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CSET(1) | [FIXME: manual] | CSET(1) |
NAME¶
cset - manage cpusets functions in the Linux kernelSYNOPSIS¶
cset [--version | --help | --tohex] cset [help <command> | <command> --help] cset [cset options] <command> [command options] [args]
DESCRIPTION¶
Typical uses of cset include¶
Setting up and managing a simple shielded CPU environmentThe concept of shielded cpus is that a
certain number of cpus are partitioned off on the system and only processes
that are of interest are run on these cpus (i.e., inside the shield).
For a simple shielded configuration, one typically uses three cpusets: the root
set, a system set and a user set. Cset includes a super command that
implements this strategy and lets you easily manage it. See
cset-shield(1) for more details.
Setting up and managing a complex shielding environment
Shielding can be more complex of course where
concepts such as priority cpusets and intersecting cpuset can be used. You can
use cset to help manage this type of shielding as well. You will need
to use the cset-set(1) and cset-proc(1) subcommands directly to
do that.
Managing cpusets on the system
The cset subcommand cset-set(1) allows
you to create and destroy arbitrary cpusets on the system and assign arbitrary
cpus and memory nodes to them. The cpusets so created have to follow the Linux
kernel cpuset rules. See the cset-set(1) subcommand for more
details.
Managing processes that run on various system cpusets
The cset subcommand cset-proc(1) allows
you to manage processes running on various cpusets created on the system. You
can exec new processes in specific cpusets and move tasks around existing
cpusets. See the cset-proc(1) subcommand for more details.
OPTIONS¶
The following generic option flags are available. Additional options are available per-command, and documented in the command-specific documentation. cset --versionDisplay version information and exits.
cset --help
Prints the synopsis and a list of all
commands.
cset --log <filename>
Creates a log file for the current run. All
manner of useful information is stored in this file. This is usually used to
debug cset when things don’t go as planned.
cset --machine
Makes cset output information for all
operations in a format that is machine readable (i.e. easy to parse).
cset --tohex <CPUSPEC>
Converts a CPUSPEC (see cset-set(1) for
definition) to a hexadecimal number and outputs it. Useful for setting IRQ
stub affinity to a cpuset definition.
CSET COMMANDS¶
The cset commands are divided into groups, according to the primary purpose of those commands. Following is a short description of each command. A more detailed description is available in individual command manpages. Those manpages are named cset-<command>(1). The first command, help, is especially useful as it prints out a long summary of what a particular command does. cset help commandprint out a lengthy summary of how the
specified subcommand works
cset command --help
print out an extended synopsis of the
specified subcommand
cset shield
supercommand to set up and manage basic
shielding (see cset-shield(1))
cset set
create, modify and destroy cpusets (see
cset-set(1))
cset proc
create and manage processes within cpusets
(see cset-proc(1))
PERSISTENT CPUSETS¶
To create a persistent cpuset setup, i.e. one that survives a reboot, you need to create the file /etc/init.d/cset. This distribuition of cset includes an example cset init.d file found in /usr/share/doc/pacakges/cpuset which is called cset.init.d. You will need to alter the file to your specifications and copy it to be the file /etc/init.d/cset. See the comments in that file for more details.FILES¶
If used, the init.d script /etc/init.d/cset starts and stops a cpuset configuration on boot and poweroff.Specify the mountpoint where the cpuset
filesystem is to be mounted. By default this is /cpusets; however, some
people prefer to mount this in the more traditional /dev/cpusets.
LICENSE¶
Cpuset is licensed under the GNU GPL V2 only.COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Novell Inc.AUTHOR¶
Written by Alex Tsariounov <alext@novell.com>SEE ALSO¶
cset-set(1), cset-proc(1), cset-shield(1)06/09/2011 | [FIXME: source] |