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NAME
numa - NUMA policy library
SYNOPSIS
#include <numa.h>
cc ... -lnuma
int numa_available(void);
int numa_max_possible_node(void);
int numa_num_possible_nodes();
int numa_max_node(void);
int numa_num_configured_nodes();
struct bitmask *numa_get_mems_allowed(void);
int numa_num_configured_cpus(void);
struct bitmask *numa_all_nodes_ptr;
struct bitmask *numa_no_nodes_ptr;
struct bitmask *numa_all_cpus_ptr;
int numa_num_task_cpus();
int numa_num_task_nodes();
int numa_parse_bitmap(char *line , struct bitmask *mask);
struct bitmask *numa_parse_nodestring(const char *string);
struct bitmask *numa_parse_nodestring_all(const char *string);
struct bitmask *numa_parse_cpustring(const char *string);
struct bitmask *numa_parse_cpustring_all(const char *string);
long long numa_node_size(int node, long long*freep);
long long numa_node_size64(int node, long long *freep);
int numa_preferred(void);
int numa_has_preferred_many(void);
struct bitmask *numa_preferred_many(void);
void numa_set_preferred(int node);
void numa_set_preferred_many(struct bitmask *nodemask);
int numa_get_interleave_node(void);
struct bitmask *numa_get_interleave_mask(void);
void numa_set_interleave_mask(struct bitmask *nodemask);
void numa_interleave_memory(void *start, size_t size, struct bitmask
*nodemask);
void numa_bind(struct bitmask *nodemask);
void numa_set_localalloc(void);
void numa_set_membind(struct bitmask *nodemask);
void numa_set_membind_balancing(struct bitmask *nodemask);
struct bitmask *numa_get_membind(void);
void *numa_alloc_onnode(size_t size, int node);
void *numa_alloc_local(size_t size);
void *numa_alloc_interleaved(size_t size);
void *numa_alloc_interleaved_subset(size_t size, struct bitmask *node-
mask); void *numa_alloc(size_t size);
void *numa_realloc(void *old_addr, size_t old_size, size_t new_size);
void numa_free(void *start, size_t size);
int numa_run_on_node(int node);
int numa_run_on_node_mask(struct bitmask *nodemask);
int numa_run_on_node_mask_all(struct bitmask *nodemask);
struct bitmask *numa_get_run_node_mask(void);
void numa_tonode_memory(void *start, size_t size, int node);
void numa_tonodemask_memory(void *start, size_t size, struct bitmask
*nodemask);
void numa_setlocal_memory(void *start, size_t size);
void numa_police_memory(void *start, size_t size);
void numa_set_bind_policy(int strict);
void numa_set_strict(int strict);
int numa_distance(int node1, int node2);
int numa_sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, struct bitmask *mask);
int numa_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, struct bitmask *mask);
int numa_node_to_cpus(int node, struct bitmask *mask);
void numa_node_to_cpu_update();
int numa_node_of_cpu(int cpu);
struct bitmask *numa_allocate_cpumask();
void numa_free_cpumask();
struct bitmask *numa_allocate_nodemask();
void numa_free_nodemask();
struct bitmask *numa_bitmask_alloc(unsigned int n);
struct bitmask *numa_bitmask_clearall(struct bitmask *bmp);
struct bitmask *numa_bitmask_clearbit(struct bitmask *bmp, unsigned int
n);
int numa_bitmask_equal(const struct bitmask *bmp1, const struct bitmask
*bmp2);
void numa_bitmask_free(struct bitmask *bmp);
int numa_bitmask_isbitset(const struct bitmask *bmp, unsigned int n);
unsigned int numa_bitmask_nbytes(struct bitmask *bmp);
struct bitmask *numa_bitmask_setall(struct bitmask *bmp);
struct bitmask *numa_bitmask_setbit(struct bitmask *bmp, unsigned int
n);
void copy_bitmask_to_nodemask(struct bitmask *bmp, nodemask_t *node-
mask)
void copy_nodemask_to_bitmask(nodemask_t *nodemask, struct bitmask
*bmp)
void copy_bitmask_to_bitmask(struct bitmask *bmpfrom, struct bitmask
*bmpto)
unsigned int numa_bitmask_weight(const struct bitmask *bmp )
int numa_move_pages(int pid, unsigned long count, void **pages, const
int *nodes, int *status, int flags);
int numa_migrate_pages(int pid, struct bitmask *fromnodes, struct bit-
mask *tonodes);
void numa_error(char *where);
extern int numa_exit_on_error;
extern int numa_exit_on_warn;
void numa_warn(int number, char *where, ...);
DESCRIPTION
The libnuma library offers a simple programming interface to the NUMA
(Non Uniform Memory Access) policy supported by the Linux kernel. On a
NUMA architecture some memory areas have different latency or bandwidth
than others.
