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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * Copyright (C) 2021 Red Hat Inc, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
4  */
5 
6 #define _GNU_SOURCE
7 #include <dirent.h>
8 #include <stdarg.h>
9 #include <stdlib.h>
10 #include <string.h>
11 #include <unistd.h>
12 #include <ctype.h>
13 #include <errno.h>
14 #include <fcntl.h>
15 #include <sched.h>
16 #include <stdio.h>
17 
18 #include "utils.h"
19 
20 #define MAX_MSG_LENGTH	1024
21 int config_debug;
22 
23 /*
24  * err_msg - print an error message to the stderr
25  */
26 void err_msg(const char *fmt, ...)
27 {
28 	char message[MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
29 	va_list ap;
30 
31 	va_start(ap, fmt);
32 	vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), fmt, ap);
33 	va_end(ap);
34 
35 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
36 }
37 
38 /*
39  * debug_msg - print a debug message to stderr if debug is set
40  */
41 void debug_msg(const char *fmt, ...)
42 {
43 	char message[MAX_MSG_LENGTH];
44 	va_list ap;
45 
46 	if (!config_debug)
47 		return;
48 
49 	va_start(ap, fmt);
50 	vsnprintf(message, sizeof(message), fmt, ap);
51 	va_end(ap);
52 
53 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
54 }
55 
56 /*
57  * get_llong_from_str - get a long long int from a string
58  */
59 long long get_llong_from_str(char *start)
60 {
61 	long long value;
62 	char *end;
63 
64 	errno = 0;
65 	value = strtoll(start, &end, 10);
66 	if (errno || start == end)
67 		return -1;
68 
69 	return value;
70 }
71 
72 /*
73  * get_duration - fill output with a human readable duration since start_time
74  */
75 void get_duration(time_t start_time, char *output, int output_size)
76 {
77 	time_t now = time(NULL);
78 	struct tm *tm_info;
79 	time_t duration;
80 
81 	duration = difftime(now, start_time);
82 	tm_info = gmtime(&duration);
83 
84 	snprintf(output, output_size, "%3d %02d:%02d:%02d",
85 			tm_info->tm_yday,
86 			tm_info->tm_hour,
87 			tm_info->tm_min,
88 			tm_info->tm_sec);
89 }
90 
91 /*
92  * parse_cpu_set - parse a cpu_list filling cpu_set_t argument
93  *
94  * Receives a cpu list, like 1-3,5 (cpus 1, 2, 3, 5), and then set
95  * filling cpu_set_t argument.
96  *
97  * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
98  */
99 int parse_cpu_set(char *cpu_list, cpu_set_t *set)
100 {
101 	const char *p;
102 	int end_cpu;
103 	int nr_cpus;
104 	int cpu;
105 	int i;
106 
107 	CPU_ZERO(set);
108 
109 	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
110 
111 	for (p = cpu_list; *p; ) {
112 		cpu = atoi(p);
113 		if (cpu < 0 || (!cpu && *p != '0') || cpu >= nr_cpus)
114 			goto err;
115 
116 		while (isdigit(*p))
117 			p++;
118 		if (*p == '-') {
119 			p++;
120 			end_cpu = atoi(p);
121 			if (end_cpu < cpu || (!end_cpu && *p != '0') || end_cpu >= nr_cpus)
122 				goto err;
123 			while (isdigit(*p))
124 				p++;
125 		} else
126 			end_cpu = cpu;
127 
128 		if (cpu == end_cpu) {
129 			debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", cpu);
130 			CPU_SET(cpu, set);
131 		} else {
132 			for (i = cpu; i <= end_cpu; i++) {
133 				debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", i);
134 				CPU_SET(i, set);
135 			}
136 		}
137 
138 		if (*p == ',')
139 			p++;
140 	}
141 
142 	return 0;
143 err:
144 	debug_msg("Error parsing the cpu set %s\n", cpu_list);
