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@@ -523,21 +523,14 @@ from one cpuset to another, then the kernel will adjust the tasks
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memory placement, as above, the next time that the kernel attempts
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to allocate a page of memory for that task.
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-If a cpuset has its CPUs modified, then each task using that
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-cpuset does _not_ change its behavior automatically. In order to
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-minimize the impact on the critical scheduling code in the kernel,
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-tasks will continue to use their prior CPU placement until they
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-are rebound to their cpuset, by rewriting their pid to the 'tasks'
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-file of their cpuset. If a task had been bound to some subset of its
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-cpuset using the sched_setaffinity() call, and if any of that subset
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-is still allowed in its new cpuset settings, then the task will be
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-restricted to the intersection of the CPUs it was allowed on before,
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-and its new cpuset CPU placement. If, on the other hand, there is
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-no overlap between a tasks prior placement and its new cpuset CPU
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-placement, then the task will be allowed to run on any CPU allowed
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-in its new cpuset. If a task is moved from one cpuset to another,
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-its CPU placement is updated in the same way as if the tasks pid is
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-rewritten to the 'tasks' file of its current cpuset.
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+If a cpuset has its 'cpus' modified, then each task in that cpuset
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+will have its allowed CPU placement changed immediately. Similarly,
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+if a tasks pid is written to a cpusets 'tasks' file, in either its
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+current cpuset or another cpuset, then its allowed CPU placement is
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+changed immediately. If such a task had been bound to some subset
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+of its cpuset using the sched_setaffinity() call, the task will be
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+allowed to run on any CPU allowed in its new cpuset, negating the
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+affect of the prior sched_setaffinity() call.
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In summary, the memory placement of a task whose cpuset is changed is
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updated by the kernel, on the next allocation of a page for that task,
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