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Subject: Re: [patch] cpusets, cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 18:22 -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> 
> > I don't know of anything other than kthreadd where moving it here, or
> > over yonder matters one bit.
> > 
> 
> Clear PF_THREAD_BOUND for watchdog or migration kthreads and change their 
> affinity or move them into a cpuset where cpuset.cpus doesn't include the 
> cpu they are bound to and it'll be obvious.

Sure, I mean where Joe User can trip over an existing stumbling block.

	-Mike