Use real number of cores for default -par, ignore virtual cores

To determine the default for `-par`, the number of script verification
threads, use [boost::thread::physical_concurrency()](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.thread.physical_concurrency)
which counts only physical cores, not virtual cores.

Virtual cores are roughly a set of cached registers to avoid context
switches while threading, they cannot actually perform work, so spawning
a verification thread for them could even reduce efficiency and will put
undue load on the system.

Should fix issue #6358, as well as some other reported system overload
issues, especially on Intel processors.

The function was only introduced in boost 1.56, so provide a utility
function `GetNumCores` to fall back for older Boost versions.
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
2015-07-01 17:38:15 +02:00
parent da77a6f761
commit 47162673c7
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@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ std::string HelpMessageGroup(const std::string& message);
*/
std::string HelpMessageOpt(const std::string& option, const std::string& message);
/**
* Return the number of physical cores available on the current system.
* @note This does not count virtual cores, such as those provided by HyperThreading
* when boost is newer than 1.56.
*/
int GetNumCores();
void SetThreadPriority(int nPriority);
void RenameThread(const char* name);