Re: [Lse-tech] [PATCH] cpusets - big numa cpu and memory placement

Martin J. Bligh
2005-02-08T16:15:20Z

>> What about your proposed sched domain changes?
>> Cant sched domains be used handle the CPU groupings and the
>> existing code in cpusets that handle memory continue as is?
>> Weren't sched somains supposed to give the scheduler better knowledge
>> of the CPU groupings afterall ?
>>
>
> sched domains can provide non overlapping top level partitions.
> It would basically just stop the multiprocessor balancing from
> moving tasks between these partitions (they would be manually
> moved by setting explicit cpu affinities).
>
> I didn't really follow where that idea went, but I think at least
> a few people thought that sort of functionality wasn't nearly
> fancy enough! :)

Not fancy seems like a positive thing to me ;-)

M.