145 	return 1;
146 }
147 
148 /*
149  * parse_duration - parse duration with s/m/h/d suffix converting it to seconds
150  */
151 long parse_seconds_duration(char *val)
152 {
153 	char *end;
154 	long t;
155 
156 	t = strtol(val, &end, 10);
157 
158 	if (end) {
159 		switch (*end) {
160 		case 's':
161 		case 'S':
162 			break;
163 		case 'm':
164 		case 'M':
165 			t *= 60;
166 			break;
167 		case 'h':
168 		case 'H':
169 			t *= 60 * 60;
170 			break;
171 
172 		case 'd':
173 		case 'D':
174 			t *= 24 * 60 * 60;
175 			break;
176 		}
177 	}
178 
179 	return t;
180 }
181 
182 /*
183  * parse_ns_duration - parse duration with ns/us/ms/s converting it to nanoseconds
184  */
185 long parse_ns_duration(char *val)
186 {
187 	char *end;
188 	long t;
189 
190 	t = strtol(val, &end, 10);
191 
192 	if (end) {
193 		if (!strncmp(end, "ns", 2)) {
194 			return t;
195 		} else if (!strncmp(end, "us", 2)) {
196 			t *= 1000;
197 			return t;
198 		} else if (!strncmp(end, "ms", 2)) {
199 			t *= 1000 * 1000;
200 			return t;
201 		} else if (!strncmp(end, "s", 1)) {
202 			t *= 1000 * 1000 * 1000;
203 			return t;
204 		}
205 		return -1;
206 	}
207 
208 	return t;
209 }
210 
211 /*
212  * This is a set of helper functions to use SCHED_DEADLINE.
213  */
214 #ifdef __x86_64__
215 # define __NR_sched_setattr	314
216 # define __NR_sched_getattr	315
217 #elif __i386__
218 # define __NR_sched_setattr	351
219 # define __NR_sched_getattr	352
220 #elif __arm__
221 # define __NR_sched_setattr	380
222 # define __NR_sched_getattr	381
223 #elif __aarch64__ || __riscv
224 # define __NR_sched_setattr	274
225 # define __NR_sched_getattr	275
226 #elif __powerpc__
227 # define __NR_sched_setattr	355
228 # define __NR_sched_getattr	356
229 #elif __s390x__
230 # define __NR_sched_setattr	345
231 # define __NR_sched_getattr	346
232 #endif
233 
234 #define SCHED_DEADLINE		6
235 
236 static inline int sched_setattr(pid_t pid, const struct sched_attr *attr,
237 				unsigned int flags) {
238 	return syscall(__NR_sched_setattr, pid, attr, flags);
239 }
240 
241 static inline int sched_getattr(pid_t pid, struct sched_attr *attr,
242 				unsigned int size, unsigned int flags)
243 {
244 	return syscall(__NR_sched_getattr, pid, attr, size, flags);
245 }
246 
247 int __set_sched_attr(int pid, struct sched_attr *attr)
248 {
249 	int flags = 0;
250 	int retval;
251 
252 	retval = sched_setattr(pid, attr, flags);
253 	if (retval < 0) {
254 		err_msg("Failed to set sched attributes to the pid %d: %s\n",
255 			pid, strerror(errno));
256 		return 1;
257 	}
258 
259 	return 0;
260 }
261 
262 /*
263  * procfs_is_workload_pid - check if a procfs entry contains a comm_prefix* comm
264  *
265  * Check if the procfs entry is a directory of a process, and then check if the
266  * process has a comm with the prefix set in char *comm_prefix. As the
267  * current users of this function only check for kernel threads, there is no
268  * need to check for the threads for the process.
269  *
270  * Return: True if the proc_entry contains a comm file with comm_prefix*.
271  * Otherwise returns false.
272  */
273 static int procfs_is_workload_pid(const char *comm_prefix, struct dirent *proc_entry)
274 {
275 	char buffer[MAX_PATH];
276 	int comm_fd, retval;
277 	char *t_name;
278 
279 	if (proc_entry->d_type != DT_DIR)
280 		return 0;
281 
282 	if (*proc_entry->d_name == '.')
