- The kernel runtime now uses much less memory when the number of
"possible CPUs" are way more than the online ones. For example,
- VMWare guests usually have 128 "possible CPUs" while way less
+ VMWare guests usually have 128 "possible CPUs" while fewer
CPUs are actually present or online in the guest system.
- The memory allocation size is now irrelevant to the value of
NR_CPUS of the current kernel. It is only subject to the number
of "possible CPUs" or "online CPUs".
-- CPU hotplug is supported to the extend that there won't be any
+- CPU hotplug is supported to the extent that there won't be any
kernel panics or memory corruptions.
* What's new in version 4.7, 2022-05-02