isolcpus and process load balancing/scheduling within cpuset
Issue
- Cgroup cpuset is not balancing tasks on CPUs isolated via
isolcpus
kernel parameter - After kernel update, tasks are not balanced properly
- Before kernel update, tasks/processes are load balanced and automatically scheduled across CPUs including ones listed in the
isolcpus
kernel parameter
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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