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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [sched] Give cpusets exclusive control over sched domains (ie remove cpu_isolated_map)
Paul Jackson wrote:
> Max wrote:
>> -marked isolated using the kernel boot time "isolcpus=" argument.
>
> Yeah ... a hack ... but I suspect some folks use it.
>
> I'm reluctant to discard features visible to users, unless
> they are getting in the way of more serious stuff.
>
> I'd have figured that this hack was not all that much of
> a pain to the kernel code.
>

I bet it will be tempting to extend it for other uses. Just like it was for me
:). It looks just like another cpu_*map and stuff.

We could emulate isolcpu= boot option (the only visible user interface) via
cpusets I suppose. But I'd rather not.
Since we do not plan on supporting it I'd say lets get rid of it.

Max





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