diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6fa55b8..88054f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ ifneq ($(findstring /usr/include/sys/event.h, $(wildcard /usr/include/sys/*.h)),
 	UQUEUE=KQUEUE
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CPU_AFFINITY), 1)
+	CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -DCPU_AFFINITY=1
+endif
+
+
 UQUEUE_SRC=backend/$(shell echo $(UQUEUE) | tr A-Z a-z).c
 SRC+=$(UQUEUE_SRC)
 
 OBJ=$(SRC:.c=.o)
-all: prepare lib
+
+all: prepare lib example
 	@echo "Done"
 
 prepare:
diff --git a/example.c b/example.c
index 3e9dac4..977bbce 100644
--- a/example.c
+++ b/example.c
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ int demo_accept(iomplx_item *item)
 int main()
 {
 	iomplx_instance m;
-	
-	iomplx_init(&m, malloc, free, NULL, 4, 4);
+	iomplx_init(&m, malloc, free, NULL, 4, 4, 0, 0);
 	iomplx_inet_listen(&m, "0.0.0.0", 2222, demo_accept, NULL);
 	iomplx_launch(&m);
 
diff --git a/iomplx.c b/iomplx.c
index beff0a3..4976fb6 100644
--- a/iomplx.c
+++ b/iomplx.c
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <iomplx.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 
 static inline void iomplx_monitor_add(iomplx_monitor *mon, iomplx_item *item)
 {
@@ -53,6 +55,28 @@ static int iomplx_dummy_call1(iomplx_item *item)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void iomplx_active_list_size_fix(unsigned int *active_list_size, unsigned int threads)
+{
+	struct rlimit rlmt;
+	unsigned int active_items = 0;
+
+	assert(threads);
+	assert(getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlmt) != -1 || rlmt.rlim_cur != 0);
+
+	if ( !active_list_size[THREAD_N] )
+		active_list_size[THREAD_N] = IOMPLX_THREAD_N_ACTIVE_ITEMS;
+
+	if ( !active_list_size[THREAD_0] )
+		active_list_size[THREAD_0] = IOMPLX_THREAD_0_ACTIVE_ITEMS;
+
+	active_items = active_list_size[THREAD_N] * threads + active_list_size[THREAD_0];
+
+	if ( active_items > rlmt.rlim_cur ) {
+		assert(active_list_size[THREAD_0] < rlmt.rlim_cur);
+		active_list_size[THREAD_N] = (rlmt.rlim_cur - active_list_size[THREAD_0]) / threads;
+	}
+}
+
 static const iomplx_callbacks iomplx_dummy_calls = {
 	.calls_arr = {iomplx_dummy_call1, iomplx_dummy_call1, iomplx_dummy_call1, iomplx_dummy_call1, iomplx_dummy_call1}
 };
@@ -250,15 +274,19 @@ iomplx_item *iomplx_item_add(iomplx_instance *mplx, iomplx_item *item, int liste
 	return item_copy;
 }
 
-void iomplx_init(iomplx_instance *mplx, alloc_func alloc, free_func free, init_func init, unsigned int threads, unsigned int timeout_granularity)
+void iomplx_init(iomplx_instance *mplx, alloc_func alloc, free_func free, init_func init, unsigned int threads, unsigned int timeout_granularity, unsigned int thread_zero_active_items, unsigned int thread_n_active_items)
 {
 	mplx->item_alloc = alloc;
 	mplx->item_free = free;
 	mplx->thread_init = init;
 	mplx->threads = threads;
-	mplx->active_list_size[THREAD_0] = 10;
-	mplx->active_list_size[THREAD_N] = IOMPLX_MAX_ACTIVE_ITEMS/threads + (IOMPLX_MAX_ACTIVE_ITEMS%threads != 0? 1 : 0);
+
+	mplx->active_list_size[THREAD_0] = thread_zero_active_items;
+	mplx->active_list_size[THREAD_N] = thread_n_active_items;
+
+	iomplx_active_list_size_fix(mplx->active_list_size, threads);
 	iomplx_monitor_init(&mplx->monitor, timeout_granularity);
+
 	uqueue_init(&mplx->accept_uqueue);
 	uqueue_init(&mplx->n_uqueue);
 }
@@ -269,11 +297,31 @@ static void iomplx_start_threads(iomplx_instance *mplx)
 	pthread_attr_t attr;
 	pthread_t unused;
 
+#if USE_CPU_AFFINITY
+	int procs = 0;
+	cpu_set_t cpu_set;
+
+	procs = (unsigned int)sysconf( _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN );
+	assert(procs != -1);
+
+	//force to processor number
+	if(mplx->threads >  procs)
+		mplx->threads = procs;
+
+	CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
+#endif
 	pthread_attr_init(&attr);
 	pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
 
-	for(i = 0; i < mplx->threads; i++)
+	for(i = 0; i < mplx->threads; i++) {
 		pthread_create(&unused, &attr, (void *(*)(void *))iomplx_thread_n, (void *)mplx);
+
+#if USE_CPU_AFFINITY
+		CPU_SET(i, &cpu_set);
+		pthread_setaffinity_np(unused, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpu_set);
+#endif
+
+	}
 }
 
 void iomplx_launch(iomplx_instance *mplx)
diff --git a/iomplx.h b/iomplx.h
index 7c51288..628c815 100644
--- a/iomplx.h
+++ b/iomplx.h
@@ -22,7 +22,20 @@
 #include <mempool.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
-#define IOMPLX_MAX_ACTIVE_ITEMS 200
+#if !defined(USE_CPU_AFFINITY)
+#define USE_CPU_AFFINITY ( CPU_AFFINITY && __linux__ )
+#endif
+
+#if USE_CPU_AFFINITY
+#if !defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+#endif
+#include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
+
+#define IOMPLX_THREAD_0_ACTIVE_ITEMS 10
+#define IOMPLX_THREAD_N_ACTIVE_ITEMS 200
 
 #define IOMPLX_READ_EVENT	1
 #define IOMPLX_WRITE_EVENT	2
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@ void iomplx_callbacks_init(iomplx_item *);
 
 iomplx_item *iomplx_item_add(iomplx_instance *, iomplx_item *, int);
 
-void iomplx_init(iomplx_instance *, alloc_func, free_func, init_func, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+void iomplx_init(iomplx_instance *, alloc_func, free_func, init_func, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 void iomplx_launch(iomplx_instance *);
 
 static inline void iomplx_item_filter_set(iomplx_item *item, int filter)