How to allocate a cpu core for kernel process?

[mschoi]

Hi all,

My system has Intel Xeon 4-core cpu(hyperthreading 8-core) and run 64-bit linux.
I want to allocate one core for general process(kernel process & other processes).
And then, I want to allocate the rest of core for the specific multi-thread program.

Q1:
I know that I can pthread_setaffinity() for user-mode thread and mpstat for monitoring. So, how can I allocate a core for kernel process and monitor it?

Q2:
How can I restrict use of the cores for the multi-thread program? I don't want kernel process to use the cores for the multi-thread program.

Thanks.

[Rubberman]

Please move this thread to "The Linux Kernel" forum. You'll get better answers there.