scriptname=$0
 args="$*"
 
+T=/tmp/kvm.sh.$$
+trap 'rm -rf $T' 0
+mkdir $T
+
 dur=30
 KVM="`pwd`/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture"; export KVM
 PATH=${KVM}/bin:$PATH; export PATH
 RCU_KMAKE_ARG=""; export RCU_KMAKE_ARG
 resdir=""
 configs=""
+cpus=0
 ds=`date +%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M:%S`
 kversion=""
 
        echo "       --builddir absolute-pathname"
        echo "       --buildonly"
        echo "       --configs \"config-file list\""
+       echo "       --cpus N"
        echo "       --datestamp string"
        echo "       --duration minutes"
        echo "       --interactive"
                configs="$2"
                shift
                ;;
+       --cpus)
+               checkarg --cpus "(number)" "$#" "$2" '^[0-9]*$' '^--'
+               cpus=$2
+               shift
+               ;;
        --datestamp)
                checkarg --datestamp "(relative pathname)" "$#" "$2" '^[^/]*$' '^--'
                ds=$2
        fi
 fi
 mkdir $resdir/$ds
+echo Results directory: $resdir/$ds
 touch $resdir/$ds/log
 echo $scriptname $args
 echo $scriptname $args >> $resdir/$ds/log
        git status >> $resdir/$ds/testid.txt
        git rev-parse HEAD >> $resdir/$ds/testid.txt
 fi
-builddir=$KVM/b1
-if ! test -e $builddir
-then
-       mkdir $builddir || :
-fi
 
+touch $T/cfgcpu
 for CF in $configs
 do
-       # Running TREE01 multiple times creates TREE01, TREE01.2, TREE01.3, ...
-       rd=$resdir/$ds/$CF
-       if test -d "${rd}"
+       if test -f "$CONFIGFRAG/$kversion/$CF"
        then
-               n="`ls -d "${rd}"* | grep '\.[0-9]\+$' |
-                       sed -e 's/^.*\.\([0-9]\+\)/\1/' |
-                       sort -k1n | tail -1`"
-               if test -z "$n"
-               then
-                       rd="${rd}.2"
-               else
-                       n="`expr $n + 1`"
-                       rd="${rd}.${n}"
-               fi
+               echo $CF `configNR_CPUS.sh $CONFIGFRAG/$kversion/$CF` >> $T/cfgcpu
+       else
+               echo "The --configs file $CF does not exist, terminating."
+               exit 1
        fi
-       mkdir "${rd}"
-       echo Results directory: $rd
-       kvm-test-1-rcu.sh $CONFIGFRAG/$kversion/$CF $builddir $rd $dur "$RCU_QEMU_ARG" "$RCU_BOOTARGS"
 done
+sort -k2nr $T/cfgcpu > $T/cfgcpu.sort
+
+awk < $T/cfgcpu.sort \
+       -v CONFIGDIR="$CONFIGFRAG/$kversion/" \
+       -v KVM="$KVM" \
+       -v ncpus=$cpus \
+       -v rd=$resdir/$ds/ \
+       -v dur=$dur \
+       -v RCU_QEMU_ARG=$RCU_QEMU_ARG \
+       -v RCU_BOOTARGS=$RCU_BOOTARGS \
+'BEGIN {
+       i = 0;
+}
+
+{
+       cf[i] = $1;
+       cpus[i] = $2;
+       i++;
+}
+
+function dump(first, pastlast)
+{
+       print "echo ----start batch----"
+       jn=1
+       for (j = first; j < pastlast; j++) {
+               builddir=KVM "/b" jn
+               print "echo ", cf[j], cpus[j] ": Starting build."
+               print "rm -f " builddir ".*"
+               print "touch " builddir ".wait"
+               print "mkdir " builddir " || :"
+               if (cfrep[cf[j]] == "") {
+                       cfr[j] = cf[j];
+                       cfrep[cf[j]] = 1;
+               } else {
+                       cfrep[cf[j]]++;
+                       cfr[j] = cf[j] "." cfrep[cf[j]];
+               }
+               print "mkdir " rd cfr[j] " || :";
+               print "kvm-test-1-rcu.sh " CONFIGDIR cf[j], builddir, rd cfr[j], dur " \"" RCU_QEMU_ARG "\" \"" RCU_BOOTARGS "\" > " builddir ".out 2>&1 &"
+               print "echo ", cf[j], cpus[j] ": Waiting for build to complete."
+               print "while test -f " builddir ".wait"
+               print "do"
+               print "\tsleep 1"
+               print "done"
+               print "echo ", cf[j], cpus[j] ": Build complete."
+               jn++;
+       }
+       k = first
+       for (j = 1; j < jn; j++) {
+               builddir=KVM "/b" j
+               print "rm -f " builddir ".ready"
+               print "echo ----", cf[k], cpus[k] ": Starting kernel"
+               k++;
+       }
+       print "wait"
+       print "echo ---- All kernel runs complete"
+       k = first
+       for (j = 1; j < jn; j++) {
+               builddir=KVM "/b" j
+               print "echo ----", cf[k], cpus[k] ": Build/run results:"
+               print "cat " builddir ".out"
+               k++;
+       }
+}
+
+END {
+       njobs = i;
+       nc = ncpus;
+       first = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < njobs; i++) {
+               if (ncpus == 0) {
+                       dump(i, i + 1);
+                       first = i;
+               } else if (nc < cpus[i] && i != 0) {
+                       dump(first, i);
+                       first = i;
+                       nc = ncpus;
+               }
+               nc -= cpus[i];
+       }
+       if (ncpus != 0)
+               dump(first, i);
+}' > $T/script
+
+sh $T/script
+
 # Tracing: trace_event=rcu:rcu_grace_period,rcu:rcu_future_grace_period,rcu:rcu_grace_period_init,rcu:rcu_nocb_wake,rcu:rcu_preempt_task,rcu:rcu_unlock_preempted_task,rcu:rcu_quiescent_state_report,rcu:rcu_fqs,rcu:rcu_callback,rcu:rcu_kfree_callback,rcu:rcu_batch_start,rcu:rcu_invoke_callback,rcu:rcu_invoke_kfree_callback,rcu:rcu_batch_end,rcu:rcu_torture_read,rcu:rcu_barrier
 
 echo " --- `date` Test summary:"