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The size of cpumasks is hard-limited by compile-time parameter NR_CPUS, but defined at boot-time when kernel parses ACPI/DT tables, and stored in nr_cpu_ids. In many practical cases, number of CPUs for a target is known at compile time, and can be provided with NR_CPUS. In that case, compiler may be instructed to rely on NR_CPUS as on actual number of CPUs, not an upper limit. It allows to optimize many cpumask routines and significantly shrink size of the kernel image. This patch adds FORCE_NR_CPUS option to teach the compiler to rely on NR_CPUS and enable corresponding optimizations. If FORCE_NR_CPUS=y, kernel will not set nr_cpu_ids at boot, but only check that the actual number of possible CPUs is equal to NR_CPUS, and WARN if that doesn't hold. The new option is especially useful in embedded applications because kernel configurations are unique for each SoC, the number of CPUs is constant and known well, and memory limitations are typically harder. For my 4-CPU ARM64 build with NR_CPUS=4, FORCE_NR_CPUS=y saves 46KB: add/remove: 3/4 grow/shrink: 46/729 up/down: 652/-46952 (-46300) Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.