Description of problem:
Sometimes, it's better to ignore HT cores, for performance reasons. 
Currently even with cpu_allocation_ratio set correctly, a node with 2 cores per sockets and 2 threads per core will be reported with 4pCPUs where some would prefer to ignore the HT count.


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Additional info:[ykaul@ykaul ~]$ lscpu 
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                4
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 42
Stepping:              7
CPU MHz:               2801.000
BogoMIPS:              5581.43
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              4096K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3


2012-10-14 17:39:31 INFO nova.compute.resource_tracker [-] Compute_service record updated for ykaul.tlv.redhat.com 
2012-10-14 17:40:32 AUDIT nova.compute.resource_tracker [-] Free ram (MB): 7358
2012-10-14 17:40:32 AUDIT nova.compute.resource_tracker [-] Free disk (GB): 49
2012-10-14 17:40:32 AUDIT nova.compute.resource_tracker [-] Free VCPUS: 4