Available policies are page interleaving (i.e., allocate in a round-
robin fashion from all, or a subset, of the nodes on the system), pre-
ferred node allocation (i.e., preferably allocate on a particular
node), local allocation (i.e., allocate on the node on which the task
is currently executing), or allocation only on specific nodes (i.e.,
allocate on some subset of the available nodes). It is also possible
to bind tasks to specific nodes.
Numa memory allocation policy may be specified as a per-task attribute,
that is inherited by children tasks and processes, or as an attribute
of a range of process virtual address space. Numa memory policies
specified for a range of virtual address space are shared by all tasks
in the process. Furthermore, memory policies specified for a range of
a shared memory attached using shmat(2) or mmap(2) from shmfs/hugetlbfs
are shared by all processes that attach to that region. Memory poli-
cies for shared disk backed file mappings are currently ignored.
The default memory allocation policy for tasks and all memory range is
local allocation. This assumes that no ancestor has installed a non-
default policy.
For setting a specific policy globally for all memory allocations in a
process and its children it is easiest to start it with the numactl(8)
utility. For more finegrained policy inside an application this library
can be used.
All numa memory allocation policy only takes effect when a page is ac-
tually faulted into the address space of a process by accessing it. The
numa_alloc_* functions take care of this automatically.
A node is defined as an area where all memory has the same speed as
seen from a particular CPU. A node can contain multiple CPUs. Caches
are ignored for this definition.
Most functions in this library are only concerned about numa nodes and
their memory. The exceptions to this are: numa_node_to_cpus(),
numa_node_to_cpu_update(), numa_node_of_cpu(), numa_bind(),
numa_run_on_node(), numa_run_on_node_mask(),
numa_run_on_node_mask_all(), and numa_get_run_node_mask(). These func-
tions deal with the CPUs associated with numa nodes. See the descrip-
tions below for more information.
Some of these functions accept or return a pointer to struct bitmask.
A struct bitmask controls a bit map of arbitrary length containing a
bit representation of nodes. The predefined variable
numa_all_nodes_ptr points to a bit mask that has all available nodes
set; numa_no_nodes_ptr points to the empty set.
Before any other calls in this library can be used numa_available()
must be called. If it returns -1, all other functions in this library
are undefined.
numa_max_possible_node() returns the number of the highest possible
node in a system. In other words, the size of a kernel type nodemask_t
(in bits) minus 1. This number can be gotten by calling numa_num_pos-
sible_nodes() and subtracting 1.
numa_num_possible_nodes() returns the size of kernel's node mask (ker-
nel type nodemask_t). In other words, large enough to represent the
maximum number of nodes that the kernel can handle. This will match the
kernel's MAX_NUMNODES value. This count is derived from
/proc/self/status, field Mems_allowed.
numa_max_node() returns the highest node number available on the cur-
rent system. (See the node numbers in /sys/devices/system/node/ ).
Also see numa_num_configured_nodes().
numa_num_configured_nodes() returns the number of memory nodes in the
system. This count includes any nodes that are currently disabled. This
count is derived from the node numbers in /sys/devices/system/node.
(Depends on the kernel being configured with /sys (CONFIG_SYSFS)).
numa_get_mems_allowed() returns the mask of nodes from which the
process is allowed to allocate memory in it's current cpuset context.
Any nodes that are not included in the returned bitmask will be ignored
in any of the following libnuma memory policy calls.
numa_num_configured_cpus() returns the number of cpus in the system.
