Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:50:26 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kmod: Run usermodehelpers only on cpus allowed for kthreadd |
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:07:28 +0200 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> Couldn't we instead make kthread children (those created with kthread_create()) to inherit > kthread initial affinity? Currently kthread's children have cpu_all_mask. We could change > that behaviour. This way the initial kthread affinity could be inherited all along.
I'm wondering if it's clean/logical to tie usermodehelper affinity to kthreadd affinity at all. It's certainly convenient, but they're distinct concepts. What is the reason to not have a separate control for usermodehelper cpus-allowed?
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