283 		return 0;
284 
285 	/* check if the string is a pid */
286 	for (t_name = proc_entry->d_name; t_name; t_name++) {
287 		if (!isdigit(*t_name))
288 			break;
289 	}
290 
291 	if (*t_name != '\0')
292 		return 0;
293 
294 	snprintf(buffer, MAX_PATH, "/proc/%s/comm", proc_entry->d_name);
295 	comm_fd = open(buffer, O_RDONLY);
296 	if (comm_fd < 0)
297 		return 0;
298 
299 	memset(buffer, 0, MAX_PATH);
300 	retval = read(comm_fd, buffer, MAX_PATH);
301 
302 	close(comm_fd);
303 
304 	if (retval <= 0)
305 		return 0;
306 
307 	retval = strncmp(comm_prefix, buffer, strlen(comm_prefix));
308 	if (retval)
309 		return 0;
310 
311 	/* comm already have \n */
312 	debug_msg("Found workload pid:%s comm:%s", proc_entry->d_name, buffer);
313 
314 	return 1;
315 }
316 
317 /*
318  * set_comm_sched_attr - set sched params to threads starting with char *comm_prefix
319  *
320  * This function uses procfs to list the currently running threads and then set the
321  * sched_attr *attr to the threads that start with char *comm_prefix. It is
322  * mainly used to set the priority to the kernel threads created by the
323  * tracers.
324  */
325 int set_comm_sched_attr(const char *comm_prefix, struct sched_attr *attr)
326 {
327 	struct dirent *proc_entry;
328 	DIR *procfs;
329 	int retval;
330 
331 	if (strlen(comm_prefix) >= MAX_PATH) {
332 		err_msg("Command prefix is too long: %d < strlen(%s)\n",
333 			MAX_PATH, comm_prefix);
334 		return 1;
335 	}
336 
337 	procfs = opendir("/proc");
338 	if (!procfs) {
339 		err_msg("Could not open procfs\n");
340 		return 1;
341 	}
342 
343 	while ((proc_entry = readdir(procfs))) {
344 
345 		retval = procfs_is_workload_pid(comm_prefix, proc_entry);
346 		if (!retval)
347 			continue;
348 
349 		/* procfs_is_workload_pid confirmed it is a pid */
350 		retval = __set_sched_attr(atoi(proc_entry->d_name), attr);
351 		if (retval) {
352 			err_msg("Error setting sched attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
353 			goto out_err;
354 		}
355 
356 		debug_msg("Set sched attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
357 	}
358 	return 0;
359 
360 out_err:
361 	closedir(procfs);
362 	return 1;
363 }
364 
365 #define INVALID_VAL	(~0L)
366 static long get_long_ns_after_colon(char *start)
367 {
368 	long val = INVALID_VAL;
369 
370 	/* find the ":" */
371 	start = strstr(start, ":");
372 	if (!start)
373 		return -1;
374 
375 	/* skip ":" */
376 	start++;
377 	val = parse_ns_duration(start);
378 
379 	return val;
380 }
381 
382 static long get_long_after_colon(char *start)
383 {
384 	long val = INVALID_VAL;
385 
386 	/* find the ":" */
387 	start = strstr(start, ":");
388 	if (!start)
389 		return -1;
390 
391 	/* skip ":" */
392 	start++;
393 	val = get_llong_from_str(start);
394 
395 	return val;
396 }
397 
398 /*
399  * parse priority in the format:
400  * SCHED_OTHER:
401  *		o:<prio>
402  *		O:<prio>
403  * SCHED_RR:
404  *		r:<prio>
405  *		R:<prio>
406  * SCHED_FIFO:
407  *		f:<prio>
408  *		F:<prio>
409  * SCHED_DEADLINE:
410  *		d:runtime:period
411  *		D:runtime:period
412  */
413 int parse_prio(char *arg, struct sched_attr *sched_param)
414 {
415 	long prio;
416 	long runtime;
417 	long period;
418 
419 	memset(sched_param, 0, sizeof(*sched_param));
420 	sched_param->size = sizeof(*sched_param);
421 
422 	switch (arg[0]) {
423 	case 'd':
424 	case 'D':
425 		/* d:runtime:period */
426 		if (strlen(arg) < 4)
427 			return -1;
428 
429 		runtime = get_long_ns_after_colon(arg);
430 		if (runtime == INVALID_VAL)
431 			return -1;
432 
433 		period = get_long_ns_after_colon(&arg[2]);
434 		if (period == INVALID_VAL)
435 			return -1;
436 
437 		if (runtime > period)
438 			return -1;
439 
440 		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_DEADLINE;
