[Crash-utility] [PATCH] Fix kernel-configured NR_CPUS (4096) greater than compiled-in NR_CPUS (512)

CAI Qian caiqian at redhat.com
Sun Aug 2 18:05:48 UTC 2009


Hi,

Upcoming RHEL6 x86_64 kernel has CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4096. As the result,
analysing x86_64 live system is failing,

crash 4.0-8.7.2.fc11
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WARNING: kernel-configured NR_CPUS (4096) greater than compiled-in NR_CPUS
(512)

crash: recompile crash with larger NR_CPUS


Signed-off-by: CAI Qian <caiqian at redhat.com>

--- defs.h.orig  2009-08-03 01:46:46.000000000 +0800
+++ defs.h       2009-08-03 01:47:02.000000000 +0800
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #define NR_CPUS  (256)
 #endif
 #ifdef X86_64
-#define NR_CPUS  (512)
+#define NR_CPUS  (4096)
 #endif
 #ifdef ALPHA
 #define NR_CPUS  (64)




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