Re: ANNOUNCE: Pset (sysmp) 0.58 for Linux/SMP now available

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:50:13 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Tim Hockin wrote:

>their IRIX 6.4 kernel) for Linux. This enables users to determine which
>processor or set of processors a process may run on. Possible uses
>include forcing threads to seperate processors, timings, security (a
>`root' only CPU?) and probably more.

I can' t see how can be more secure to have a root process running only in
a CPU instead of allow the kernel to run it in the fist idle.

Could you explian me how could be more secure?

Also how can be it more efficient for multithreading?

Andrea[s] Arcangeli

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