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Format:
<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>
or
- <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order)
+ <cpu number>-<cpu number>
+ (must be a positive range in ascending order)
or a mixture
<cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number>
+
This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs
to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling
- algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off
- an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls.
+ algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an
+ "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset.
<cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is
"number of CPUs in system - 1".