Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched: track "isolated" cpus like other cpu masks. | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Mon, 23 May 2011 22:14:09 +0200 |
| |
On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 16:29 -0400, Geoff Thorpe wrote: > When a subset of cpus have been isolated, it can be useful for subsystems > or drivers that have cpu-affinity concerns to have access to this mask > (just like the other cpu masks; "possible", "present", "active" and > "online"). Eg. to provide specific handling for isolated cpus, or to > determine the non-isolated cpus (which is what sched.c uses it for).
Nobody should be using that, isolated CPUs is a 'feature' slated for removal.
| |