[PATCH 1/1] riscv: fix NR_CPUS range leaking 64-bit default onto 32-bit builds

From: Leo Yu-Chi Liang

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 00:52:58 EST


rv32_defconfig is built in two stages:

- the generic (64-bit-oriented) "defconfig" target runs first
and resolves a concrete NR_CPUS value using the 64BIT default.
- then 32-bit.config is merged on top via merge_config.sh,
which does not touch NR_CPUS.

The final "make olddefconfig" pass sees NR_CPUS=256 is still within
the "2 512" range therefore never recalculates it against the 32BIT
default of 32, silently keeping the leaked 64-bit-stage value.

The NR_CPUS-scaled regions (percpu areas, ...etc) of the resulting
CONFIG_NR_CPUS=256 on a 32-bit build bloats and does not fit in the
percpu/stack layout for rv32 and hangs early boot on QEMU's virt machine.

Fix this by explicitly specify the range for 32/64 and SBI_V01/!SBI_V01.

Fixes: 0fa749771993 ("riscv: Raise default NR_CPUS for 64BIT to 256")
Signed-off-by: Leo Yu-Chi Liang <leo.liang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index d6c2dbf8455..5874ca30f4f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -453,9 +453,10 @@ config SMP
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-512)"
depends on SMP
- range 2 512 if !RISCV_SBI_V01
- range 2 32 if RISCV_SBI_V01 && 32BIT
+ range 2 512 if !RISCV_SBI_V01 && 64BIT
+ range 2 128 if !RISCV_SBI_V01 && 32BIT
range 2 64 if RISCV_SBI_V01 && 64BIT
+ range 2 32 if RISCV_SBI_V01 && 32BIT
default "32" if 32BIT
default "64" if RISCV_SBI_V01 && 64BIT
default "256" if !RISCV_SBI_V01 && 64BIT
--
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