diff --git a/run b/run
index 1989e9f..cfaec32 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ Extra options to append at the end of the emulator command line.
                 cmd.extend([
                     self.env['gem5_se_file'], LF,
                     '--cmd', self.env['image'], LF,
+                    '--num-cpus', str(self.env['cpus']), LF,
                     # We have to use cpu[0] here because on multi-cpu workloads,
                     # cpu[1] and higher use workload as a proxy to cpu[0].workload.
                     # as can be seen from the config.ini.
@@ -498,10 +499,10 @@ Extra options to append at the end of the emulator command line.
                         extra_emulator_args.extend(['-r', str(cpt_dirs_sorted_by_tick.index(cpt_dir) + 1)])
                     cmd.extend([
                         self.env['gem5_fs_file'], LF,
-                        '--num-cpus', str(self.env['cpus']), LF,
                         '--disk-image', self.env['disk_image'], LF,
                         '--kernel', self.env['image'], LF,
                         '--mem-size', memory, LF,
+                        '--num-cpus', str(self.env['cpus']), LF,
                         '--script', self.env['gem5_readfile_file'], LF,
                     ])
                     if self.env['arch'] == 'x86_64':
@@ -565,11 +566,11 @@ Extra options to append at the end of the emulator command line.
                             'arm',
                             'fs_bigLITTLE.py'
                         ), LF,
-                        '--big-cpus', '2', LF,
+                        '--big-cpus', str((self.env['cpus'] + 1) // 2), LF,
                         '--cpu-type', cpu_type, LF,
                         '--disk', self.env['disk_image'], LF,
                         '--kernel', self.env['image'], LF,
-                        '--little-cpus', '2', LF,
+                        '--little-cpus', str(self.env['cpus'] // 2), LF,
                     ])
                     if self.env['dtb']:
                         cmd.extend([
diff --git a/userland/cpp/thread_return_value.cpp b/userland/cpp/thread_return_value.cpp
index 988eac1..4f2249c 100644
--- a/userland/cpp/thread_return_value.cpp
+++ b/userland/cpp/thread_return_value.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// https://cirosantilli.com/linux-kernel-module-cheat#cpp-multithreading
+//
 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7686939/c-simple-return-value-from-stdthread
 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28950835/c-error-no-type-named-type-in-class-stdresult-ofvoid-stdunordered
 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21048906/stdthread-pass-by-reference-calls-copy-constructor