This count includes any cpus that are currently disabled. This count is
derived from the cpu numbers in /sys/devices/system/cpu. If the kernel
is configured without /sys (CONFIG_SYSFS=n) then it falls back to using
the number of online cpus.
numa_all_nodes_ptr points to a bitmask that is allocated by the library
with bits representing all nodes on which the calling task may allocate
memory. This set may be up to all nodes on the system, or up to the
nodes in the current cpuset. The bitmask is allocated by a call to
numa_allocate_nodemask() using size numa_max_possible_node(). The set
of nodes to record is derived from /proc/self/status, field "Mems_al-
lowed". The user should not alter this bitmask.
numa_no_nodes_ptr points to a bitmask that is allocated by the library
and left all zeroes. The bitmask is allocated by a call to numa_allo-
cate_nodemask() using size numa_max_possible_node(). The user should
not alter this bitmask.
numa_all_cpus_ptr points to a bitmask that is allocated by the library
with bits representing all cpus on which the calling task may execute.
This set may be up to all cpus on the system, or up to the cpus in the
current cpuset. The bitmask is allocated by a call to numa_allo-
cate_cpumask() using size numa_num_possible_cpus(). The set of cpus to
record is derived from /proc/self/status, field "Cpus_allowed". The
user should not alter this bitmask.
numa_num_task_cpus() returns the number of cpus that the calling task
is allowed to use. This count is derived from the map /proc/self/sta-
tus, field "Cpus_allowed". Also see the bitmask numa_all_cpus_ptr.
numa_num_task_nodes() returns the number of nodes on which the calling
task is allowed to allocate memory. This count is derived from the map
/proc/self/status, field "Mems_allowed". Also see the bitmask
numa_all_nodes_ptr.
numa_parse_bitmap() parses line , which is a character string such as
found in /sys/devices/system/node/nodeN/cpumap into a bitmask struc-
ture. The string contains the hexadecimal representation of a bit map.
The bitmask may be allocated with numa_allocate_cpumask(). Returns 0
on success. Returns -1 on failure. This function is probably of lit-
tle use to a user application, but it is used by libnuma internally.
numa_parse_nodestring() parses a character string list of nodes into a
bit mask. The bit mask is allocated by numa_allocate_nodemask(). The
string is a comma-separated list of node numbers or node ranges. A
leading ! can be used to indicate "not" this list (in other words, all
nodes except this list), and a leading + can be used to indicate that
the node numbers in the list are relative to the task's cpuset. The
string can be "all" to specify all ( numa_num_task_nodes() ) nodes.
Node numbers are limited by the number in the system. See
numa_max_node() and numa_num_configured_nodes().
Examples: 1-5,7,10 !4-5 +0-3
If the string is of 0 length, bitmask numa_no_nodes_ptr is returned.
Returns 0 if the string is invalid.
numa_parse_nodestring_all() is similar to numa_parse_nodestring , but
can parse all possible nodes, not only current nodeset.
numa_parse_cpustring() parses a character string list of cpus into a
bit mask. The bit mask is allocated by numa_allocate_cpumask(). The
string is a comma-separated list of cpu numbers or cpu ranges. A lead-
ing ! can be used to indicate "not" this list (in other words, all cpus
except this list), and a leading + can be used to indicate that the cpu
numbers in the list are relative to the task's cpuset. The string can
be "all" to specify all ( numa_num_task_cpus() ) cpus. Cpu numbers are
limited by the number in the system. See numa_num_task_cpus() and
numa_num_configured_cpus().
Examples: 1-5,7,10 !4-5 +0-3
Returns 0 if the string is invalid.
numa_parse_cpustring_all() is similar to numa_parse_cpustring , but can
parse all possible cpus, not only current cpuset.
numa_node_size() returns the memory size of a node. If the argument
freep is not NULL, it used to return the amount of free memory on the
node. On error it returns -1.
numa_node_size64() works the same as numa_node_size(). This is useful
on 32-bit architectures with large nodes.
numa_preferred() returns the preferred node of the current task. This
is the node on which the kernel preferably allocates memory, unless
some other policy overrides this.
