Re: [PATCH 02/10] init: move setup of nr_cpu_ids to as early as possiblev2

From: Mike Travis
Date: Wed Mar 26 2008 - 14:22:30 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> * Mike Travis <travis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Move the setting of nr_cpu_ids from sched_init() to
>>>> setup_per_cpu_areas(), so that it's available as early as possible.
>>> hm, why not a separate call before setup_per_cpu_areas(), so that we can
>>> avoid spreading this from generic kernel into a bunch of architectures
>>> that happen to have their own version of setup_per_cpu_areas():
>>>
>>>> 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>> Ingo
>> I had this before but I then discovered that an arch would increase
>> (and possible decrease) it's number of possible cpus in
>> setup_per_cpu_areas(). So I figured that setting nr_cpu_ids (and the
>> cpumask_of_cpu map) should be a side effect of setup_per_cpu_areas().
>
> well, then why not do it shortly after setup_per_cpu_areas()? That still
> moves it earlier than sched_init() but doesnt export all this code and
> complexity toevery setup_per_cpu_areas() implementation. (which clearly
> didnt need this complexity before)
>
> Ingo


Ok, will do.

Thanks,
Mike
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