diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
index 587561d7c035..9b17e810ddc3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ identify_qemu () {
 		echo qemu-system-ppc64
 	else
 		echo Cannot figure out what qemu command to use! 1>&2
+		echo file $1 output: $u
 		# Usually this will be one of /usr/bin/qemu-system-*
 		# Use RCU_QEMU_CMD environment variable or appropriate
 		# argument to top-level script.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck.sh
index eb2850935c26..89b5dbac5327 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-recheck.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ do
 	dirs=`find $rd -name Make.defconfig.out -print | sort | sed -e 's,/[^/]*$,,' | sort -u`
 	for i in $dirs
 	do
-		if test $firsttime
+		if test -n "$firsttime"
 		then
-			firsttime=0
+			firsttime=""
 			resdir=`echo $i | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e 's,/[^/]*$,,'`
 			head -1 $resdir/log
 		fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
index a06a0a6ce5ac..1b9555b2b0d7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ kstarttime=`awk 'BEGIN { print systime() }' < /dev/null`
 echo ' ---' `date`: Starting kernel
 
 # Determine the appropriate flavor of qemu command.
-QEMU="`identify_qemu $builddir/vmlinux.o`"
+QEMU="`identify_qemu $builddir/vmlinux`"
 
 # Generate -smp qemu argument.
 qemu_args="-nographic $qemu_args"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
index f2113493bbfc..f74f00628afe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 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:$PATH; export PATH
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ RCU_INITRD="$KVM/initrd"; export RCU_INITRD
 RCU_KMAKE_ARG=""; export RCU_KMAKE_ARG
 resdir=""
 configs=""
+cpus=0
 ds=`date +%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M:%S`
 kversion=""
 
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ usage () {
 	echo "       --builddir absolute-pathname"
 	echo "       --buildonly"
 	echo "       --configs \"config-file list\""
+	echo "       --cpus N"
 	echo "       --datestamp string"
 	echo "       --duration minutes"
 	echo "       --interactive"
@@ -85,6 +91,11 @@ do
 		configs="$2"
 		shift
 		;;
+	--cpus)
+		checkarg --cpus "(number)" "$#" "$2" '^[0-9]*$' '^--'
+		cpus=$2
+		shift
+		;;
 	--datestamp)
 		checkarg --datestamp "(relative pathname)" "$#" "$2" '^[^/]*$' '^--'
 		ds=$2
@@ -168,6 +179,7 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 mkdir $resdir/$ds
+echo Results directory: $resdir/$ds
 touch $resdir/$ds/log
 echo $scriptname $args
 echo $scriptname $args >> $resdir/$ds/log
@@ -178,33 +190,104 @@ then
 	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:"