441 		sched_param->sched_runtime  = runtime;
442 		sched_param->sched_deadline = period;
443 		sched_param->sched_period   = period;
444 		break;
445 	case 'f':
446 	case 'F':
447 		/* f:prio */
448 		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
449 		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
450 			return -1;
451 
452 		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_FIFO))
453 			return -1;
454 		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO))
455 			return -1;
456 
457 		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_FIFO;
458 		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
459 		break;
460 	case 'r':
461 	case 'R':
462 		/* r:prio */
463 		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
464 		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
465 			return -1;
466 
467 		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_RR))
468 			return -1;
469 		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_RR))
470 			return -1;
471 
472 		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_RR;
473 		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
474 		break;
475 	case 'o':
476 	case 'O':
477 		/* o:prio */
478 		prio = get_long_after_colon(arg);
479 		if (prio == INVALID_VAL)
480 			return -1;
481 
482 		if (prio < sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_OTHER))
483 			return -1;
484 		if (prio > sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_OTHER))
485 			return -1;
486 
487 		sched_param->sched_policy   = SCHED_OTHER;
488 		sched_param->sched_priority = prio;
489 		break;
490 	default:
491 		return -1;
492 	}
493 	return 0;
494 }
495 
496 /*
497  * set_cpu_dma_latency - set the /dev/cpu_dma_latecy
498  *
499  * This is used to reduce the exit from idle latency. The value
500  * will be reset once the file descriptor of /dev/cpu_dma_latecy
501  * is closed.
502  *
503  * Return: the /dev/cpu_dma_latecy file descriptor
504  */
505 int set_cpu_dma_latency(int32_t latency)
506 {
507 	int retval;
508 	int fd;
509 
510 	fd = open("/dev/cpu_dma_latency", O_RDWR);
511 	if (fd < 0) {
512 		err_msg("Error opening /dev/cpu_dma_latency\n");
513 		return -1;
514 	}
515 
516 	retval = write(fd, &latency, 4);
517 	if (retval < 1) {
518 		err_msg("Error setting /dev/cpu_dma_latency\n");
519 		close(fd);
520 		return -1;
521 	}
522 
523 	debug_msg("Set /dev/cpu_dma_latency to %d\n", latency);
524 
525 	return fd;
526 }
527 
528 #define _STR(x) #x
529 #define STR(x) _STR(x)
530 
531 /*
532  * find_mount - find a the mount point of a given fs
533  *
534  * Returns 0 if mount is not found, otherwise return 1 and fill mp
535  * with the mount point.
536  */
537 static const int find_mount(const char *fs, char *mp, int sizeof_mp)
538 {
539 	char mount_point[MAX_PATH];
540 	char type[100];
541 	int found;
542 	FILE *fp;
543 
544 	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
545 	if (!fp)
546 		return 0;
547 
548 	while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n",	mount_point, type) == 2) {
549 		if (strcmp(type, fs) == 0) {
550 			found = 1;
551 			break;
552 		}
553 	}
554 	fclose(fp);
555 
556 	if (!found)
557 		return 0;
558 
559 	memset(mp, 0, sizeof_mp);
560 	strncpy(mp, mount_point, sizeof_mp - 1);
561 
562 	debug_msg("Fs %s found at %s\n", fs, mp);
563 	return 1;
564 }
565 
566 /*
567  * get_self_cgroup - get the current thread cgroup path
568  *
569  * Parse /proc/$$/cgroup file to get the thread's cgroup. As an example of line to parse:
570  *
571  * 0::/user.slice/user-0.slice/session-3.scope'\n'
572  *
573  * This function is interested in the content after the second : and before the '\n'.
574  *
575  * Returns 1 if a string was found, 0 otherwise.
