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From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
To: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>
Cc: frankeh@watson.ibm.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@osdl.org,
	ckrm-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, efocht@hpce.nec.com,
	mbligh@aracnet.com, lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net,
	hch@infradead.org, steiner@sgi.com, jbarnes@sgi.com,
	sylvain.jeaugey@bull.net, djh@sgi.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, colpatch@us.ibm.com,
	Simon.Derr@bull.net, ak@suse.de, sivanich@sgi.com
Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] [PATCH] cpusets - big numa cpu and memory placement
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:47:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041002214715.6d60813d.pj@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <415F77A7.4070207@bigpond.net.au>

Peter wrote:
> 
> Of course, this [kernel compile option] makes gradual movement
> from one model to the other difficult to say the least.

To say the least.

It might be possible to continue to support current affinity calls
(setaffinity/mbind/mempolicy) even while removing the duplication of
affinity masks between tasks and cpusets.

If each call to set a tasks affinity resulted in moving that task into
its very own cpuset (unless it was already the only user of its cpuset),
and if the calls to load and store task->{cpus,mems}_allowed in the
implementation of these affinity sys calls were changed to load and
store those affinity masks in the tasks cpuset instead.

I'm just brainstorming here ... this scheme could easily have some
fatal flaw that I'm missing at the moment.

-- 
                          I won't rest till it's the best ...
                          Programmer, Linux Scalability
                          Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> 1.650.933.1373

