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    SubjectRe: [RFC] Restrict kernel spawning of threads to a specified set of cpus.
    On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

    > So yeah it's a problem in theory. Now in practice, I have yet to be convinced because
    > this should be solved after a few iterations in /proc in most cases.

    I have seen some drivers regularly spawning threads all over the machnine.
    This is a practical issue that I am addresing.
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    > Now the issue doesn't only concern kthreads but all tasks in the system.
    > If we really want to solve that race, then may be we can think of a kernel_parameter
    > that sets the initial affinity of init and then lets get it naturally inherited
    > through the whole tree.

    This patch that we are discussing does exactly that.



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