autohbw(7)

1AUTOHBW(7)                          AUTOHBW                         AUTOHBW(7)
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NAME

6       libautohbw.so - An interposer library for redirecting heap allocations
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SYNOPSIS

9       LD_PRELOAD=libautohbw.so command {arguments ...}
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DESCRIPTION

12       AutoHBW  library (libautohbw.so) is an interposer library for redirect‐
13       ing heap allocations (malloc, calloc, realloc, valloc,  posix_memalign,
14       memlign)  to high-bandwidth (HBW) memory. Consequently, AutoHBW library
15       can be used to automatically allocate high-bandwidth memory without any
16       modification to source code of an application.
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18       For  instance,  the following command-line runs existing binary /bin/ls
19       with  AutoHBW  library,  automatically  redirecting  heap   allocations
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22              LD_PRELOAD=libautohbw.so /bin/ls
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ENVIRONMENT

26       The behavior of AutoHBW library is controlled by the following environ‐
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30       AUTO_HBW_SIZE=x:[y]
31       Indicates that any allocation larger than x and smaller than  y  should
32       be allocated in HBW memory.  x and y can be followed by a K, M, or G to
33       indicate the size in Kilo/Memga/Giga bytes (e.g., 4K, 3M, 2G).
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37       AUTO_HBW_SIZE=4K
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40       AUTO_HBW_SIZE=1M:5M
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44       AUTO_HBW_LOG=level
45       Sets the value of logging (printing) level.  If level is:
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47       -1     no messages are printed
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49       0      no allocations  messages  are  printed  but  INFO  messages  are
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52       1      a log message is printed for each allocation (Default)
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54       2      a  log  message is printed for each allocation with a backtrace.
55              Redirect this output and use  autohbw_get_src_lines.pl  to  find
56              source  lines for each allocation. Your application must be com‐
57              piled with -g to see source lines.
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61              1. Logging adds extra overhead. Therefore, for performance crit‐
62              ical runs, logging level should be 0
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64              2.  The  amount of free memory printed with log messages is only
65              approximate -- e.g. pages that are not touched yet are excluded
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73       Sets the type of memory type that should be automatically allocated. By
74       default, this type is MEMKIND_HBW_PREFERRED, if MCDRAM is found in your
75       system; otherwise, the default is MEMKIND_DEFAULT. The names of  memory
76       types are defined in memkind(3) man page.  memory_type has to be one of
77       MEMKIND_DEFAULT,  MEMKIND_HUGETLB,   MEMKIND_INTERLEAVE,   MEMKIND_HBW,
78       MEMKIND_HBW_PREFERRED,       MEMKIND_HBW_HUGETLB,      MEMKIND_HBW_PRE‐
79       FERRED_HUGETLB,   MEMKIND_HBW_GBTLB   (DEPRECATED),    MEMKIND_HBW_PRE‐
80       FERRED_GBTLB       (DEPRECATED),       MEMKIND_GBTLB      (DEPRECATED),
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83       If you are requesting any huge TLB pages, please  make  sure  that  the
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88       AUTO_HBW_MEM_TYPE=MEMKIND_HBW_PREFERRED
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100       Set  the debug message printing level. Default is 0. This is mainly for
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NOTES

105       It is possible to temporarily disable/enable automatic HBW  allocations
106       by calling disableAutoHBW() and enableAutoHBW() in source code. To call
107       these routines, please include autohbw_api.h header file and link  with
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111       If  high-bandwidth memory is not physically present in your system, the
112       environment variable MEMKIND_HBW_NODES must  be  set  to  indicate  the
113       high-bandwidth node as indicated in memkind(3).
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EXAMPLES

118       The  following  will  run  /bin/ls with AutoHBW library. Make sure that
119       paths  to  both  libautohbw.so  and  libmemkind.so  are   included   in
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122              LD_PRELOAD=libautohbw.so /bin/ls -l
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124       To  run  with  MPI,  a  shell  script must be created, with the correct
125       LD_PRELOAD  command  for  each   rank.   For   example,   if   we   put
126       LD_PRELOAD=libautohbw.so   /bin/ls   in  a  shell  script  named  auto‐
127       hbw_test.sh, it can be executed with 2 MPI ranks as:
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COPYRIGHT

133       Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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