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-03  4:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 233+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-05 10:08 [PATCH] new bitmap list format (for cpusets) Paul Jackson
2004-08-05 10:10 ` [PATCH] cpusets - big numa cpu and memory placement Paul Jackson
2004-08-05 20:55   ` [Lse-tech] " Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-06  2:05     ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-06  3:24       ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-06  8:31         ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-06 15:30         ` Erich Focht
2004-08-06 15:35           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-06 15:48             ` Hubertus Franke
2004-08-07  6:30               ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-07  6:45               ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-06 15:49             ` Hubertus Franke
2004-08-06 15:52             ` Hubertus Franke
2004-08-06 15:55             ` Erich Focht
2004-08-07  6:10           ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-07 15:22             ` Erich Focht
2004-08-07 18:59               ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-08  3:17               ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-08 14:50               ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-11  0:43                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-11  9:40                 ` Erich Focht
2004-08-11 14:49                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-11 17:50                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-11 21:12                       ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-08-12  7:15                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-12 12:58                           ` Jack Steiner
2004-08-12 14:50                           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-11 15:12                   ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-08-08 20:22               ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-08-09 15:57                 ` Hubertus Franke
2004-08-10 11:31                   ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-08-10 22:38                     ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-08-11 10:42                       ` Erich Focht
2004-08-11 14:56                         ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-08-14  8:51                       ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-08 19:58             ` Shailabh Nagar
2004-10-01 23:41               ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-02  6:06                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 14:55                   ` Dipankar Sarma
2004-10-02 16:14                     ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-02 18:04                       ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 23:21                       ` Peter Williams
2004-10-02 23:44                         ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-03  0:00                           ` Peter Williams
2004-10-03  3:44                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-05  3:13                           ` [ckrm-tech] " Matthew Helsley
2004-10-05  8:30                             ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-05 14:20                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  2:59                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  3:19                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  3:53                           ` Peter Williams
2004-10-03  4:47                             ` Paul Jackson [this message]
2004-10-03  5:12                               ` Peter Williams
2004-10-03  5:39                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  4:02                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  3:39                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 14:36                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-03 15:39                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 23:53                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04  0:02                               ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04  0:53                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04  3:56                                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04  4:24                                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 15:03                                       ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04 15:53                                         ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 18:17                                           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04 20:25                                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 22:15                                               ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-05  9:17                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-05 10:01                                                   ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-05 22:24                                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-05  9:26                                         ` Simon Derr
2004-10-05  9:58                                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-05 19:34                                           ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-06  0:28                                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06  1:16                                               ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-06  2:08                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06 22:59                                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-06 23:23                                                     ` Peter Williams
2004-10-07  0:16                                                       ` Rick Lindsley
2004-10-07 18:27                                                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07  8:51                                                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07 10:53                                                       ` Rick Lindsley
2004-10-07 14:41                                                         ` Martin J. Bligh
     [not found]                                                         ` <20041007072842.2bafc320.pj@sgi.com>
2004-10-07 19:05                                                           ` Rick Lindsley
2004-10-10  2:15                                                             ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-11 22:06                                                               ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-11 22:58                                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-12 21:22                                                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-12  8:50                                                                 ` Simon Derr
2004-10-12 21:25                                                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-10  2:28                                                             ` Paul Jackson
     [not found]                                                           ` <4165A31E.4070905@watson.ibm.com>
2004-10-08 13:14                                                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-08 15:42                                                               ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-08 18:23                                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-09  1:00                                                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-09 20:08                                                                     ` [Lse-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-11 22:16                                                                       ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-11 22:42                                                                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-10  0:05                                                                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-11 22:18                                                                       ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-11 22:39                                                                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-09  0:51                                                               ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-10  0:50                                                                 ` [Lse-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-10  0:59                                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-09  0:22                                                             ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-12 22:24                                                               ` [Lse-tech] " Hanna Linder
2004-10-13 20:56                                                                 ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-09  0:06                                                           ` [Lse-tech] " Matthew Dobson
2004-10-07 12:47                                                       ` Simon Derr
2004-10-07 14:49                                                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-07 17:54                                                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07 18:13                                                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-08  9:23                                                               ` Erich Focht
2004-10-08  9:50                                                                 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-08 10:40                                                                   ` Erich Focht
2004-10-08 14:26                                                                     ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-08  9:53                                                                 ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-08 11:40                                                                   ` Erich Focht
2004-10-08 14:24                                                                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-08 22:37                                                                   ` Erich Focht
2004-10-14 10:35                                                               ` Eric W. Biederman
2004-10-14 11:22                                                                 ` Erich Focht
2004-10-14 11:23                                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-14 19:39                                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-14 22:38                                                                   ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-15  1:26                                                                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07 18:25                                                             ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-07 19:52                                                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07 21:04                                                                 ` [ckrm-tech] " Matthew Helsley
2004-10-10  3:22                                                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-07 19:16                                                             ` Rick Lindsley
2004-10-10  2:35                                                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-10  5:12                                                           ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-08 23:48                                                       ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-09  0:18                                                         ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-11 23:00                                                           ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-11 23:09                                                             ` Nick Piggin
2004-10-05 22:33                                           ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-06  3:01                                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06 23:12                                               ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-07  8:59                                                 ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-04  0:45                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 11:44                                 ` Rick Lindsley
2004-10-04 22:46                                   ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-05 22:19                               ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-06  2:39                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06 23:21                                   ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-07  9:41                                     ` [ckrm-tech] " Paul Jackson
2004-10-06  2:47                                 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06  9:43                                   ` Simon Derr
2004-10-06 13:27                                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06 21:55                                     ` Peter Williams
2004-10-06 22:49                                       ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-06  8:02                                 ` Simon Derr
2005-02-07 23:59                                 ` Matthew Dobson
2005-02-08  0:20                                   ` Andrew Morton
2005-02-08  0:34                                     ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-08  9:54                                   ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2005-02-08  9:49                                     ` Nick Piggin
2005-02-08 16:13                                       ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-02-08 23:26                                         ` Nick Piggin
2005-02-09  4:23                                           ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-08 19:32                                       ` Matthew Dobson
2005-02-09  2:53                                         ` Nick Piggin
2005-02-08 19:00                                     ` Matthew Dobson
2005-02-08 20:42                                       ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-08 22:14                                         ` Matthew Dobson
2005-02-08 23:58                                           ` Shailabh Nagar
2005-02-09  0:27                                             ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-09  0:24                                           ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-09 17:59                                         ` [ckrm-tech] " Chandra Seetharaman
2005-02-11  2:46                                           ` Chandra Seetharaman
2005-02-11  9:21                                             ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-12  1:37                                               ` Chandra Seetharaman
2005-02-12  6:16                                                 ` Paul Jackson
2005-02-11 16:54                                             ` Jesse Barnes
2005-02-11 18:42                                               ` Chandra Seetharaman
2005-02-11 18:50                                                 ` Jesse Barnes
2005-02-08 16:15                                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-02-08 22:17                                     ` Matthew Dobson
2004-10-03 16:02                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 23:47                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04  3:33                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 20:10                           ` Tim Hockin
2004-10-04  1:56                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  3:35                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 20:21                   ` Erich Focht
2004-10-03 20:48                     ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-04 14:05                       ` Erich Focht
2004-10-04 14:57                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04 15:30                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 15:41                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04 16:02                               ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 18:19                                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-10-04 18:29                                   ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 15:38                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 16:46                           ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04  3:41                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 13:58                     ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-04 14:13                       ` Simon Derr
2004-10-04 14:15                       ` Erich Focht
2004-10-04 15:23                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-04 14:37                       ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 15:46                 ` [ckrm-tech] " Marc E. Fiuczynski
2004-10-02 16:17                   ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-02 17:53                     ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 18:16                       ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-02 19:14                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 23:29                         ` Peter Williams
2004-10-02 23:51                           ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-02 20:40                     ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-02 23:08                       ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-02 22:26                         ` Alan Cox
2004-10-03  2:49                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 12:19                           ` Hubertus Franke
2004-10-03  3:25                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03  2:26                       ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-03 14:11                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-02 17:47                   ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-05 20:47 ` [Lse-tech] [PATCH] new bitmap list format (for cpusets) Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-05 21:45   ` Paul Jackson
     [not found]     ` <Pine.A41.4.53.0408060930100.20680@isabelle.frec.bull.fr>
2004-08-06 10:14       ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-09  8:01   ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-09 14:49     ` Martin J. Bligh
2004-08-10 23:43       ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-11 13:11 ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2004-08-11 16:17   ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-11 18:05     ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2004-08-11 20:40       ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-12  9:48         ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2004-08-12 10:11           ` Paul Jackson
2004-08-12 12:34             ` Dinakar Guniguntala

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