[Python-ideas] multiprocessing and physical CPU cores count

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Richard Oudkerk <shibturn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/09/2013 7:59pm, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
>
>> Given that multiple processes cannot take any advantage of hyper
>> threading technology then maybe it makes sense for multiprocessing to
>> expose a physical_cpu_count() function in order to preemptively figure
>> out how many processes to spawn.
>>
>
> Do you have a reference?  Wikipedia may not be reliable, but it seems to
> think otherwise:
>
> Hyper-threading works by duplicating certain sections of the processor—
> those that store the architectural state— but not duplicating the main
> execution resources. This allows a hyper-threading processor to appear
> as the usual "physical" processor and an extra "logical" processor to
> the host operating system (HTT-unaware operating systems see two
> "physical" processors), allowing the operating system to schedule two
> threads or processes simultaneously and appropriately.
>            ^^^^^^^^^
>

No, I was wrong.
Please ignore that statement.
I got confused by the name "hyper-threading" and erroneously thought it
only affected threads. =)


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