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kthread: Comment on the purpose and placement of kthread_affine_node() call
authorFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:52:04 +0000 (16:52 +0200)
committerFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 14:23:35 +0000 (15:23 +0100)
commit60ba9c38b9316efa3eb1c8a927bee6f8a4f101a5
tree534ef46b9523bb94561f419aefc76568435b67c4
parente894f633980804a528a2d6996c4ea651df631632
kthread: Comment on the purpose and placement of kthread_affine_node() call

It may not appear obvious why kthread_affine_node() is not called before
the kthread creation completion instead of after the first wake-up.

The reason is that kthread_affine_node() applies a default affinity
behaviour that only takes place if no affinity preference have already
been passed by the kthread creation call site.

Add a comment to clarify that.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
kernel/kthread.c