[erlang-questions] "processor affinity" for processes

[Zvi]

Another usefull feature will be specifying CPU Affinity for ports and
external processes launched via os:cmd/1 .

My current workarround is to launch script whcih temporary changing CPU
affinity of the executable.

Zvi


Vlad Dumitrescu-2 wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply!
> 
> regards,
> Vlad
> 
> On 4/12/07, Rickard Green <rickard.s.green@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I can't find anything about this, and I suppose it's because there is
>> > no such feature, but I wonder if it's possible to specify a "processor
>> > affinity" for processes when run with the SMP VM.
>> >
>>
>> There is no such feature.
>>
>> > A use-case would be to dedicate one processor/core for trace handlers,
>> > loggers and other "peripheral" activities.
>> >
>> > Or maybe it doesn't matter in practice?
>> >
>>
>> We have been talking about letting the emulator have more control over
>> activities on the different cores, but this is still on the todo list.
>> As it is today, the emulator creates X number of threads, and leave it
>> up to the OS to distribute these threads over available cores.
>>
>> BR,
>> Rickard Green, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB.
>>
>> > best regards,
>> > Vlad
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