Re: [PATCH 13/17] kernel/cpu: add num_possible_cpus counter

2021-12-21 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 01:20:09PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote: > Similarly to the online cpus, the cpu_possible_mask is actively used > in the kernel. This patch adds a counter for possible cpus, so that > users that call num_possible_cpus() would know the result immediately, > instead of calling the

[PATCH 13/17] kernel/cpu: add num_possible_cpus counter

2021-12-18 Thread Yury Norov
Similarly to the online cpus, the cpu_possible_mask is actively used in the kernel. This patch adds a counter for possible cpus, so that users that call num_possible_cpus() would know the result immediately, instead of calling the bitmap_weight for the mask underlying. Suggested-by: Nicholas Piggi