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From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, mbligh@google.com, menage@google.com,
	Simon.Derr@bull.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dino@in.ibm.com, rohitseth@google.com, holt@sgi.com,
	dipankar@in.ibm.com, suresh.b.siddha@intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] cpuset: add interface to isolated cpus
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:03:58 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4537CC1E.60204@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061019115652.562054ca.pj@sgi.com>

Paul Jackson wrote:
>>>So ... where should it be done?
>>
>>sched.c I suppose.
> 
> 
> Are we discussing where the implementing code should go,
> or where the isolated cpu map special file should be
> exposed to user space?

Both?

> And you didn't answer my other questions, such as:
>  1) If your other patch to manipulate sched domains
>     has code that belongs in kernel/cpuset.c, and
>     special files that belong in /dev/cpuset, why
>     shouldn't this one naturally go in the same places?

Because they are cpuset specific. This is not.

>  2) Why ... why?  What would be better about sched.c
>     and what's wrong with where it is (the code and
>     the exposed file)?

Because it is not specific to CONFIG_CPUSETS. People who
don't configure CONFIG_CPUSETS may still want to change
isolcpus at runtime.

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-19 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-19  9:26 [RFC] cpuset: add interface to isolated cpus Paul Jackson
2006-10-19 10:17 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-19 17:55   ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-19 18:07     ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-19 18:56       ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-19 19:03         ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2006-10-20  3:37           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-20  8:02             ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-20 14:52               ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-20 20:03                 ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-20 19:59               ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-20 20:01               ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-20 20:59                 ` Siddha, Suresh B
2006-10-21  1:33                   ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-21  6:14                 ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-21  7:24                   ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-21 10:51                     ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-22  4:54                       ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-20 21:04 ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2006-10-23  3:18   ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23  5:07     ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-23  5:51       ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23  5:40         ` Siddha, Suresh B
2006-10-23  6:06           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23  6:07           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23  6:17         ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-23  6:41           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23  6:49             ` Nick Piggin
2006-10-23  6:48           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23 20:58           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-23 19:50       ` Dinakar Guniguntala
2006-10-23 20:47         ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-24 15:44           ` Paul Jackson
2006-10-25 19:40         ` Paul Jackson

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