Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] support for bitmap (and hence CPU) list "N" abbreviation

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Feb 10 2021 - 11:29:05 EST


On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 05:58:59PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The basic objective here was to add support for "nohz_full=8-N" and/or
> "rcu_nocbs="4-N" -- essentially introduce "N" as a portable reference
> to the last core, evaluated at boot for anything using a CPU list.

I thought we kinda agreed that N is confusing and L is better.
N to me is equal to 32 on 32 core system as *number of cores / CPUs*. While L
sounds better as *last available CPU number*.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko