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    lib/cpumask: add FORCE_NR_CPUS config option · 6f9c07be
    Yury Norov authored
    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: default avatarYury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
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