Add configuration auto for contexts/nthreads and use the PROCESSOR_COUNT.

[simgrid.git] / src / simix / smx_context.c

diff --git a/src/simix/smx_context.c b/src/simix/smx_context.c
index fed8f7f..94746b7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/simix/smx_context.c
+++ b/src/simix/smx_context.c
@@ -136,7 +136,16 @@ XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
  *
  * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
  */
-XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(char* str_nb_threads) {
+
+  int nb_threads;
+
+  if(!strcmp(str_nb_threads,"auto")){
+      nb_threads = PROCESSOR_COUNT;
+      XBT_DEBUG("Auto-setting threads to %d",nb_threads);
+  }
+  else
+    nb_threads = atoi(str_nb_threads);
 
   xbt_assert(nb_threads > 0, "Invalid number of parallel threads: %d", nb_threads);