Re: [PATCH] arm64: allow NR_CPUS=1 for non-SMP and adjust default accordingly

[Catalin Marinas]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 10:26:39PM +0530, Suchit Karunakaran wrote:
> The arm64 Kconfig for NR_CPUS previously required a minimum of 2 CPUs.
> This patch changes the minimum allowed CPUs to 1, enabling single-core
> non-SMP configurations.

Do you have such single-core system?

>  config NR_CPUS
> -	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-4096)"
> -	range 2 4096
> -	default "512"
> +	int "Maximum number of CPUs (1-4096)"
> +	range 1 4096
> +	default "1" if !SMP
> +	default "512" if SMP

It's been some time since we forced CONFIG_SMP always on for arm64.

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Catalin