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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
index 3393fc08823..f74319a8065 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -880,6 +880,9 @@ static __init void disable_smp(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+
+int additional_cpus __initdata = -1;
+
/*
* cpu_possible_map should be static, it cannot change as cpu's
* are onlined, or offlined. The reason is per-cpu data-structures
@@ -888,14 +891,38 @@ static __init void disable_smp(void)
* cpu_present_map on the other hand can change dynamically.
* In case when cpu_hotplug is not compiled, then we resort to current
* behaviour, which is cpu_possible == cpu_present.
- * If cpu-hotplug is supported, then we need to preallocate for all
- * those NR_CPUS, hence cpu_possible_map represents entire NR_CPUS range.
* - Ashok Raj
+ *
+ * Three ways to find out the number of additional hotplug CPUs:
+ * - If the BIOS specified disabled CPUs in ACPI/mptables use that.
+ * - otherwise use half of the available CPUs or 2, whatever is more.
+ * - The user can overwrite it with additional_cpus=NUM
+ * We do this because additional CPUs waste a lot of memory.
+ * -AK
*/
__init void prefill_possible_map(void)
{
int i;
- for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
+ int possible;
+
+ if (additional_cpus == -1) {
+ if (disabled_cpus > 0) {
+ additional_cpus = disabled_cpus;
+ } else {
+ additional_cpus = num_processors / 2;
+ if (additional_cpus == 0)
+ additional_cpus = 2;
+ }
+ }
+ possible = num_processors + additional_cpus;
+ if (possible > NR_CPUS)
+ possible = NR_CPUS;
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "SMP: Allowing %d CPUs, %d hotplug CPUs\n",
+ possible,
+ max_t(int, possible - num_processors, 0));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < possible; i++)
cpu_set(i, cpu_possible_map);
}
#endif
@@ -1151,6 +1178,12 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
printk(KERN_ERR "CPU %u didn't die...\n", cpu);
}
+static __init int setup_additional_cpus(char *s)
+{
+ return get_option(&s, &additional_cpus);
+}
+__setup("additional_cpus=", setup_additional_cpus);
+
#else /* ... !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
int __cpu_disable(void)