1TASKSET(1)                    Linux User's Manual                   TASKSET(1)
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NAME

6       taskset - retrieve or set a process's CPU affinity
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SYNOPSIS

9       taskset [options] mask command [arg]...
10       taskset [options] -p [mask] pid
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DESCRIPTION

13       taskset  is  used  to  set  or  retrieve  the CPU affinity of a running
14       process given its PID or to launch a  new  COMMAND  with  a  given  CPU
15       affinity.   CPU affinity is a scheduler property that "bonds" a process
16       to a given set of CPUs on the system.  The Linux scheduler  will  honor
17       the  given CPU affinity and the process will not run on any other CPUs.
18       Note that the Linux scheduler also supports natural CPU  affinity:  the
19       scheduler attempts to keep processes on the same CPU as long as practi‐
20       cal for performance reasons.  Therefore, forcing a specific CPU  affin‐
21       ity is useful only in certain applications.
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23       The CPU affinity is represented as a bitmask, with the lowest order bit
24       corresponding to the first logical CPU and the highest order bit corre‐
25       sponding  to  the  last logical CPU.  Not all CPUs may exist on a given
26       system but a mask may specify more CPUs than are present.  A  retrieved
27       mask  will  reflect only the bits that correspond to CPUs physically on
28       the system.  If an invalid mask is given (i.e., one that corresponds to
29       no  valid  CPUs on the current system) an error is returned.  The masks
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33              is processor #0
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38       0xFFFFFFFF
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41       When taskset returns, it is guaranteed that the given program has  been
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OPTIONS

45       -p, --pid
46              operate on an existing PID and not launch a new task
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48       -c, --cpu-list
49              specify  a  numerical  list  of processors instead of a bitmask.
50              The list may contain multiple items,  separated  by  comma,  and
51              ranges.  For example, 0,5,7,9-11.
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USAGE

60       The  default  behavior  is  to  run a new command with a given affinity
61       mask:
62              taskset mask command [arguments]
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64       You can also retrieve the CPU affinity of an existing task:
65              taskset -p pid
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67       Or set it:
68              taskset -p mask pid
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PERMISSIONS

71       A user must possess CAP_SYS_NICE  to  change  the  CPU  affinity  of  a
72       process.  Any user can retrieve the affinity mask.
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AUTHOR

75       Written by Robert M. Love.
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78       Copyright © 2004 Robert M. Love
79       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
80       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
81       PURPOSE.
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SEE ALSO

84       chrt(1), nice(1), renice(1), sched_setaffinity(2), sched_getaffinity(2)
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86       See  sched_setscheduler(2)  for  a  description of the Linux scheduling
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AVAILABILITY

90       The taskset command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is  avail‐
91       able from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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95schedutils                         Apr 2003                         TASKSET(1)
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