Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 29/6/22 22:14, Roger Heflin wrote: If you have cache stalls in the algorithm/benchmark and/or io sections that have to be waited on then hyperthreading will usually help. If the code is a nice tight loop that correctly/full uses the cpu with minimal cache stalls then hyperthreading will hurt.

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 29/6/22 21:29, George N. White III wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 5:43 AM Stephen Morris wrote: On 22/6/22 23:54, Matthew Miller wrote: > [...] > Or, `cpu-x` for a GUI view with a lot of detail. Thanks Greg. I installed cpu-x and tried all the commands. What makes the f

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-29 Thread Roger Heflin
If you have cache stalls in the algorithm/benchmark and/or io sections that have to be waited on then hyperthreading will usually help. If the code is a nice tight loop that correctly/full uses the cpu with minimal cache stalls then hyperthreading will hurt. I was doing some benchmarks and kind o

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-29 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 5:43 AM Stephen Morris wrote: > On 22/6/22 23:54, Matthew Miller wrote: > > [...] > > Or, `cpu-x` for a GUI view with a lot of detail. > Thanks Greg. I installed cpu-x and tried all the commands. What makes > the first two processes difficult from my perspective is the cpu

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-29 Thread Stephen Morris
On 22/6/22 23:54, Matthew Miller wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 05:44:27PM -0600, Jerry James wrote: Just a quick question. To determine how many cpu's/cores/channels the kernel is configured to support, do I need to look at the kernel source to determine if all of the cores I have are cap

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-22 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 05:44:27PM -0600, Jerry James wrote: > > Just a quick question. To determine how many cpu's/cores/channels > > the kernel is configured to support, do I need to look at the kernel > > source to determine if all of the cores I have are capable of being > > used, or is th

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-19 Thread Stephen Morris
On 15/6/22 09:44, Jerry James wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 5:17 PM Stephen Morris wrote: Just a quick question. To determine how many cpu's/cores/channels the kernel is configured to support, do I need to look at the kernel source to determine if all of the cores I have are capable of b

Re: CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-14 Thread Jerry James
On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 5:17 PM Stephen Morris wrote: > Just a quick question. To determine how many cpu's/cores/channels > the kernel is configured to support, do I need to look at the kernel > source to determine if all of the cores I have are capable of being > used, or is there something

CPU Access in the Kernel

2022-06-14 Thread Stephen Morris
Hi,     Just a quick question. To determine how many cpu's/cores/channels the kernel is configured to support, do I need to look at the kernel source to determine if all of the cores I have are capable of being used, or is there something else available to tell me without going to the source?