numa_has_preferred_many() Returns > 0 if the system supports multiple
preferred nodes.
numa_preferred_many() Returns the current set of preferred nodes. This
implies the empty set when the policy isn't one used for preference
(PREFERRED, PREFERRED_MANY, BIND). The caller is responsible for free-
ing the mask with numa_bitmask_free().
numa_set_preferred() sets the preferred node for the current task to
node. The system will attempt to allocate memory from the preferred
node, but will fall back to other nodes if no memory is available on
the the preferred node. Passing a node of -1 argument specifies local
allocation and is equivalent to calling numa_set_localalloc().
numa_set_preferred_many() sets the preferred set of nodes for the cur-
rent task to nodemask. This is similar to numa_set_preferred() with
the exception that it utilizes a different kernel interface to specify
multiple preferred nodes. The caller is responsible for freeing the
mask with numa_bitmask_free().
numa_get_interleave_mask() returns the current interleave mask if the
task's memory allocation policy is page interleaved. Otherwise, this
function returns an empty mask.
numa_set_interleave_mask() sets the memory interleave mask for the cur-
rent task to nodemask. All new memory allocations are page interleaved
over all nodes in the interleave mask. Interleaving can be turned off
again by passing an empty mask (numa_no_nodes). The page interleaving
only occurs on the actual page fault that puts a new page into the cur-
rent address space. It is also only a hint: the kernel will fall back
to other nodes if no memory is available on the interleave target.
numa_interleave_memory() interleaves size bytes of memory page by page
from start on nodes specified in nodemask. The size argument will be
rounded up to a multiple of the system page size. If nodemask contains
nodes that are externally denied to this process, this call will fail.
This is a lower level function to interleave allocated but not yet
faulted in memory. Not yet faulted in means the memory is allocated us-
ing mmap(2) or shmat(2), but has not been accessed by the current
process yet. The memory is page interleaved to all nodes specified in
nodemask. Normally numa_alloc_interleaved() should be used for private
memory instead, but this function is useful to handle shared memory ar-
eas. To be useful the memory area should be several megabytes at least
(or tens of megabytes of hugetlbfs mappings) If the numa_set_strict()
flag is true then the operation will cause a numa_error if there were
already pages in the mapping that do not follow the policy.
numa_bind() binds the current task and its children to the nodes speci-
fied in nodemask. They will only run on the CPUs of the specified
nodes and only be able to allocate memory from them. This function is
equivalent to calling numa_run_on_node_mask(nodemask) followed by
numa_set_membind(nodemask). If tasks should be bound to individual
CPUs inside nodes consider using numa_node_to_cpus and the
sched_setaffinity(2) syscall.
numa_set_localalloc() sets the memory allocation policy for the calling
task to local allocation. In this mode, the preferred node for memory
allocation is effectively the node where the task is executing at the
time of a page allocation.
numa_set_membind() sets the memory allocation mask. The task will only
allocate memory from the nodes set in nodemask. Passing an empty node-
mask or a nodemask that contains nodes other than those in the mask re-
turned by numa_get_mems_allowed() will result in an error.
numa_set_membind_balancing() sets the memory allocation mask and enable
the Linux kernel NUMA balancing for the task if the feature is sup-
ported by the kernel. The task will only allocate memory from the
nodes set in nodemask. Passing an empty nodemask or a nodemask that
contains nodes other than those in the mask returned by
numa_get_mems_allowed() will result in an error.
numa_get_membind() returns the mask of nodes from which memory can cur-
rently be allocated. If the returned mask is equal to numa_all_nodes,
then memory allocation is allowed from all nodes.
numa_alloc_onnode() allocates memory on a specific node. The size ar-
gument will be rounded up to a multiple of the system page size. if
the specified node is externally denied to this process, this call will
fail. This function is relatively slow compared to the malloc(3) fam-
ily of functions. The memory must be freed with numa_free(). On er-
rors NULL is returned.
numa_alloc_local() allocates size bytes of memory on the local node.
