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HWLOC-DISTRIB(1) | hwloc | HWLOC-DISTRIB(1) |
NAME¶
hwloc-distrib - Build a number of cpu masks distributed on the systemSYNOPSIS¶
hwloc-distrib [ options] <integer>OPTIONS¶
- --single
- Singlify each output to a single CPU.
- --taskset
- Show CPU set strings in the format recognized by the taskset command-line program instead of hwloc-specific CPU set string format.
- -v
- Verbose messages.
- -i <file>, --input <file>
- Read topology from XML file <file> (instead of discovering the topology on the local machine). If <file> is "-", the standard input is used. XML support must have been compiled in to hwloc for this option to be usable.
- -i <directory>, --input <directory>
- Read topology from the chroot specified by <directory> (instead of discovering the topology on the local machine). This option is generally only available on Linux. The chroot was usually created by gathering another machine topology with hwloc-gather-topology.
- -i <specification>, --input <specification>
- Simulate a fake hierarchy (instead of discovering the topology on the local machine). If <specification> is "node:2 pu:3", the topology will contain two NUMA nodes with 3 processing units in each of them. The <specification> string must end with a number of PUs.
- --if <format>, --input-format <format>
- Enforce the input in the given format, among xml, fsroot and synthetic.
- --ignore <type>
- Ignore all objects of type <type> in the topology.
- --from <type>
- Distribute starting from objects of the given type instead of from the top of the topology hierarchy, i.e. ignoring the structure given by objects above.
- --top <type>
- Distribute down to objects of the given type instead of down to the bottom of the topology hierarchy, i.e. ignoring the structure given by objects below. This may be useful if some latitude is desired for the binding, e.g. just bind on sockets and not to precise cores or caches.
- --at <type>
- Distribute among objects of the given type. This is equivalent to specifying both --from and --to at the same time.
- --restrict <cpuset>
- Restrict the topology to the given cpuset.
- --version
- Report version and exit.
DESCRIPTION¶
hwloc-distrib generates a series of CPU masks corresponding to a distribution of a given number of elements over the topology of the machine. The distribution is done recursively from the top of the hierarchy (or from the level specified by option --from) down to the bottom of the hierarchy (or down to the level specified by option --to, or until only one element remains), splitting the number of elements at each encountered hierarchy level not ignored by options --ignore.EXAMPLES¶
hwloc-distrib's operation is best described through several examples. If 4 processes have to be distributed across a machine, their CPU masks may be obtained with:$ hwloc-distrib 4
0x0000000f
0x00000f00
0x000000f0
0x0000f000
$ hwloc-distrib --restrict $(hwloc-calc socket:1) 4
0x00000010
0x00000020
0x00000040
0x00000080
$ hwloc-distrib 4 --single
0x00000001
0x00000100
0x00000010
0x00001000
$ hwloc-distrib 4 --single | hwloc-calc --taskset
0x1
0x100
0x10
0x1000
$ hwloc-distrib 4 --single | xargs hwloc-calc --pulist
0,8,4,16
RETURN VALUE¶
Upon successful execution, hwloc-distrib displays one or more CPU mask strings. The return value is 0. hwloc-distrib will return nonzero if any kind of error occurs, such as (but not limited to) failure to parse the command line.SEE ALSO¶
hwloc(7), hwloc-gather-topology(1)February 27, 2012 | 1.4.1 |