The tuned tool fails to set affinity of a thread or process with "Invalid Argument"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to set affinity of a kernel thread or zombie process.
  • Receiving Invalid Argument when using taskset.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • tuned-2.8.0-5.el7_4.2

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