Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/ddb db_ps.c src/sys/i386/i386 trap.c src/sys/kern init_main.c kern_synch.c kern_usched.c lwkt_thread.c usched_bsd4.c usched_dummy.c src/sys/sys globaldata.h thread.h usched.h

[joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 01:36:36PM +0800, David Xu wrote:
> While I am here, can the schedulers allow userspace to specify a cpumask
> a thread is willing to run on, some highend software e.g database
> systems may want this feature, as they are intend to manager their
> CPU locality like they did for RAW device.

CPU affinity is useful in a lot more situations to prevent unnecessary
bouncing. I'd expect it to help e.g. two concurrent world builds as
well.

Joerg