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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index be9466788043..1a9941b11150 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,15 @@ void __init native_smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
check_nmi_watchdog();
}
+static int __initdata setup_possible_cpus = -1;
+static int __init _setup_possible_cpus(char *str)
+{
+ get_option(&str, &setup_possible_cpus);
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("possible_cpus", _setup_possible_cpus);
+
+
/*
* cpu_possible_map should be static, it cannot change as cpu's
* are onlined, or offlined. The reason is per-cpu data-structures
@@ -1264,7 +1273,7 @@ void __init native_smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus)
*
* Three ways to find out the number of additional hotplug CPUs:
* - If the BIOS specified disabled CPUs in ACPI/mptables use that.
- * - The user can overwrite it with additional_cpus=NUM
+ * - The user can overwrite it with possible_cpus=NUM
* - Otherwise don't reserve additional CPUs.
* We do this because additional CPUs waste a lot of memory.
* -AK
@@ -1277,9 +1286,17 @@ __init void prefill_possible_map(void)
if (!num_processors)
num_processors = 1;
- possible = num_processors + disabled_cpus;
- if (possible > NR_CPUS)
- possible = NR_CPUS;
+ if (setup_possible_cpus == -1)
+ possible = num_processors + disabled_cpus;
+ else
+ possible = setup_possible_cpus;
+
+ if (possible > CONFIG_NR_CPUS) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "%d Processors exceeds NR_CPUS limit of %d\n",
+ possible, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
+ possible = CONFIG_NR_CPUS;
+ }
printk(KERN_INFO "SMP: Allowing %d CPUs, %d hotplug CPUs\n",
possible, max_t(int, possible - num_processors, 0));