Limiting MATLAB processor usage: Difference between revisions
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That command will start matlab to only be able to use CPU's 0,1,2 & 3. To get an idea of which processors are currently in use beforehand, (to know which ones are free to pass into 'taskset'), run the 'top' command, then hit 'f','j','enter'. The 'P' column indicates which processor a task is running on. To have 'top' run with the P column by default, save your settings by hitting 'W'+'enter'. | That command will start matlab to only be able to use CPU's 0,1,2 & 3. To get an idea of which processors are currently in use beforehand, (to know which ones are free to pass into 'taskset'), run the 'top' command, then hit 'f','j','enter'. The 'P' column indicates which processor a task is running on. To have 'top' run with the P column by default, save your settings by hitting 'W'+'enter'. | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 9 October 2012
Sometimes it is necessary to limit the number of processors that MATLAB uses while it is running so as some of the machine's processors may be free for others to use.
In older versions of MATLAB, it was possible to change MATLAB's processor affinity after MATLAB had been started using the 'maxNumCompThreads' command, but this command has since been removed in newer versions.
The taskset Linux command
To start a new matlab job from the command-line limited to, for example, four processors, type:
taskset -pc 0,1,2,3 matlab
That command will start matlab to only be able to use CPU's 0,1,2 & 3. To get an idea of which processors are currently in use beforehand, (to know which ones are free to pass into 'taskset'), run the 'top' command, then hit 'f','j','enter'. The 'P' column indicates which processor a task is running on. To have 'top' run with the P column by default, save your settings by hitting 'W'+'enter'.