set_cpus_allowed() for 2.4

Hi Everyone,

I ran into a lockup with the O(1) scheduler back in August and exchanged email with Andrea. I tried a couple of his patches. They prevented the lockup but it was still easy to have the X server exiled to the inactive array for seconds at a time. This got me started working on a patch to make the schedule more fair.

I posted a patch archive here:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103508412423719&w=2

It fixes fairness but breaks nice(2). Rik van Riel has a patch here which builds on my patch which fixes this:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103651801424031&w=2

I tested the combination of these patches with linux-2.5.48 and it seems well behaved:-)

I found this problem with the LTP waitpid06 test. It actually produced a live-lock. See this mail:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103133744217082&w=2

I have been distracted by Posix timers but I plan to get back finish this.

Jim Houston - Concurrent Computer Corp.