OMP_PLACES – Specifies on which CPUs the theads should be placed

Description:

The thread placement can be either specified using an abstract name or by an explicit list of the places. The abstract names threads, cores, sockets, ll_caches and numa_domains can be optionally followed by a positive number in parentheses, which denotes the how many places shall be created. With threads each place corresponds to a single hardware thread; cores to a single core with the corresponding number of hardware threads; with sockets the place corresponds to a single socket; with ll_caches to a set of cores that shares the last level cache on the device; and numa_domains to a set of cores for which their closest memory on the device is the same memory and at a similar distance from the cores. The resulting placement can be shown by setting the OMP_DISPLAY_ENV environment variable.

Alternatively, the placement can be specified explicitly as comma-separated list of places. A place is specified by set of nonnegative numbers in curly braces, denoting the hardware threads. The curly braces can be omitted when only a single number has been specified. The hardware threads belonging to a place can either be specified as comma-separated list of nonnegative thread numbers or using an interval. Multiple places can also be either specified by a comma-separated list of places or by an interval. To specify an interval, a colon followed by the count is placed after the hardware thread number or the place. Optionally, the length can be followed by a colon and the stride number – otherwise a unit stride is assumed. Placing an exclamation mark (!) directly before a curly brace or numbers inside the curly braces (excluding intervals) will exclude those hardware threads.

For instance, the following specifies the same places list: "{0,1,2}, {3,4,6}, {7,8,9}, {10,11,12}" ; "{0:3}, {3:3}, {7:3}, {10:3}" ; and "{0:2}:4:3".

If OMP_PLACES and GOMP_CPU_AFFINITY are unset and OMP_PROC_BIND is either unset or false, threads may be moved between CPUs following no placement policy.

See also:

OMP_PROC_BIND – Whether theads may be moved between CPUs, GOMP_CPU_AFFINITY – Bind threads to specific CPUs, omp_get_proc_bind – Whether theads may be moved between CPUs, OMP_DISPLAY_ENV – Show OpenMP version and environment variables

Reference:

OpenMP specification v4.5, Section 4.5