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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-09-16 14:11:43 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-09-16 14:11:43 -0700 |
commit | 2e57572a50a4de41c6cbc879a4866a312d4cd316 (patch) | |
tree | c4f58ec96c06642c4b415b881d3f0a3b673d5b44 /Documentation/cpusets.txt | |
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
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arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_psycho.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index 1f5a924d1e56..47e568a9370a 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt @@ -635,14 +635,16 @@ prior 'mems' setting, will not be moved. There is an exception to the above. If hotplug functionality is used to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, -then the kernel will automatically update the cpus_allowed of all -tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset to allow all CPUs. When memory -hotplug functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a -similar exception is expected to apply there as well. In general, -the kernel prefers to violate cpuset placement, over starving a task -that has had all its allowed CPUs or Memory Nodes taken offline. User -code should reconfigure cpusets to only refer to online CPUs and Memory -Nodes when using hotplug to add or remove such resources. +then all the tasks in that cpuset will be moved to the nearest ancestor +with non-empty cpus. But the moving of some (or all) tasks might fail if +cpuset is bound with another cgroup subsystem which has some restrictions +on task attaching. In this failing case, those tasks will stay +in the original cpuset, and the kernel will automatically update +their cpus_allowed to allow all online CPUs. When memory hotplug +functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a similar exception +is expected to apply there as well. In general, the kernel prefers to +violate cpuset placement, over starving a task that has had all +its allowed CPUs or Memory Nodes taken offline. There is a second exception to the above. GFP_ATOMIC requests are kernel internal allocations that must be satisfied, immediately. |