CPU_SET(3) Linux Programmer's Manual CPU_SET(3)NAME
CPU_SET, CPU_CLR, CPU_ISSET, CPU_ZERO, CPU_COUNT, CPU_AND, CPU_OR,
CPU_XOR, CPU_EQUAL, CPU_ALLOC, CPU_ALLOC_SIZE, CPU_FREE, CPU_SET_S,
CPU_CLR_S, CPU_ISSET_S, CPU_ZERO_S, CPU_COUNT_S, CPU_AND_S, CPU_OR_S,
CPU_XOR_S, CPU_EQUAL_S - macros for manipulating CPU sets
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <sched.h>
void CPU_ZERO(cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_SET(int cpu, cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_CLR(int cpu, cpu_set_t *set);
int CPU_ISSET(int cpu, cpu_set_t *set);
int CPU_COUNT(cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_AND(cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
void CPU_OR(cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
void CPU_XOR(cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
int CPU_EQUAL(cpu_set_t *set1, cpu_set_t *set2);
cpu_set_t *CPU_ALLOC(int num_cpus);
void CPU_FREE(cpu_set_t *set);
size_t CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(int num_cpus);
void CPU_ZERO_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_SET_S(int cpu, size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_CLR_S(int cpu, size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set);
int CPU_ISSET_S(int cpu, size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set);
int CPU_COUNT_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set);
void CPU_AND_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
void CPU_OR_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
void CPU_XOR_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *destset,
cpu_set_t *srcset1, cpu_set_t *srcset2);
int CPU_EQUAL_S(size_t setsize, cpu_set_t *set1, cpu_set_t *set2);
DESCRIPTION
The cpu_set_t data structure represents a set of CPUs. CPU sets are
used by sched_setaffinity(2) and similar interfaces.
The cpu_set_t data type is implemented as a bitset. However, the data
structure treated as considered opaque: all manipulation of CPU sets
should be done via the macros described in this page.
The following macros are provided to operate on the CPU set set:
CPU_ZERO() Clears set, so that it contains no CPUs.
CPU_SET() Add CPU cpu to set.
CPU_CLR() Remove CPU cpu from set.
CPU_ISSET() Test to see if CPU cpu is a member of set.
CPU_COUNT() Return the number of CPUs in set.
Where a cpu argument is specified, it should not produce side effects,
since the above macros may evaluate the argument more than once.
The first available CPU on the system corresponds to a cpu value of 0,
the next CPU corresponds to a cpu value of 1, and so on. The constant
CPU_SETSIZE (currently 1024) specifies a value one greater than the
maximum CPU number that can be stored in cpu_set_t.
The following macros perform logical operations on CPU sets:
CPU_AND() Store the intersection of the sets srcset1 and srcset2
in destset (which may be one of the source sets).
CPU_OR() Store the union of the sets srcset1 and srcset2 in
destset (which may be one of the source sets).
CPU_XOR() Store the XOR of the sets srcset1 and srcset2 in dest‐
set (which may be one of the source sets). The XOR
means the set of CPUs that are in either srcset1 or
srcset2, but not both.
CPU_EQUAL() Test whether two CPU set contain exactly the same
CPUs.
Dynamically sized CPU sets
Because some applications may require the ability to dynamically size
CPU sets (e.g., to allocate sets larger than that defined by the stan‐
dard cpu_set_t data type), glibc nowadays provides a set of macros to
support this.
The following macros are used to allocate and deallocate CPU sets:
CPU_ALLOC() Allocate a CPU set large enough to hold CPUs in the
range 0 to num_cpus-1.
CPU_ALLOC_SIZE() Return the size in bytes of the CPU set that would be
needed to hold CPUs in the range 0 to num_cpus-1.
This macro provides the value that can be used for the
setsize argument in the CPU_*_S() macros described
below.
CPU_FREE() Free a CPU set previously allocated by CPU_ALLOC().
The macros whose names end with "_S" are the analogs of the similarly
named macros without the suffix. These macros perform the same tasks
as their analogs, but operate on the dynamically allocated CPU set(s)
whose size is setsize bytes.
RETURN VALUECPU_ISSET() and CPU_ISSET_S() return nonzero if cpu is in set; other‐
wise, it returns 0.
CPU_COUNT() and CPU_COUNT_S() return the number of CPUs in set.
CPU_EQUAL() and CPU_EQUAL_S() return nonzero if the two CPU sets are
equal; otherwise it returns 0.
CPU_ALLOC() returns a pointer on success, or NULL on failure. (Errors
are as for malloc(3).)
CPU_ALLOC_SIZE() returns the number of bytes required to store a CPU
set of the specified cardinality.
The other functions do not return a value.
VERSIONS
The CPU_ZERO(), CPU_SET(), CPU_CLR(), and CPU_ISSET() macros were added
in glibc 2.3.3.
CPU_COUNT() first appeared in glibc 2.6.
CPU_AND(), CPU_OR(), CPU_XOR(), CPU_EQUAL(), CPU_ALLOC(),
CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(), CPU_FREE(), CPU_ZERO_S(), CPU_SET_S(), CPU_CLR_S(),
CPU_ISSET_S(), CPU_AND_S(), CPU_OR_S(), CPU_XOR_S(), and CPU_EQUAL_S()
first appeared in glibc 2.7.
CONFORMING TO
These interfaces are Linux-specific.
NOTES
To duplicate a CPU set, use memcpy(3).
Since CPU sets are bitsets allocated in units of long words, the actual
number of CPUs in a dynamically allocated CPU set will be rounded up to
the next multiple of sizeof(unsigned long). An application should con‐
sider the contents of these extra bits to be undefined.
Notwithstanding the similarity in the names, note that the constant
CPU_SETSIZE indicates the number of CPUs in the cpu_set_t data type
(thus, it is effectively a count of bits in the bitset), while the set‐
size argument of the CPU_*_S() macros is a size in bytes.
The data types for arguments and return values shown in the SYNOPSIS
are hints what about is expected in each case. However, since these
interfaces are implemented as macros, the compiler won't necessarily
catch all type errors if you violate the suggestions.
BUGS
On 32-bit platforms with glibc 2.8 and earlier, CPU_ALLOC() allocates
twice as much space as is required, and CPU_ALLOC_SIZE() returns a
value twice as large as it should. This bug should not affect the
semantics of a program, but does result in wasted memory and less effi‐
cient operation of the macros that operate on dynamically allocated CPU
sets. These bugs are fixed in glibc 2.9.
EXAMPLE
The following program demonstrates the use of some of the macros used
for dynamically allocated CPU sets.
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <sched.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
cpu_set_t *cpusetp;
size_t size;
int num_cpus, cpu;
if (argc < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num-cpus>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
num_cpus = atoi(argv[1]);
cpusetp = CPU_ALLOC(num_cpus);
if (cpusetp == NULL) {
perror("CPU_ALLOC");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
size = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE(num_cpus);
CPU_ZERO_S(size, cpusetp);
for (cpu = 0; cpu < num_cpus; cpu += 2)
CPU_SET_S(cpu, size, cpusetp);
printf("CPU_COUNT() of set: %d\n", CPU_COUNT_S(size, cpusetp));
CPU_FREE(cpusetp);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSOsched_setaffinity(2), pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(3), pthread_setaffin‐
ity_np(3), cpuset(7)COLOPHON
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