# Processor Affinity

Processor affinity is the binding of processes or threads to selected processors or processing resources, restricting where they can run to improve performance and resource management.

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## CPU Pinning and CPU Sets

DevFeed: [CPU Pinning and CPU Sets](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cpu-pinning-and-cpu-sets-30167.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.netmeister.org/blog/cpu-pinning-and-sets.html>)

Published: 2020-12-04T04:21:24Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Signs of Triviality](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signs-of-triviality.md>)

Topics: [Processor Affinity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processor-affinity.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [processor-affinity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processor-affinity.md>)

### AI overview

A summary of confining processes to individual CPUs using Processor Affinity, also called CPU Pinning, and CPU sets on NetBSD.

### Source excerpt

A summary of how to confine processes to individual CPUs, using Processor Affinity (aka 'CPU Pinning') and CPU sets on NetBSD.