Yup, that's expected. That's because of your MPI implementation. OpenMPI does a busy wait when waiting for mpi messages. I think there's an environment variable or something that you can set to disable that, I am no sure. Maybe someone on the mailing list knows, or try checking the OpenMPI documentation.
Utkarsh On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Randy Heiland <[email protected]> wrote: > When I use 'mpirun -np 2 pvserver' on my dual core MacBook (either > connecting to it via paraview client or standalone), it keeps one of my CPUs > pegged at nearly 100%. Is this to be expected? (Just running the serial > './pvserver' of course just generates 'Listening...Waiting for client...' > with no CPU load). > > % ./pvserver --version > ParaView3.7 > > % ompi_info > Open MPI: 1.3.1 > > thanks, Randy > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >
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