> In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211122246540.24523-100000@montezuma.mastecende.com>
> you write:
> > Also, it would make sense in the future if smp_cpus_done actually gets a
> > value denoting how many cpus are online.
>
> No. Drop the prink by all means, but smp_cpus_done() can call
> num_online_cpus() itself. It can't know how many cpus the user
> specified, however.
Doesn't that just encourage more (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) usage? If you
make max_cpus available to everyone, at least they'll have the correct cpu
count to check against. max_cpus is needed by more than bootup.
Zwane
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