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From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To:     John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rt-numa: ignore runtime cpumask if -a CPULIST is
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On 2022-01-28 12:44:14 [-0500], John Kacur wrote:
> I agree that our current method is too restrictive, so I like the basic 
> idea here.
> 
> I think we also need to differentiate between -a with no arguments
> and -a all. -a with no arguments should inherit the cpumask from the 
> runtime environment but -a all, should be the same as specifying all the 
> cpus and ignoring the inherited cpumask.

do you consider number of online CPUs to not deploy more threads than
CPUs online in case some were shutdown?

> Thanks
> 
> John

Sebastian