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The help text of NR_CPUS says that the maximum number of CPUs supported without CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is 512. However, NR_CPUS_RANGE_END allows this limit to be bypassed by MAXSMP even if CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is not set. This scenario can currently only happen in the RT tree, since it has "select CPUMASK_OFFSTACK if !PREEMPT_RT_FULL" in MAXSMP. However, even if we ignore the RT tree, checking for MAXSMP in addition to CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is redundant. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Mike Travis <mike.travis@hpe.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191012070054.28657-1-swood@redhat.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.