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Re: Setting CPU affinity for binaries in given directory



On 06/06/11 at 10:14pm, darkestkhan wrote:
> 2011/6/6 William Hopkins <we.hopkins@gmail.com>:
> > On 06/06/11 at 02:50pm, darkestkhan wrote:
> >> Is there any way to specify CPU affinity for binaries
> >> launched from given directory (and it's subdirectories) ?
> >
> > AFAIK, no. You can set up a process watcher to scan for processes with a certain name and set their affinity, or you can call the processes with a set affinity at start. If you're calling an executable, call it with a processor affinity (which should be inherited by child processes). If it's a script, modify it to call with affinity.
> >
> > The command to set affinity on a running process, or launch a new process with given CPU affinity is 'taskset'.
> >
> > --
> > Liam
> >
> 
> If I set CPU affinity of BOINC manager will also programs launched by
> BOINC manager have set CPU affinity?
It depends on how the BOINC manager calls programs. I would try it and see. 

-- 
Liam

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