[PATCH] arm64: allow NR_CPUS=1 for non-SMP and adjust default accordingly
Suchit Karunakaran
suchitkarunakaran at gmail.com
Thu Jul 24 09:56:39 PDT 2025
The arm64 Kconfig for NR_CPUS previously required a minimum of 2 CPUs.
This patch changes the minimum allowed CPUs to 1, enabling single-core
non-SMP configurations.
Additionally, the default value for NR_CPUS is now conditional:
- Defaults to 1 if SMP is not selected (non-SMP systems)
- Defaults to 512 if SMP is enabled
Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran at gmail.com>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 393d71124f5d..9b2970f7c5ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1528,9 +1528,10 @@ config SCHED_SMT
places. If unsure say N here.
config NR_CPUS
- int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-4096)"
- range 2 4096
- default "512"
+ int "Maximum number of CPUs (1-4096)"
+ range 1 4096
+ default "1" if !SMP
+ default "512" if SMP
config HOTPLUG_CPU
bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
--
2.50.1
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