576  */
577 static int get_self_cgroup(char *self_cg, int sizeof_self_cg)
578 {
579 	char path[MAX_PATH], *start;
580 	int fd, retval;
581 
582 	snprintf(path, MAX_PATH, "/proc/%d/cgroup", getpid());
583 
584 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
585 	if (fd < 0)
586 		return 0;
587 
588 	retval = read(fd, path, MAX_PATH);
589 
590 	close(fd);
591 
592 	if (retval <= 0)
593 		return 0;
594 
595 	start = path;
596 
597 	start = strstr(start, ":");
598 	if (!start)
599 		return 0;
600 
601 	/* skip ":" */
602 	start++;
603 
604 	start = strstr(start, ":");
605 	if (!start)
606 		return 0;
607 
608 	/* skip ":" */
609 	start++;
610 
611 	if (strlen(start) >= sizeof_self_cg)
612 		return 0;
613 
614 	snprintf(self_cg, sizeof_self_cg, "%s", start);
615 
616 	/* Swap '\n' with '\0' */
617 	start = strstr(self_cg, "\n");
618 
619 	/* there must be '\n' */
620 	if (!start)
621 		return 0;
622 
623 	/* ok, it found a string after the second : and before the \n */
624 	*start = '\0';
625 
626 	return 1;
627 }
628 
629 /*
630  * set_comm_cgroup - Set cgroup to pid_t pid
631  *
632  * If cgroup argument is not NULL, the threads will move to the given cgroup.
633  * Otherwise, the cgroup of the calling, i.e., rtla, thread will be used.
634  *
635  * Supports cgroup v2.
636  *
637  * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
638  */
639 int set_pid_cgroup(pid_t pid, const char *cgroup)
640 {
641 	char cgroup_path[MAX_PATH - strlen("/cgroup.procs")];
642 	char cgroup_procs[MAX_PATH];
643 	char pid_str[24];
644 	int retval;
645 	int cg_fd;
646 
647 	retval = find_mount("cgroup2", cgroup_path, sizeof(cgroup_path));
648 	if (!retval) {
649 		err_msg("Did not find cgroupv2 mount point\n");
650 		return 0;
651 	}
652 
653 	if (!cgroup) {
654 		retval = get_self_cgroup(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
655 				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path));
656 		if (!retval) {
657 			err_msg("Did not find self cgroup\n");
658 			return 0;
659 		}
660 	} else {
661 		snprintf(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
662 				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path), "%s/", cgroup);
663 	}
664 
665 	snprintf(cgroup_procs, MAX_PATH, "%s/cgroup.procs", cgroup_path);
666 
667 	debug_msg("Using cgroup path at: %s\n", cgroup_procs);
668 
669 	cg_fd = open(cgroup_procs, O_RDWR);
670 	if (cg_fd < 0)
671 		return 0;
672 
673 	snprintf(pid_str, sizeof(pid_str), "%d\n", pid);
674 
675 	retval = write(cg_fd, pid_str, strlen(pid_str));
676 	if (retval < 0)
677 		err_msg("Error setting cgroup attributes for pid:%s - %s\n",
678 				pid_str, strerror(errno));
679 	else
680 		debug_msg("Set cgroup attributes for pid:%s\n", pid_str);
681 
682 	close(cg_fd);
683 
684 	return (retval >= 0);
685 }
686 
687 /**
688  * set_comm_cgroup - Set cgroup to threads starting with char *comm_prefix
689  *
690  * If cgroup argument is not NULL, the threads will move to the given cgroup.
691  * Otherwise, the cgroup of the calling, i.e., rtla, thread will be used.
692  *
693  * Supports cgroup v2.
