[hwloc-users] hwloc set membind function

2011-09-22 Thread Gabriele Fatigati
Dear hwloc users and developers, reading the manual about hwloc set membind() function: Set the default memory binding policy of the current process or thread to prefer the NUMA node(s) near the specified cpuset. What does "nodes near the specified cpuset" means? The node wherethe specified

Re: [hwloc-users] hwloc set membind function

2011-09-22 Thread Brice Goglin
Le 22/09/2011 12:20, Gabriele Fatigati a écrit : > NUMA node(s) near the specified cpuset. > > What does "nodes near the specified cpuset" means? The node wherethe > specified cpuset lives? > Set the default memory binding policy of the current process or thread > to prefer the The node near the

Re: [hwloc-users] hwloc set membind function

2011-09-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
Brice Goglin, le Thu 22 Sep 2011 14:04:43 +0200, a écrit : > Le 22/09/2011 12:20, Gabriele Fatigati a écrit : > > NUMA node(s) near the specified cpuset. > > > > What does "nodes near the specified cpuset" means? The node wherethe > > specified cpuset lives? > > Set the default memory binding pol

Re: [hwloc-users] hwloc set membind function

2011-09-22 Thread Gabriele Fatigati
Hi, some questions: 1) I don't understand the means of HWLOC_MEMBIND_BIND policy. Why I should to allocate in a node "near" my cpuset and not in my local node ( where thread or process runs?) 2) My goal is to replicate the behaviour of set_area_membind_nodeset() in some manner for all futures a