Re: [patch] sched: prevent bound kthreads from changingcpus_allowed

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 06:29:19 EST



* David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kthreads that have called kthread_bind() are bound to specific cpus,
> so other tasks should not be able to change their cpus_allowed from
> under them. Otherwise, it is possible to move kthreads, such as the
> migration or software watchdog threads, so they are not allowed access
> to the cpu they work on.

applied to tip/sched-devel, thanks David.

Ingo
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