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Re: [PATCH] xen/Kconfig: Correct the NR_CPUS description

To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:37:52 +0100
Cc: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>, hanetzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:37:59 +0000
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 19.12.2020 00:38, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The description "physical CPUs" is especially wrong, as it implies the number
> of sockets, which tops out at 8 on all but the very biggest servers.
> 
> NR_CPUS is the number of logical entities the scheduler can use.
> 
> Reported-by: hanetzer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

This wasn't on xen-devel, was it?

> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

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