The size argument will be rounded up to a multiple of the system page
size. This function is relatively slow compared to the malloc(3) fam-
ily of functions. The memory must be freed with numa_free(). On er-
rors NULL is returned.
numa_alloc_interleaved() allocates size bytes of memory page inter-
leaved on all nodes. This function is relatively slow and should only
be used for large areas consisting of multiple pages. The interleaving
works at page level and will only show an effect when the area is
large. The allocated memory must be freed with numa_free(). On error,
NULL is returned.
numa_alloc_interleaved_subset() attempts to allocate size bytes of mem-
ory page interleaved on all nodes. The size argument will be rounded
up to a multiple of the system page size. The nodes on which a process
is allowed to allocate memory may be constrained externally. If this
is the case, this function may fail. This function is relatively slow
compared to the malloc(3) family of functions and should only be used
for large areas consisting of multiple pages. The interleaving works
at page level and will only show an effect when the area is large. The
allocated memory must be freed with numa_free(). On error, NULL is re-
turned.
numa_alloc() allocates size bytes of memory with the current NUMA pol-
icy. The size argument will be rounded up to a multiple of the system
page size. This function is relatively slow compared to the malloc(3)
family of functions. The memory must be freed with numa_free(). On
errors NULL is returned.
numa_realloc() changes the size of the memory area pointed to by
old_addr from old_size to new_size. The memory area pointed to by
old_addr must have been allocated with one of the numa_alloc* func-
tions. The new_size will be rounded up to a multiple of the system
page size. The contents of the memory area will be unchanged to the
minimum of the old and new sizes; newly allocated memory will be unini-
tialized. The memory policy (and node bindings) associated with the
original memory area will be preserved in the resized area. For exam-
ple, if the initial area was allocated with a call to numa_alloc_onn-
ode(), then the new pages (if the area is enlarged) will be allocated
on the same node. However, if no memory policy was set for the origi-
nal area, then numa_realloc() cannot guarantee that the new pages will
be allocated on the same node. On success, the address of the resized
area is returned (which might be different from that of the initial
area), otherwise NULL is returned and errno is set to indicate the er-
ror. The pointer returned by numa_realloc() is suitable for passing to
numa_free().
numa_free() frees size bytes of memory starting at start, allocated by
the numa_alloc_* functions above. The size argument will be rounded up
to a multiple of the system page size.
numa_run_on_node() runs the current task and its children on a specific
node. They will not migrate to CPUs of other nodes until the node
affinity is reset with a new call to numa_run_on_node_mask(). Passing
-1 permits the kernel to schedule on all nodes again. On success, 0 is
returned; on error -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the er-
ror.
numa_run_on_node_mask() runs the current task and its children only on
nodes specified in nodemask. They will not migrate to CPUs of other
nodes until the node affinity is reset with a new call to
numa_run_on_node_mask() or numa_run_on_node(). Passing numa_all_nodes
permits the kernel to schedule on all nodes again. On success, 0 is
returned; on error -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the er-
ror.
numa_run_on_node_mask_all() runs the current task and its children only
on nodes specified in nodemask like numa_run_on_node_mask but without
any cpuset awareness.
numa_get_run_node_mask() returns a mask of CPUs on which the current
task is allowed to run.
numa_tonode_memory() put memory on a specific node. The constraints de-
scribed for numa_interleave_memory() apply here too.
numa_tonodemask_memory() put memory on a specific set of nodes. The
constraints described for numa_interleave_memory() apply here too.
numa_setlocal_memory() locates memory on the current node. The con-
straints described for numa_interleave_memory() apply here too.
numa_police_memory() locates memory with the current NUMA policy. The
constraints described for numa_interleave_memory() apply here too.
numa_distance() reports the distance in the machine topology between
two nodes. The factors are a multiple of 10. It returns 0 when the
distance cannot be determined. A node has distance 10 to itself. Re-
porting the distance requires a Linux kernel version of 2.6.10 or
newer.
numa_set_bind_policy() specifies whether calls that bind memory to a
specific node should use the preferred policy or a strict policy. The
preferred policy allows the kernel to allocate memory on other nodes
when there isn't enough free on the target node. strict will fail the
allocation in that case. Setting the argument to specifies strict, 0
preferred. Note that specifying more than one node non strict may only
use the first node in some kernel versions.
