if (new_l2) {
                l2 = new_l2;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_HT
-               cpu_llc_id[cpu] = l2_id;
+               per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) = l2_id;
 #endif
        }
 
        if (new_l3) {
                l3 = new_l3;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_HT
-               cpu_llc_id[cpu] = l3_id;
+               per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) = l3_id;
 #endif
        }
 
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_num_siblings);
 
 /* Last level cache ID of each logical CPU */
-int cpu_llc_id[NR_CPUS] __cpuinitdata = {[0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID};
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id) = BAD_APICID;
 
 /* representing HT siblings of each logical CPU */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_sibling_map);
        }
 
        for_each_cpu_mask(i, cpu_sibling_setup_map) {
-               if (cpu_llc_id[cpu] != BAD_APICID &&
-                   cpu_llc_id[cpu] == cpu_llc_id[i]) {
+               if (per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) != BAD_APICID &&
+                   per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) == per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, i)) {
                        cpu_set(i, c[cpu].llc_shared_map);
                        cpu_set(cpu, c[i].llc_shared_map);
                }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_num_siblings);
 
 /* Last level cache ID of each logical CPU */
-u8 cpu_llc_id[NR_CPUS] __cpuinitdata  = {[0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BAD_APICID};
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id) = BAD_APICID;
 
 /* Bitmask of currently online CPUs */
 cpumask_t cpu_online_map __read_mostly;
        }
 
        for_each_cpu_mask(i, cpu_sibling_setup_map) {
-               if (cpu_llc_id[cpu] != BAD_APICID &&
-                   cpu_llc_id[cpu] == cpu_llc_id[i]) {
+               if (per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) != BAD_APICID &&
+                   per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, cpu) == per_cpu(cpu_llc_id, i)) {
                        cpu_set(i, c[cpu].llc_shared_map);
                        cpu_set(cpu, c[i].llc_shared_map);
                }
 
 #define current_cpu_data boot_cpu_data
 #endif
 
-extern int cpu_llc_id[NR_CPUS];
+/*
+ * the following now lives in the per cpu area:
+ * extern      int cpu_llc_id[NR_CPUS];
+ */
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id);
 extern char ignore_fpu_irq;
 
 void __init cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
 
  */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_sibling_map);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(cpumask_t, cpu_core_map);
-extern u8 cpu_llc_id[NR_CPUS];
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(u8, cpu_llc_id);
 
 #define SMP_TRAMPOLINE_BASE 0x6000
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define cpu_physical_id(cpu)           per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu)
 #else
+extern unsigned int boot_cpu_id;
 #define cpu_physical_id(cpu)           boot_cpu_id
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SMP */
 #endif