linux-kernel - Re: Crash when CONFIG_FORCE_NR_CPUS is set and nr

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:49:11 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, 
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Crash when CONFIG_FORCE_NR_CPUS is set and nr_cpus does not match

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 at 08:43, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> If you start out with the distro config, you're magically an expert.
> And when everybody is an expert, no one is.

The alternative is to find some better approximation of "this is an
embedded device, I'm willing to hardcode limits". But I'll try
removing it and seeing if anybody even notices.

             Linus