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-rw-r--r--sys-utils/lscpu.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/lscpu.c b/sys-utils/lscpu.c
index a9ca2fe59..6a74c4eb7 100644
--- a/sys-utils/lscpu.c
+++ b/sys-utils/lscpu.c
@@ -383,9 +383,10 @@ read_basicinfo(struct lscpu_desc *desc, struct lscpu_modifier *mod)
else if (mod->system == SYSTEM_LIVE)
/* the root is '/' so we are working with data from the current kernel */
maxcpus = get_max_number_of_cpus();
- else
- /* we are reading some /sys snapshot instead of the real /sys,
- * let's use any crazy number... */
+
+ if (maxcpus <= 0)
+ /* error or we are reading some /sys snapshot instead of the
+ * real /sys, let's use any crazy number... */
maxcpus = desc->ncpus > 2048 ? desc->ncpus : 2048;
/* get mask for online CPUs */