Re: [PATCH] How to write a portable "run_on" program?

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Thu, 08 May 2003 17:00:24 +1000


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.

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