NAME

       hwloc-bind  -  Launch  a  command  that  is bound to specific processors and/or memory, or
       consult the binding of an existing program

SYNOPSIS

       hwloc-bind [options] <location1> [<location2> [...] ] [--] <command> ...

       Note that hwloc(7) provides a detailed explanation  of  the  hwloc  system  and  of  valid
       <location> formats; it should be read before reading this man page.

OPTIONS

       --cpubind Use following arguments for CPU binding (default).

       --membind Use  following  arguments for memory binding.  If --mempolicy is not also given,
                 the default policy is bind.

       --mempolicy <policy>
                 Change  the  memory  binding  policy.   The  available  policies  are   default,
                 firsttouch,  bind,  interleave  replicate  and  nexttouch.   This option is only
                 meaningful when an actual binding is also given with --membind.  If --membind is
                 given without --mempolicy, the default policy is bind.

       --get     Report the current bindings.

                 When  a command is given, the binding is displayed before executing the command.
                 When no command is  given,  the  program  exits  after  displaying  the  current
                 binding.

                 When combined with --membind, report the memory binding instead of CPU binding.

                 No location may be given since no binding is performed.

       -e --get-last-cpu-location
                 Report  the  last  processors  where  the process ran.  Note that the result may
                 already be outdated when reported  since  the  operating  system  may  move  the
                 process to other processors at any time according to the binding.

                 When  a  command is given, the last processors is displayed before executing the
                 command. When no command is given, the program exits after displaying  the  last
                 processors.

                 This option cannot be combined with --membind.

                 No location may be given since no binding is performed.

       --single  Bind on a single CPU to prevent migration.

       --strict  Require strict binding.

       --pid <pid>
                 Operate on pid <pid>

       -p --physical
                 take OS/physical indexes instead of logical indexes

       -l --logical
                 take logical indexes instead of physical/OS indexes (default)

       --taskset Display  CPU  set  strings  in the format recognized by the taskset command-line
                 program instead of hwloc-specific CPU set string format.   This  option  has  no
                 impact on the format of input CPU set strings, both formats are always accepted.

       --restrict <cpuset>
                 Restrict the topology to the given cpuset.

       --whole-system
                 Do not consider administration limitations.

       -f --force
                 Launch the executable even if binding failed.

       -q --quiet
                 Hide  non-fatal  error messages.  It includes locations pointing to non-existing
                 objects, as well as failure to bind.  This is  usually  useful  in  addition  to
                 --force.

       -v --verbose
                 Verbose output.

       --version Report version and exit.

DESCRIPTION

       hwloc-bind execs an executable (with optional command line arguments) that is bound to the
       specified location (or list of locations).  Upon successful execution,  hwloc-bind  simply
       sets bindings and then execs the executable over itself.

       If  binding  fails,  or if the binding set is empty, and --force was not given, hwloc-bind
       returns with an error instead of launching the executable.

       NOTE: It is highly recommended that you read the hwloc(7)  overview  page  before  reading
       this  man  page.   Most of the concepts described in hwloc(7) directly apply to the hwloc-
       bind utility.

EXAMPLES

       hwloc-bind's operation is best described through several examples.  More details about how
       locations are specified on the hwloc-bind command line are described in hwloc(7).

       To run the echo command on the first logical processor of the second package:

           hwloc-bind package:1.pu:0 -- echo hello

       which is exactly equivalent to

           hwloc-bind package:1.pu:0 echo hello

       To  bind the "echo" command to the first core of the second package and the second core of
       the first package:

           hwloc-bind package:1.core:0 package:0.core:1 echo hello

       Note that binding the "echo"  command  to  multiple  processors  is  probably  meaningless
       (because  "echo"  is  likely implemented as a single-threaded application); these examples
       just serve to show what hwloc-bind can do.

       To run on the first three packages on the second and third nodes:

           hwloc-bind node:1-2.package:0:3 echo hello

       which is also equivalent to:

           hwloc-bind node:1-2.package:0-2 echo hello

       Note that if you attempt to bind to objects that do not exist, hwloc-bind  will  not  warn
       unless -v was specified.

       To run on processor with physical index 2 in package with physical index 1:

           hwloc-bind --physical package:1.core:2 echo hello

       To run on odd cores within even packages:

           hwloc-bind package:even.core:odd echo hello

       To run on the first package, except on its second and fifth cores:

           hwloc-bind package:0 ~package:0.core:1 ~package:0.core:4 echo hello

       To run anywhere except on the first package:

           hwloc-bind all ~package:0 echo hello

       To run on a core near the network interface named eth0:

           hwloc-bind os=eth0 echo hello

       To run on a core near the PCI device whose bus ID is 0000:01:02.0:

           hwloc-bind pci=0000:01:02.0 echo hello

       To bind memory on second memory node and run on first node (when supported by the OS):

           hwloc-bind --cpubind node:1 --membind node:0 echo hello

       The  --get  option  can  report  current  bindings.  This example shows nesting hwloc-bind
       invocations to set a binding and then report it:

           hwloc-bind node:1.package:2 hwloc-bind --get

       On one of the hwloc developer's machines, this  example  reports  "0x00004444,0x44000000".
       The mask reported on your machine may be different.

       Locations  may  also  be  specified as a hex bit mask (typically generated by hwloc-calc).
       For example:

           hwloc-bind 0x00004444,0x44000000 echo hello
           hwloc-bind `hwloc-calc node:1.package:2` echo hello

       Memory binding may also be reported:

           hwloc-bind --membind node:1 --mempolicy interleave -- hwloc-bind --get --membind

       This returns a string describing the memory binding, such  as  "0x000000f0  (interleave)".
       Note that if the system does not contain any NUMA nodes, the reported string will indicate
       that the process is bound to the entire system memory (e.g., "0xf...f").

HINT

       If the graphics-enabled lstopo is available, use for instance

           hwloc-bind core:2 -- lstopo --pid 0

       to check what the result of your binding command actually  is.   lstopo  will  graphically
       show where it is bound to by hwloc-bind.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful execution, hwloc-bind execs the command over itself.  The return value is
       therefore whatever the return value of the command is.

       hwloc-bind will return nonzero if any kind of error occurs, such as (but not limited  to):
       failure  to  parse  the  command  line, failure to retrieve process bindings, or lack of a
       command to execute.

SEE ALSO

       hwloc(7), lstopo(1), hwloc-calc(1), hwloc-distrib(1)