[PATCH -v2 1/5] use nr_cpus= to set nr_cpu_ids early

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Tue Jan 12 2010 - 18:19:25 EST


on x86, before prefill_possible_map(), nr_cpu_ids will be NR_CPUS aka CONFIG_NR_CPUS

add nr_cpus= to set nr_cpu_ids. so we can simulate cpus <=8 are installed on
normal config.

-v2: accordging to Christoph, acpi_numa_init should use nr_cpu_ids in stead of
NR_CPUS.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 7 ++++---
drivers/acpi/numa.c | 4 ++--
init/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/init/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/init/main.c
+++ linux-2.6/init/main.c
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ static int __init nosmp(char *str)

early_param("nosmp", nosmp);

+/* this is hard limit */
+static int __init nrcpus(char *str)
+{
+ int nr_cpus;
+
+ get_option(&str, &nr_cpus);
+ if (nr_cpus > 0 && nr_cpus < nr_cpu_ids)
+ nr_cpu_ids = nr_cpus;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("nr_cpus", nrcpus);
+
static int __init maxcpus(char *str)
{
get_option(&str, &setup_max_cpus);
Index: linux-2.6/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c
@@ -883,8 +883,8 @@ __init void prefill_possible_map(void)

possible = available_cpus + additional_cpus;

- if (possible > NR_CPUS)
- possible = NR_CPUS;
+ if (possible > nr_cpu_ids)
+ possible = nr_cpu_ids;

printk(KERN_INFO "SMP: Allowing %d CPUs, %d hotplug CPUs\n",
possible, max((possible - available_cpus), 0));
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1213,11 +1213,12 @@ __init void prefill_possible_map(void)

total_cpus = max_t(int, possible, num_processors + disabled_cpus);

- if (possible > CONFIG_NR_CPUS) {
+ /* nr_cpu_ids could be reduced via nr_cpus= */
+ if (possible > nr_cpu_ids) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
"%d Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of %d\n",
- possible, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
- possible = CONFIG_NR_CPUS;
+ possible, nr_cpu_ids);
+ possible = nr_cpu_ids;
}

printk(KERN_INFO "SMP: Allowing %d CPUs, %d hotplug CPUs\n",
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/numa.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/acpi/numa.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/acpi/numa.c
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@ int __init acpi_numa_init(void)
/* SRAT: Static Resource Affinity Table */
if (!acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_SRAT, acpi_parse_srat)) {
acpi_table_parse_srat(ACPI_SRAT_TYPE_X2APIC_CPU_AFFINITY,
- acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity, NR_CPUS);
+ acpi_parse_x2apic_affinity, nr_cpu_ids);
acpi_table_parse_srat(ACPI_SRAT_TYPE_CPU_AFFINITY,
- acpi_parse_processor_affinity, NR_CPUS);
+ acpi_parse_processor_affinity, nr_cpu_ids);
ret = acpi_table_parse_srat(ACPI_SRAT_TYPE_MEMORY_AFFINITY,
acpi_parse_memory_affinity,
NR_NODE_MEMBLKS);
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