[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #921: Automatic undersubscribing

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#921: Automatic undersubscribing
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 Reporter:  hinder       |       Owner:  eschnett
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:          
Component:  SimFactory   |     Version:          
 Keywords:               |  
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 At the moment,
 http://simfactory.org/info/documentation/userguide/processterminology.html
 says that if you ask for 6 threads for a job (--procs 6), simfactory will
 assume that you want to use the whole node and will instead round this up
 to the number of cores per node, which on LoneStar is 12.  If you want to
 use only 6 threads, you need to use --ppn-used 6.  I find this confusing,
 and would prefer to be able to get 6 threads if I ask for 6 threads, even
 if underneath I have to claim 12 from the queuing system.  This is the way
 it seems to work on Datura: if I ask for --procs 6, I get 6 threads (i.e.
 one MPI process).  This seems to be in conflict with the documentation,
 but I prefer this behaviour.

 Proposal: if the number of threads requested (--procs) is less than the
 number of cores per node (PPN), then don't round up the number of threads
 to the nearest larger multiple of PPN.  Thoughts?

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