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NAME
hwloc-distrib - Build a number of cpu masks distributed on the system
SYNOPSIS
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
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.
--to <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 pre-
cise 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 bot-
tom 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.
This can e.g. be used to distribute a set of processes hierarchically according to the topology of a machine. These masks can be used with
hwloc-bind(1).
NOTE: It is highly recommended that you read the hwloc(7) overview page before reading this man page. Most of the concepts described in
hwloc(7) directly apply to the hwloc-bind utility.
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
To distribute only among the second socket, the topology should be restricted:
$ hwloc-distrib --restrict $(hwloc-calc socket:1) 4
0x00000010
0x00000020
0x00000040
0x00000080
To get a single processor of each CPU masks (prevent migration in case of binding)
$ hwloc-distrib 4 --single
0x00000001
0x00000100
0x00000010
0x00001000
Each output line may be converted independently with hwloc-calc:
$ hwloc-distrib 4 --single | hwloc-calc --taskset
0x1
0x100
0x10
0x1000
To convert the output into a list of processors that may be passed to dplace -c inside a mpirun command line:
$ 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)
1.7 Apr 07, 2013 HWLOC-DISTRIB(1)