Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel/smp: Make the SMP boot message common on all arches

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 01:34:52 EST


Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> * Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> @@ -564,8 +560,11 @@ void __init smp_init(void)
>> cpu_up(cpu);
>> }
>>
>> + num_nodes = num_online_nodes();
>> + pr_info("smp: Brought up %d node%s, %d CPUs\n",
>> + num_nodes, (num_nodes > 1 ? "s" : ""), num_online_cpus());
>
> No objections - but pedantry requires me to mention that while we are evolving
> this code and changing the strings I think we should make the CPU announcement
> CPU%s smart as well: an SMP kernel on a single CPU bootup will result in
> num_online_cpus() == 1, right?

Yeah that makes sense. I don't often boot any single CPU systems, but I
tested with maxcpus=1 and it does look nicer:

smp: Brought up 2 nodes, 1 CPU


Will send a v2.

cheers