Drop the need for python by using nproc --all/hw.logicalcpu_max

[Kranzes]

on my R7 8c/16t system nproc prints 16 and nproc --all prints 32, so i think this is the same behavior.

[domenkozar]

It used to be nproc, but I can't remember why we ditched it.

[Kranzes]

It used to be nproc, but I can't remember why we ditched it.

Oh well there we have it, it doesn't exist on MacOS, that's weird. There has to be a better way to just get the core count without needing an entire python interpreter.

[Kranzes]

After 10 seconds of googling, sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu_max on MacOS should return the same thing as nproc --all.

Docs: https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-792.2.4/libkern/libkern/sysctl.h.auto.html

(I tested this via darling on my Linux host.)

[kranzes@pongo ~]$ nproc
16
[kranzes@pongo ~]$ nproc --all
32
[kranzes@pongo ~]$ sudo nix run nixpkgs#darling shell
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Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

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Darling [/Volumes/SystemRoot/home/kranzes]# sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu
16
Darling [/Volumes/SystemRoot/home/kranzes]# sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu_max
32

[max-privatevoid]

nproc --all seems to give weird results on at least one of my systems, and on none of them does it return twice the core count.

Physical desktop:
Model name:                      AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
CPU(s):                          12
nproc: 12
nproc --all: 32

Ampere A1 VM:
Model name:                      Neoverse-N1
CPU(s):                          4
nproc: 4
nproc --all: 4

Physical server:
Model name:                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU(s):                          8
nproc: 8
nproc --all: 8

Micro cloud instance:
Model name:                      AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core Processor
CPU(s):                          2
nproc: 2
nproc --all: 2

Maybe it's better to use "$(($(nproc) * 2))"?

[Kranzes]

Also, it seems the nix installer by default just creates 32 users and the detsys one does 32 on Darwin and auto-uid-allocation on Linux...