numa_set_strict() sets a flag that says whether the functions allocat-
ing on specific nodes should use use a strict policy. Strict means the
allocation will fail if the memory cannot be allocated on the target
node. Default operation is to fall back to other nodes. This doesn't
apply to interleave and default.
numa_get_interleave_node() is used by libnuma internally. It is proba-
bly not useful for user applications. It uses the MPOL_F_NODE flag of
the get_mempolicy system call, which is not intended for application
use (its operation may change or be removed altogether in future kernel
versions). See get_mempolicy(2).
numa_pagesize() returns the number of bytes in page. This function is
simply a fast alternative to repeated calls to the getpagesize system
call. See getpagesize(2).
numa_sched_getaffinity() retrieves a bitmask of the cpus on which a
task may run. The task is specified by pid. Returns the return value
of the sched_getaffinity system call. See sched_getaffinity(2). The
bitmask must be at least the size of the kernel's cpu mask structure.
Use numa_allocate_cpumask() to allocate it. Test the bits in the mask
by calling numa_bitmask_isbitset().
numa_sched_setaffinity() sets a task's allowed cpu's to those cpu's
specified in mask. The task is specified by pid. Returns the return
value of the sched_setaffinity system call. See sched_setaffinity(2).
You may allocate the bitmask with numa_allocate_cpumask(). Or the bit-
mask may be smaller than the kernel's cpu mask structure. For example,
call numa_bitmask_alloc() using a maximum number of cpus from
numa_num_configured_cpus(). Set the bits in the mask by calling
numa_bitmask_setbit().
numa_node_to_cpus() converts a node number to a bitmask of CPUs. The
user must pass a bitmask structure with a mask buffer long enough to
represent all possible cpu's. Use numa_allocate_cpumask() to create
it. If the bitmask is not long enough errno will be set to ERANGE and
-1 returned. On success 0 is returned.
numa_node_to_cpu_update() Mark cpus bitmask of all nodes stale, then
get the latest bitmask by calling numa_node_to_cpus() This allows to
update the libnuma state after a CPU hotplug event. The application is
in charge of detecting CPU hotplug events.
numa_node_of_cpu() returns the node that a cpu belongs to. If the user
supplies an invalid cpu errno will be set to EINVAL and -1 will be re-
turned.
numa_allocate_cpumask () returns a bitmask of a size equal to the ker-
nel's cpu mask (kernel type cpumask_t). In other words, large enough
to represent NR_CPUS cpus. This number of cpus can be gotten by call-
ing numa_num_possible_cpus(). The bitmask is zero-filled.
numa_free_cpumask frees a cpumask previously allocate by numa_allo-
cate_cpumask.
numa_allocate_nodemask() returns a bitmask of a size equal to the ker-
nel's node mask (kernel type nodemask_t). In other words, large enough
to represent MAX_NUMNODES nodes. This number of nodes can be gotten by
calling numa_num_possible_nodes(). The bitmask is zero-filled.
numa_free_nodemask() frees a nodemask previous allocated by numa_allo-
cate_nodemask().
numa_bitmask_alloc() allocates a bitmask structure and its associated
bit mask. The memory allocated for the bit mask contains enough words
(type unsigned long) to contain n bits. The bit mask is zero-filled.
The bitmask structure points to the bit mask and contains the n value.
numa_bitmask_clearall() sets all bits in the bit mask to 0. The bit-
mask structure points to the bit mask and contains its size ( bmp
->size). The value of bmp is always returned. Note that numa_bit-
mask_alloc() creates a zero-filled bit mask.
numa_bitmask_clearbit() sets a specified bit in a bit mask to 0. Noth-
ing is done if the n value is greater than the size of the bitmask (and
no error is returned). The value of bmp is always returned.
numa_bitmask_equal() returns 1 if two bitmasks are equal. It returns 0
if they are not equal. If the bitmask structures control bit masks of
different sizes, the "missing" trailing bits of the smaller bit mask
are considered to be 0.
numa_bitmask_free() deallocates the memory of both the bitmask struc-
ture pointed to by bmp and the bit mask. It is an error to attempt to
free this bitmask twice.
numa_bitmask_isbitset() returns the value of a specified bit in a bit
mask. If the n value is greater than the size of the bit map, 0 is re-
turned.
numa_bitmask_nbytes() returns the size (in bytes) of the bit mask con-
trolled by bmp. The bit masks are always full words (type unsigned
long), and the returned size is the actual size of all those words.
numa_bitmask_setall() sets all bits in the bit mask to 1. The bitmask
structure points to the bit mask and contains its size ( bmp ->size).
