On Thu, Jun 01 2023 at 18:19, Laurent Dufour wrote: > @@ -435,12 +435,17 @@ void __init cpu_smt_disable(bool force) > * The decision whether SMT is supported can only be done after the full > * CPU identification. Called from architecture code. > */ > -void __init cpu_smt_check_topology(unsigned int num_threads) > +void __init cpu_smt_check_topology(unsigned int num_threads, > + unsigned int max_threads) > { > if (!topology_smt_supported()) > cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED; > > - cpu_smt_max_threads = num_threads; > + cpu_smt_max_threads = max_threads; > + > + WARN_ON(num_threads > max_threads); > + if (num_threads > max_threads) > + num_threads = max_threads; This does not work. The call site does: > + cpu_smt_check_topology(smt_enabled_at_boot, threads_per_core); smt_enabled_at_boot is 0 when 'smt-enabled=off', which is not what the hotplug core expects. If SMT is disabled it brings up the primary thread, which means cpu_smt_num_threads = 1. This needs more thoughts to avoid a completely inconsistent duct tape mess. Btw, the command line parser and the variable smt_enabled_at_boot being type int allow negative number of threads too... Maybe not what you want. Thanks, tglx