Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:26:30 +1000 | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.4.19-pre10-ac2: O(1) scheduler merge, -A3. |
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 05:24:30 +0200 (CEST) Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > > - sched_setaffinity() & sched_getaffinity() syscalls on x86. > > > > Do we want to introduce this into 2.4 now? I realize 2.4-ac is not 2.4 > > proper, but if there is a chance this interface could change... > > the setaffinity()/getaffinity() interface looks pretty robust, i dont > expect any changes
There's one coming. In 2.5.soon, you'll need to handle the "CPU going away" signal, otherwise your process will abort as someone downs a CPU.
The problem with backporting one and not the other, is that apps can't be written correctly for 2.4 and 2.5 8(
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