Comments on: My Python maxes out my cpus… http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/ python, programming and other things Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: jnoller http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-139305 jnoller Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:56 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-139305 It's a bit of a joke - in this case, I am actually doing a unit test to ensure that the python application is fully leveraging the cores on the machine. A test I ran shortly thereafter on a 4 core box showed I could tap that out too with the workload.<br><br>Functionally, the processing library is forking processes under the covers. The goal was not to max out for maxing out's sake, but rather to test an application which has to be able to cleanly and easily use al the cores on a box. It’s a bit of a joke — in this case, I am actually doing a unit test to ensure that the python application is fully leveraging the cores on the machine. A test I ran shortly thereafter on a 4 core box showed I could tap that out too with the workload.

Functionally, the processing library is forking processes under the covers. The goal was not to max out for maxing out’s sake, but rather to test an application which has to be able to cleanly and easily use al the cores on a box.

]]> By: patrick http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-139304 patrick Fri, 09 May 2008 02:26:51 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-139304 It's pretty easy to max out your cpu if you never sleep to give the os some time. Even just this code will max things out, if you run enough processes to match your cpu count:<br><br>while 1:<br> pass It’s pretty easy to max out your cpu if you never sleep to give the os some time. Even just this code will max things out, if you run enough processes to match your cpu count:

while 1:
pass

]]> By: jnoller http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-62398 jnoller Thu, 08 May 2008 23:05:56 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-62398 It's a bit of a joke - in this case, I am actually doing a unit test to ensure that the python application is fully leveraging the cores on the machine. A test I ran shortly thereafter on a 4 core box showed I could tap that out too with the workload.<br><br>Functionally, the processing library is forking processes under the covers. The goal was not to max out for maxing out's sake, but rather to test an application which has to be able to cleanly and easily use al the cores on a box. It’s a bit of a joke — in this case, I am actually doing a unit test to ensure that the python application is fully leveraging the cores on the machine. A test I ran shortly thereafter on a 4 core box showed I could tap that out too with the workload.

Functionally, the processing library is forking processes under the covers. The goal was not to max out for maxing out’s sake, but rather to test an application which has to be able to cleanly and easily use al the cores on a box.

]]> By: patrick http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-62397 patrick Thu, 08 May 2008 22:26:51 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-62397 It's pretty easy to max out your cpu if you never sleep to give the os some time. Even just this code will max things out, if you run enough processes to match your cpu count:<br><br>while 1:<br> pass It’s pretty easy to max out your cpu if you never sleep to give the os some time. Even just this code will max things out, if you run enough processes to match your cpu count:

while 1:
pass

]]> By: jnoller http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-62396 jnoller Wed, 07 May 2008 21:20:49 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-62396 Using my little test app, I could really abuse $N cores by simply increasing the worker count and workload - it scales as far as I need it to right now. Using my little test app, I could really abuse $N cores by simply increasing the worker count and workload — it scales as far as I need it to right now.

]]> By: Stan http://jessenoller.com/2008/05/07/my-python-maxes-out-my-cpus/comment-page-1/#comment-62395 Stan Wed, 07 May 2008 20:11:26 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/?p=260#comment-62395 Time for quad core! Time for quad core!

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