Re: [perf-discuss] Process groups and process distribution acrossboards...

2007-05-29 Thread Roland Mainz
Eric Saxe wrote: > Roland Mainz wrote: > > Eric Saxe wrote: > >> Roland Mainz wrote: > >>> Is there any special handling of process groups to make sure that > >>> processes (and their LWPs) are kept together ? > >>> > >>> Think about an (imaginary (and simplified)) machine with 4 strands per > >>>

Re: [perf-discuss] Process groups and process distribution acrossboards...

2006-11-06 Thread Eric Saxe
Roland Mainz wrote: Eric Saxe wrote: Roland Mainz wrote: Is there any special handling of process groups to make sure that processes (and their LWPs) are kept together ? Think about an (imaginary (and simplified)) machine with 4 strands per core, 4 cores per socket, 4 sockets per board

Re: [perf-discuss] Process groups and process distribution acrossboards...

2006-11-04 Thread Michael Schulte
> Yes, known problem... my question is more about the problem what happens > when there are many free CPUs/boards with "equal" priority. Is there > anything which looks at other attributes than the hardware to shepherd > the threads/processes to stay together or migrate in groups ? Application's

Re: [perf-discuss] Process groups and process distribution acrossboards...

2006-11-04 Thread Roland Mainz
Eric Saxe wrote: > Roland Mainz wrote: > > Is there any special handling of process groups to make sure that > > processes (and their LWPs) are kept together ? > > > > Think about an (imaginary (and simplified)) machine with 4 strands per > > core, 4 cores per socket, 4 sockets per board and 4 boar