From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: dean gaudet <dean@arctic.org>
Cc: Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@intel.com>,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:56:37 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47A35D55.8080708@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0802010830560.7110@twinlark.arctic.org>
dean gaudet wrote:
> why do we need another kernel cpuid reading method when sched_setaffinity
> exists and cpuid is available in ring3?
Because /dev/cpu/*/cpuid:
a) predates sched_setaffinity by quite a few years
b) is already widely used
c) doesn't have issues with relative priorities (using sched_setaffinity
can easily wait forever.)
d) can be accessed by unprivileged processes given appropriate device
info.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-01 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-04 10:10 [linux-pm][PATCH] base: Change power/wakeup output from "" to "unsupported" if wakeup feature isn't supported by a device Yi Yang
2008-01-04 11:48 ` [PATCH] " Pavel Machek
2008-01-04 11:48 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Pavel Machek
2008-01-04 16:09 ` David Brownell
2008-01-04 16:38 ` Alan Stern
2008-01-04 16:52 ` [PATCH] " Olivier Galibert
2008-01-04 16:52 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Olivier Galibert
2008-01-04 17:20 ` [PATCH] " Oliver Neukum
2008-01-04 17:20 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Oliver Neukum
2008-01-07 2:00 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 2:00 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:55 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:55 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 3:49 ` [PATCH] " David Brownell
2008-01-07 3:49 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " David Brownell
2008-01-07 1:52 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:52 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-04 16:38 ` Alan Stern
2008-01-07 1:37 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:57 ` [PATCH] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-01-07 1:57 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-01-07 2:05 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 2:05 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 16:46 ` [PATCH] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-01-07 16:46 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-01-07 1:37 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-04 16:09 ` David Brownell
2008-01-07 1:21 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:21 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-04 16:31 ` David Brownell
2008-01-04 16:31 ` [linux-pm][PATCH] " David Brownell
2008-01-07 1:51 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-07 1:51 ` [PATCH] " Yi Yang
2008-01-22 23:05 ` [PATCH 2.6.24-rc8] cpufreq: fix obvious condition statement error Yi Yang
2008-01-22 23:05 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-28 23:14 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module Yi Yang
2008-01-29 8:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-29 22:22 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-30 7:48 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-01-29 15:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-29 17:52 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-30 6:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-29 21:56 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-30 7:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-29 22:13 ` Yi Yang
2008-01-30 7:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-29 23:41 ` [RFC PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module, try 2 Yi Yang
2008-01-30 17:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-01-31 1:18 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] Add new string functions real_strtoul and change kernel params to use them Yi Yang
2008-01-31 17:03 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-01-31 16:30 ` Yi Yang
2008-02-01 2:47 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-01-31 22:11 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them, take 2 Yi Yang
2008-02-01 0:02 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them, take 3 Yi Yang
2008-02-01 7:36 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them, take 2 Andrew Morton
2008-02-01 7:39 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-01 7:40 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-01 16:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.24] x86: add sysfs interface for cpuid module dean gaudet
2008-02-01 17:56 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-02-01 17:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-02-14 23:44 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc1] cpufreq: fix cpufreq policy refcount imbalance Yi Yang
2008-02-14 23:44 ` Yi Yang
2008-02-14 23:48 ` Yi Yang
2008-02-15 15:52 ` [linux-pm] " Alan Stern
2008-02-15 15:52 ` Alan Stern
2008-02-15 18:24 ` Greg KH
2008-02-15 18:24 ` [linux-pm] " Greg KH
2008-02-15 15:52 ` Alan Stern
2008-02-15 21:01 ` Greg KH
2008-02-15 21:01 ` Greg KH
2008-02-25 0:46 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc3] cpuidle: fix cpuidle time and usage overflow Yi Yang
2008-02-25 0:46 ` Yi Yang
2008-02-25 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-25 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-25 1:10 ` Yi Yang
2008-02-25 1:10 ` Yi Yang
2008-03-26 4:46 ` Len Brown
2008-03-26 4:46 ` Len Brown
2008-02-14 23:48 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc1] cpufreq: fix cpufreq policy refcount imbalance Yi Yang
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