Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] cpumask: cleanup nr_cpu_ids vs nr_cpumask_bits mess

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 04:08:15PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> cpumask subsystem uses nr_cpu_ids and nr_cpumask_bits interchangeably
> despite that the variables have different meaning and purpose. It makes
> some cpumask functions broken.
> 
> This series cleans that mess and adds new config FORCE_NR_CPUS that
> allows to optimize cpumask subsystem if the number of CPUs is known
> at compile-time.

Who will use this? Distro's can't, which means 99% of people will not
use this ever. Is it worth it?