pbind — Control and Query Bindings of Processes to Processors

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/pbind -b processor-id
						pid...
/usr/sbin/pbind -u pid...
/usr/sbin/pbind [-q][pid...]

Description

In a multiprocessor environment you can use the pbind command to bind all the lightweight processes (LWPs) of a process to a specific processor, to remove a binding, and to show whether a process is bound to a particular CPU. If the process is not bound, pbind doesn't show on which CPU it is executing.

Note

Using pbind to bind a process cannot guarantee exclusive use of a processor by a process. It simply executes the process only on the specified CPU unless the process needs a resource owned by another CPU. Other processes can also use the processor.

Bindings are inherited, ...

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