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| -rw-r--r-- | src/bench/checkqueue.cpp | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/bench/checkqueue.cpp b/src/bench/checkqueue.cpp index 19d7bc0dbc..ffa772d8c1 100644 --- a/src/bench/checkqueue.cpp +++ b/src/bench/checkqueue.cpp @@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ #include <vector> - -static const int MIN_CORES = 2; static const size_t BATCHES = 101; static const size_t BATCH_SIZE = 30; static const int PREVECTOR_SIZE = 28; @@ -26,6 +24,9 @@ static const unsigned int QUEUE_BATCH_SIZE = 128; // and there is a little bit of work done between calls to Add. static void CCheckQueueSpeedPrevectorJob(benchmark::Bench& bench) { + // We shouldn't ever be running with the checkqueue on a single core machine. + if (GetNumCores() <= 1) return; + const ECCVerifyHandle verify_handle; ECC_Start(); @@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ static void CCheckQueueSpeedPrevectorJob(benchmark::Bench& bench) }; CCheckQueue<PrevectorJob> queue {QUEUE_BATCH_SIZE}; boost::thread_group tg; - for (auto x = 0; x < std::max(MIN_CORES, GetNumCores()); ++x) { + // The main thread should be counted to prevent thread oversubscription, and + // to decrease the variance of benchmark results. + for (auto x = 0; x < GetNumCores() - 1; ++x) { tg.create_thread([&]{queue.Thread();}); } |