694  *
695  * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
696  */
697 int set_comm_cgroup(const char *comm_prefix, const char *cgroup)
698 {
699 	char cgroup_path[MAX_PATH - strlen("/cgroup.procs")];
700 	char cgroup_procs[MAX_PATH];
701 	struct dirent *proc_entry;
702 	DIR *procfs;
703 	int retval;
704 	int cg_fd;
705 
706 	if (strlen(comm_prefix) >= MAX_PATH) {
707 		err_msg("Command prefix is too long: %d < strlen(%s)\n",
708 			MAX_PATH, comm_prefix);
709 		return 0;
710 	}
711 
712 	retval = find_mount("cgroup2", cgroup_path, sizeof(cgroup_path));
713 	if (!retval) {
714 		err_msg("Did not find cgroupv2 mount point\n");
715 		return 0;
716 	}
717 
718 	if (!cgroup) {
719 		retval = get_self_cgroup(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
720 				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path));
721 		if (!retval) {
722 			err_msg("Did not find self cgroup\n");
723 			return 0;
724 		}
725 	} else {
726 		snprintf(&cgroup_path[strlen(cgroup_path)],
727 				sizeof(cgroup_path) - strlen(cgroup_path), "%s/", cgroup);
728 	}
729 
730 	snprintf(cgroup_procs, MAX_PATH, "%s/cgroup.procs", cgroup_path);
731 
732 	debug_msg("Using cgroup path at: %s\n", cgroup_procs);
733 
734 	cg_fd = open(cgroup_procs, O_RDWR);
735 	if (cg_fd < 0)
736 		return 0;
737 
738 	procfs = opendir("/proc");
739 	if (!procfs) {
740 		err_msg("Could not open procfs\n");
741 		goto out_cg;
742 	}
743 
744 	while ((proc_entry = readdir(procfs))) {
745 
746 		retval = procfs_is_workload_pid(comm_prefix, proc_entry);
747 		if (!retval)
748 			continue;
749 
750 		retval = write(cg_fd, proc_entry->d_name, strlen(proc_entry->d_name));
751 		if (retval < 0) {
752 			err_msg("Error setting cgroup attributes for pid:%s - %s\n",
753 				proc_entry->d_name, strerror(errno));
754 			goto out_procfs;
755 		}
756 
757 		debug_msg("Set cgroup attributes for pid:%s\n", proc_entry->d_name);
758 	}
759 
760 	closedir(procfs);
761 	close(cg_fd);
762 	return 1;
763 
764 out_procfs:
765 	closedir(procfs);
766 out_cg:
767 	close(cg_fd);
768 	return 0;
769 }
770 
771 /**
772  * auto_house_keeping - Automatically move rtla out of measurement threads
773  *
774  * Try to move rtla away from the tracer, if possible.
775  *
776  * Returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise.
777  */
778 int auto_house_keeping(cpu_set_t *monitored_cpus)
779 {
780 	cpu_set_t rtla_cpus, house_keeping_cpus;
781 	int retval;
782 
783 	/* first get the CPUs in which rtla can actually run. */
784 	retval = sched_getaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(rtla_cpus), &rtla_cpus);
785 	if (retval == -1) {
786 		debug_msg("Could not get rtla affinity, rtla might run with the threads!\n");
787 		return 0;
788 	}
789 
790 	/* then check if the existing setup is already good. */
791 	CPU_AND(&house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus, monitored_cpus);
792 	if (!CPU_COUNT(&house_keeping_cpus)) {
793 		debug_msg("rtla and the monitored CPUs do not share CPUs.");
794 		debug_msg("Skipping auto house-keeping\n");
795 		return 1;
796 	}
797 
798 	/* remove the intersection */
799 	CPU_XOR(&house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus, monitored_cpus);
800 
801 	/* get only those that rtla can run */
802 	CPU_AND(&house_keeping_cpus, &house_keeping_cpus, &rtla_cpus);
803 
804 	/* is there any cpu left? */
805 	if (!CPU_COUNT(&house_keeping_cpus)) {
806 		debug_msg("Could not find any CPU for auto house-keeping\n");
807 		return 0;
808 	}
809 
810 	retval = sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(house_keeping_cpus), &house_keeping_cpus);
811 	if (retval == -1) {
812 		debug_msg("Could not set affinity for auto house-keeping\n");
813 		return 0;
814 	}
815 
816 	debug_msg("rtla automatically moved to an auto house-keeping cpu set\n");
817 
818 	return 1;
819 }
820