[glibc] Fix Linux sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_[CONF|ONLN]) performance problem

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org
Thu Jun 16 17:59:00 GMT 2011


Linus Torvalds, le Thu 16 Jun 2011 09:38:55 -0700, a écrit :
>  - cache the value in a static variable, so that if/when there are
> multiple calls, we don't spend time recalculating the number of CPU's
> in the system unnecessarily.

Mmm, but what if the process starts with only one allowed CPU, and
then is given more CPUs? (either by making CPUs online, or by using
sched_setaffinity from an administration tool).

Samuel



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