Re: Setting CPU affinity for binaries in given directory

[darkestkhan <darkestkhan@gmail.com>]

2011/6/6 William Hopkins <we.hopkins@gmail.com>:
> 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
>

I did test it and it seems like after setting  CPU affinity for BOINC
manager the programs it is calling/launching have the same CPU
affinity that BOINC manager.
Thx for help :)

darkestkhan
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