Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [patch] "fully HT-aware scheduler" support, 2.5.31-BK-curr | Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:28:16 +1000 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208281914100.2647-100000@localhost.localdomain> you write: > > On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > > - HT-aware affinity. > > > > > > Tasks should attempt to 'stick' to physical CPUs, not logical CPUs. > > > > Linus disagreed with this before when I discussed it with him, and with > > the current (stupid, non-portable, broken) set_affinity syscall he's > > right. > > actually, affinity still works just fine, users can bind tasks to logical > CPUs as well. What i meant was the affinity logic of the scheduler (ie. > affinity decisions done by the scheduler), not the externally visible > affinity API.
My bad. I'll shut up now, and read the patch.
Sorry, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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