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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/config/server.py | 8 |
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diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py index 4e4bf6b432..e33cd51f7c 100644 --- a/synapse/config/server.py +++ b/synapse/config/server.py @@ -153,10 +153,18 @@ class ServerConfig(Config): # bit corresponding to the first logical CPU and the highest order bit # corresponding to the last logical CPU. Not all CPUs may exist on a # given system but a mask may specify more CPUs than are present. + # # For example: # 0x00000001 is processor #0, # 0x00000003 is processors #0 and #1, # 0xFFFFFFFF is all processors (#0 through #31). + # + # This is desirable for Synapse processes (especially workers), which are + # inherently single-threaded due to the GIL and can suffer a 30-40% slowdown + # due to cache blow-out and thread context switching if the scheduler happens + # to schedule the underlying threads across different cores. + # See https://www.mirantis.com/blog/improve-performance-python-programs-restricting-single-cpu/ + # # cpu_affinity: 0xFFFFFFFF # Whether to serve a web client from the HTTP/HTTPS root resource. |