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mdaljeet@in.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> How can I bind a user space process to a particular processor in  a SMP
> environment?

You can't.

Nick Pollitt had an implementation of prcctl() which does this
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0102.2/0214.html

I have a /proc based one at
http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/#cpus_allowed