The value of bmp is always returned.
numa_bitmask_setbit() sets a specified bit in a bit mask to 1. Nothing
is done if n is greater than the size of the bitmask (and no error is
returned). The value of bmp is always returned.
copy_bitmask_to_nodemask() copies the body (the bit map itself) of the
bitmask structure pointed to by bmp to the nodemask_t structure pointed
to by the nodemask pointer. If the two areas differ in size, the copy
is truncated to the size of the receiving field or zero-filled.
copy_nodemask_to_bitmask() copies the nodemask_t structure pointed to
by the nodemask pointer to the body (the bit map itself) of the bitmask
structure pointed to by the bmp pointer. If the two areas differ in
size, the copy is truncated to the size of the receiving field or zero-
filled.
copy_bitmask_to_bitmask() copies the body (the bit map itself) of the
bitmask structure pointed to by the bmpfrom pointer to the body of the
bitmask structure pointed to by the bmpto pointer. If the two areas
differ in size, the copy is truncated to the size of the receiving
field or zero-filled.
numa_bitmask_weight() returns a count of the bits that are set in the
body of the bitmask pointed to by the bmp argument.
numa_move_pages() moves a list of pages in the address space of the
currently executing or current process. It simply uses the move_pages
system call.
pid - ID of task. If not valid, use the current task.
count - Number of pages.
pages - List of pages to move.
nodes - List of nodes to which pages can be moved.
status - Field to which status is to be returned.
flags - MPOL_MF_MOVE or MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL
See move_pages(2).
numa_migrate_pages() simply uses the migrate_pages system call to cause
the pages of the calling task, or a specified task, to be migated from
one set of nodes to another. See migrate_pages(2). The bit masks rep-
resenting the nodes should be allocated with numa_allocate_nodemask() ,
or with numa_bitmask_alloc() using an n value returned from
numa_num_possible_nodes(). A task's current node set can be gotten by
calling numa_get_membind(). Bits in the tonodes mask can be set by
calls to numa_bitmask_setbit().
numa_error() is a libnuma internal function that can be overridden by
the user program. This function is called with a char * argument when
a libnuma function fails. Overriding the library internal definition
makes it possible to specify a different error handling strategy when a
libnuma function fails. It does not affect numa_available(). The
numa_error() function defined in libnuma prints an error on stderr and
terminates the program if numa_exit_on_error is set to a non-zero
value. The default value of numa_exit_on_error is zero.
numa_warn() is a libnuma internal function that can be also overridden
by the user program. It is called to warn the user when a libnuma
function encounters a non-fatal error. The default implementation
prints a warning to stderr. The first argument is a unique number
identifying each warning. After that there is a printf(3)-style format
string and a variable number of arguments. numa_warn exits the program
when numa_exit_on_warn is set to a non-zero value. The default value
of numa_exit_on_warn is zero.
Compatibility with libnuma version 1
Binaries that were compiled for libnuma version 1 need not be re-com-
piled to run with libnuma version 2.
Source codes written for libnuma version 1 may be re-compiled without
change with version 2 installed. To do so, in the code's Makefile add
this option to CFLAGS: -DNUMA_VERSION1_COMPATIBILITY
THREAD SAFETY
numa_set_bind_policy and numa_exit_on_error are process global. The
other calls are thread safe.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 Andi Kleen, SuSE Labs. libnuma is un-
der the GNU Lesser General Public License, v2.1.
SEE ALSO
get_mempolicy(2), set_mempolicy(2), getpagesize(2), mbind(2), mmap(2),
shmat(2), numactl(8), sched_getaffinity(2) sched_setaffinity(2)
move_pages(2) migrate_pages(2)
SuSE Labs December 2007 NUMA(3)
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