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NAME
get_nprocs, get_nprocs_conf - get number of processors
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
int get_nprocs(void);
int get_nprocs_conf(void);
DESCRIPTION
The function get_nprocs_conf() returns the number of processors configured by the operating system.
The function get_nprocs() returns the number of processors currently available in the system. This may
be less than the number returned by get_nprocs_conf() because processors may be offline (e.g., on
hotpluggable systems).
RETURN VALUE
As given in DESCRIPTION.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌──────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │get_nprocs(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ │get_nprocs_conf() │ │ │ └──────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
CONFORMING TO
These functions are GNU extensions.
NOTES
The current implementation of these functions is rather expensive, since they open and parse files in the
/sys filesystem each time they are called.
The following sysconf(3) calls make use of the functions documented on this page to return the same
information.
np = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); /* processors configured */
np = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN); /* processors available */
EXAMPLE
The following example shows how get_nprocs() and get_nprocs_conf() can be used.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("This system has %d processors configured and "
"%d processors available.\n",
get_nprocs_conf(), get_nprocs());
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
SEE ALSO
nproc(1)
COLOPHON
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