sub get_cpu_used_by_other_process
{
        my $other_mgr = shift;
        my $proc_id = locate__process_id( $other_mgr );
        my $processor = undef;
        my $pid = undef;

        my @cmd_output = `$os_command_table{$^O}{pbind} -q 2>/dev/null`;
        die "ERROR:failed to retrieve the bound processors\n" unless ( $? == 0 );
        ##### increase the weight of processors based on used or not #####
        foreach ( keys %{$proc_id} )
        {
                $pid = $$proc_id{$_};
                next unless defined $pid;
                foreach ( @cmd_output )
                {
                        $processor = $1, return \$processor if /process\s+id\s+${pid}\s*:\s*(\d+)
$/;
                }
        }
}

}