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Subject: Re: [patch] cpusets, cgroups: disallow attaching kthreadd
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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.