[PATCH] Convert highest_possible_processor_id to nr_cpu_ids

We frequently need the maximum number of possible processors in order to
allocate arrays for all processors.  So far this was done using
highest_possible_processor_id().  However, we do need the number of
processors not the highest id.  Moreover the number was so far dynamically
calculated on each invokation.  The number of possible processors does not
change when the system is running.  We can therefore calculate that number
once.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index 3a67dc5ada7..1ea2c184315 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -15,22 +15,8 @@ int __next_cpu(int n, const cpumask_t *srcp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__next_cpu);
 
-/*
- * Find the highest possible smp_processor_id()
- *
- * Note: if we're prepared to assume that cpu_possible_map never changes
- * (reasonable) then this function should cache its return value.
- */
-int highest_possible_processor_id(void)
-{
-	unsigned int cpu;
-	unsigned highest = 0;
-
-	for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, cpu_possible_map)
-		highest = cpu;
-	return highest;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(highest_possible_processor_id);
+int nr_cpu_ids;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_cpu_ids);
 
 int __any_online_cpu(const cpumask_t *mask)
 {