Re: [PATCH v3] cpumask: limit visibility of FORCE_NR_CPUS

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Wed Nov 16 2022 - 13:44:34 EST


On 16/11/22 09:24, Yury Norov wrote:
> In current form, FORCE_NR_CPUS is visible to all users building their
> kernels, even not experts. It is also set in allmodconfig or allyesconfig,
> which is not a correct behavior.
>
> This patch fixes it. It also changes the parameter short description:
> removes implementation details and highlights the effect of the change.
>
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v3: instead of 'choice', use !COMPILE_TEST to disable FORCE_NR_CPUS
> in all{yes,mod}config, as suggested by Linus.
> lib/Kconfig | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> index 9bbf8a4b2108..404647cd3fac 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> @@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ config CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
> stack overflow.
>
> config FORCE_NR_CPUS
> - bool "NR_CPUS is set to an actual number of CPUs"
> - depends on SMP
> + bool "Set number of CPUs at compile time"
> + depends on SMP && EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST
> help
> Say Yes if you have NR_CPUS set to an actual number of possible
> CPUs in your system, not to a default value. This forces the core
> --
> 2.34.1