From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: rml@tech9.net, mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] How to write a portable "run_on" program?
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 17:00:24 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030508070647.EDD0C2C092@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 May 2003 22:31:43 MST." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305072221120.16772-100000@home.transmeta.com>
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305072221120.16772-100000@home.transmeta.com> you write:
> In other words, the proper way to do set_cpu() is
>
> int set_cpu(int cpu)
> {
> fd_set cpuset;
>
> FD_ZERO(&cpuset);
> FD_SET(cpu, cpuset);
> return sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
> }
>
> which is a HELL OF A LOT more readable than the crap you're spouting
> (either your "before" _or_ your "after" crap).
Congratulations: you're the only programmer to get this right. It's
not your code I'm worried about 8(
Meanwhile, everyone is doing "unsigned long" because it "works on
x86".
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-08 6:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-08 5:14 Rusty Russell
2003-05-08 5:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-05-08 7:00 ` Rusty Russell
2003-05-08 7:00 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
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