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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2015-07-02 20:00:41 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2015-07-02 20:01:04 +0200
commitd7ada03b8a6d3258f7558f69f916517ddce36ac3 (patch)
tree49a2a5c8ee8dd643eb2d7e9add220d51f7ccb518
parent3203a0832adf72f4303c7ab1a7a6046a6dd14778 (diff)
parent47162673c79c757a9c038c4ddc41fb3022223bde (diff)
Merge pull request #6361
4716267 Use real number of cores for default -par, ignore virtual cores (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
-rw-r--r--src/init.cpp4
-rw-r--r--src/miner.cpp2
-rw-r--r--src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp2
-rw-r--r--src/util.cpp10
-rw-r--r--src/util.h7
5 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b9510bec9d..94bf5eb2f4 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-loadblock=<file>", _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file") + " " + _("on startup"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxorphantx=<n>", strprintf(_("Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-par=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of script verification threads (%u to %d, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: %d)"),
- -(int)boost::thread::hardware_concurrency(), MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS, DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS));
+ -GetNumCores(), MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS, DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS));
#ifndef WIN32
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-pid=<file>", strprintf(_("Specify pid file (default: %s)"), "bitcoind.pid"));
#endif
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
// -par=0 means autodetect, but nScriptCheckThreads==0 means no concurrency
nScriptCheckThreads = GetArg("-par", DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS);
if (nScriptCheckThreads <= 0)
- nScriptCheckThreads += boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+ nScriptCheckThreads += GetNumCores();
if (nScriptCheckThreads <= 1)
nScriptCheckThreads = 0;
else if (nScriptCheckThreads > MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS)
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index 2c5cba742c..ca32e9f7b3 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ void GenerateBitcoins(bool fGenerate, int nThreads, const CChainParams& chainpar
if (Params().DefaultMinerThreads())
nThreads = Params().DefaultMinerThreads();
else
- nThreads = boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+ nThreads = GetNumCores();
}
if (minerThreads != NULL)
diff --git a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
index efb2bf4158..87c727335e 100644
--- a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OptionsDialog::OptionsDialog(QWidget *parent, bool enableWallet) :
/* Main elements init */
ui->databaseCache->setMinimum(nMinDbCache);
ui->databaseCache->setMaximum(nMaxDbCache);
- ui->threadsScriptVerif->setMinimum(-(int)boost::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+ ui->threadsScriptVerif->setMinimum(-GetNumCores());
ui->threadsScriptVerif->setMaximum(MAX_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS);
/* Network elements init */
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index da5821e530..bb7df23205 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -756,3 +756,13 @@ void SetThreadPriority(int nPriority)
#endif // PRIO_THREAD
#endif // WIN32
}
+
+int GetNumCores()
+{
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
+ return boost::thread::physical_concurrency();
+#else // Must fall back to hardware_concurrency, which unfortunately counts virtual cores
+ return boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+#endif
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 6ec81698ea..6019e25015 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ std::string HelpMessageGroup(const std::string& message);
*/
std::string HelpMessageOpt(const std::string& option, const std::string& message);
+/**
+ * Return the number of physical cores available on the current system.
+ * @note This does not count virtual cores, such as those provided by HyperThreading
+ * when boost is newer than 1.56.
+ */
+int GetNumCores();
+
void SetThreadPriority(int nPriority);
void RenameThread(const char* name);