Re: [PATCH] percpu data: only iterate over possible CPUs

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Dipankar Sarma wrote:
> 
> One would think so, but I recall not all archs did that. Alpha for
> example sets up cpu_possible_map in smp_prepare_cpus(). It however
> makes more sense to fix the arch then use NR_CPUS, IMO.

Ehh? alpha does it in setup_smp(), which in turn is called very early from 
setup_arch().

Were you perhaps thinking of something else? Or am I just going blind and 
confused?

		Linus
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