Andi Kleen wrote:
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>> In this case, why not define it as:
>> static char buf[20*NR_CPUS + 100];
> 
> Actually you should near never use NR_CPUS now but always num_possible_cpus()
> (or even num_online_cpus()) Using NR_CPUS can lead to extreme waste
> of memory on kernels which are compiled for 4096 CPUs for example.
> 
> And with num_possible_cpus() kmalloc is needed.
> 
> -Andi
> 
> 
> 

I thought the default value of NR_CPUS is 32.

if NR_CPUS is too large, I think using seq_file is good idea,
and rcuclassic_trace_mutex is not need too.

Lai

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