[PATCH] adjust nosmp handling

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 03:31:21 EST


Especially when !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU, avoid needlessy allocating
resources for CPUs that can never become available.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>

init/main.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.22-rc4/init/main.c 2007-06-11 18:10:51.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.22-rc4-nosmp/init/main.c 2007-06-11 09:10:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -132,20 +132,9 @@ static char *static_command_line;
static char *execute_command;
static char *ramdisk_execute_command;

+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/* Setup configured maximum number of CPUs to activate */
-static unsigned int max_cpus = NR_CPUS;
-
-/*
- * If set, this is an indication to the drivers that reset the underlying
- * device before going ahead with the initialization otherwise driver might
- * rely on the BIOS and skip the reset operation.
- *
- * This is useful if kernel is booting in an unreliable environment.
- * For ex. kdump situaiton where previous kernel has crashed, BIOS has been
- * skipped and devices will be in unknown state.
- */
-unsigned int reset_devices;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_devices);
+static unsigned int __initdata max_cpus = NR_CPUS;

/*
* Setup routine for controlling SMP activation
@@ -160,10 +149,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_devices);
static int __init nosmp(char *str)
{
max_cpus = 0;
- return 1;
+ return 0;
}

-__setup("nosmp", nosmp);
+early_param("nosmp", nosmp);

static int __init maxcpus(char *str)
{
@@ -172,6 +161,21 @@ static int __init maxcpus(char *str)
}

__setup("maxcpus=", maxcpus);
+#else
+#define max_cpus NR_CPUS
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * If set, this is an indication to the drivers that reset the underlying
+ * device before going ahead with the initialization otherwise driver might
+ * rely on the BIOS and skip the reset operation.
+ *
+ * This is useful if kernel is booting in an unreliable environment.
+ * For ex. kdump situaiton where previous kernel has crashed, BIOS has been
+ * skipped and devices will be in unknown state.
+ */
+unsigned int reset_devices;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_devices);

static int __init set_reset_devices(char *str)
{
@@ -385,6 +389,10 @@ static void __init smp_init(void)
{
unsigned int cpu;

+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+ cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map;
+#endif
+
/* FIXME: This should be done in userspace --RR */
for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
if (num_online_cpus() >= max_cpus)
@@ -525,6 +533,10 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
setup_arch(&command_line);
setup_command_line(command_line);
unwind_setup();
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+ if (max_cpus < 2)
+ cpu_possible_map = cpu_online_map;
+#endif
setup_per_cpu_areas();
smp_prepare_boot_cpu(); /* arch-specific boot-cpu hooks */




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