8f9ea86fdf99 ("sched: Always preserve the user requested
> cpumask"), user provided CPU affinity via sched_setaffinity(2) is
> perserved even if the task is being moved to a different cpuset. However,
> that affinity is also being inherited by any subsequently created child
> processes which may not want or be aware of that affinity.
> 
> One way to solve this problem is to provide a way to back off from
> that user provided CPU affinity.  This patch implements such a scheme
> by using an empty cpumask to signal a reset of the cpumasks to the
> default as allowed by the current cpuset.

So I still don't like this much, the normal state is all bits set:

  $ grep allowed /proc/self/status
  Cpus_allowed:   ff,ffffffff

The all clear bitmask just feels weird for this.