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SubjectRe: [patch] sched: prevent bound kthreads from changing cpus_allowed

* David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> wrote:

> Kthreads that have called kthread_bind() are bound to specific cpus,
> so other tasks should not be able to change their cpus_allowed from
> under them. Otherwise, it is possible to move kthreads, such as the
> migration or software watchdog threads, so they are not allowed access
> to the cpu they work on.

applied to tip/sched-devel, thanks David.

Ingo


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