miner: it can now autodetect the optimal number of threads

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moneromooo-monero 2019-02-04 15:41:58 +00:00
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4 changed files with 96 additions and 9 deletions

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@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
#undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
#define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "miner"
#define AUTODETECT_WINDOW 10 // seconds
#define AUTODETECT_GAIN_THRESHOLD 1.02f // 2%
using namespace epee;
#include "miner.h"
@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
m_starter_nonce(0),
m_last_hr_merge_time(0),
m_hashes(0),
m_total_hashes(0),
m_do_print_hashrate(false),
m_do_mining(false),
m_current_hash_rate(0),
@ -178,7 +182,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
merge_hr();
return true;
});
m_autodetect_interval.do_call([&](){
update_autodetection();
return true;
});
return true;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -209,6 +218,60 @@ namespace cryptonote
m_hashes = 0;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void miner::update_autodetection()
{
if (m_threads_autodetect.empty())
return;
uint64_t now = epee::misc_utils::get_ns_count();
uint64_t dt = now - m_threads_autodetect.back().first;
if (dt < AUTODETECT_WINDOW * 1000000000ull)
return;
// work out how many more hashes we got
m_threads_autodetect.back().first = dt;
uint64_t dh = m_total_hashes - m_threads_autodetect.back().second;
m_threads_autodetect.back().second = dh;
float hs = dh / (dt / (float)1000000000);
MGINFO("Mining autodetection: " << m_threads_autodetect.size() << " threads: " << hs << " H/s");
// when we don't increase by at least 2%, stop, otherwise check next
// if N and N+1 have mostly the same hash rate, we want to "lighter" one
bool found = false;
if (m_threads_autodetect.size() > 1)
{
int previdx = m_threads_autodetect.size() - 2;
float previous_hs = m_threads_autodetect[previdx].second / (m_threads_autodetect[previdx].first / (float)1000000000);
if (previous_hs > 0 && hs / previous_hs < AUTODETECT_GAIN_THRESHOLD)
{
m_threads_total = m_threads_autodetect.size() - 1;
m_threads_autodetect.clear();
MGINFO("Optimal number of threads seems to be " << m_threads_total);
found = true;
}
}
if (!found)
{
// setup one more thread
m_threads_autodetect.push_back({now, m_total_hashes});
m_threads_total = m_threads_autodetect.size();
}
// restart all threads
{
CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_threads_lock);
boost::interprocess::ipcdetail::atomic_write32(&m_stop, 1);
for(boost::thread& th: m_threads)
th.join();
m_threads.clear();
}
boost::interprocess::ipcdetail::atomic_write32(&m_stop, 0);
boost::interprocess::ipcdetail::atomic_write32(&m_thread_index, 0);
for(size_t i = 0; i != m_threads_total; i++)
m_threads.push_back(boost::thread(m_attrs, boost::bind(&miner::worker_thread, this)));
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void miner::init_options(boost::program_options::options_description& desc)
{
command_line::add_arg(desc, arg_extra_messages);
@ -297,6 +360,13 @@ namespace cryptonote
{
m_mine_address = adr;
m_threads_total = static_cast<uint32_t>(threads_count);
if (threads_count == 0)
{
m_threads_autodetect.clear();
m_threads_autodetect.push_back({epee::misc_utils::get_ns_count(), m_total_hashes});
m_threads_total = 1;
}
m_attrs = attrs;
m_starter_nonce = crypto::rand<uint32_t>();
CRITICAL_REGION_LOCAL(m_threads_lock);
if(is_mining())
@ -318,12 +388,15 @@ namespace cryptonote
set_is_background_mining_enabled(do_background);
set_ignore_battery(ignore_battery);
for(size_t i = 0; i != threads_count; i++)
for(size_t i = 0; i != m_threads_total; i++)
{
m_threads.push_back(boost::thread(attrs, boost::bind(&miner::worker_thread, this)));
}
LOG_PRINT_L0("Mining has started with " << threads_count << " threads, good luck!" );
if (threads_count == 0)
MINFO("Mining has started, autodetecting optimal number of threads, good luck!" );
else
MINFO("Mining has started with " << threads_count << " threads, good luck!" );
if( get_is_background_mining_enabled() )
{
@ -360,7 +433,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
if (!is_mining())
{
MDEBUG("Not mining - nothing to stop" );
MTRACE("Not mining - nothing to stop" );
return true;
}
@ -381,6 +454,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
MINFO("Mining has been stopped, " << m_threads.size() << " finished" );
m_threads.clear();
m_threads_autodetect.clear();
return true;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -506,6 +580,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
}
nonce+=m_threads_total;
++m_hashes;
++m_total_hashes;
}
slow_hash_free_state();
MGINFO("Miner thread stopped ["<< th_local_index << "]");

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@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
bool worker_thread();
bool request_block_template();
void merge_hr();
void update_autodetection();
struct miner_config
{
@ -132,16 +133,20 @@ namespace cryptonote
account_public_address m_mine_address;
epee::math_helper::once_a_time_seconds<5> m_update_block_template_interval;
epee::math_helper::once_a_time_seconds<2> m_update_merge_hr_interval;
epee::math_helper::once_a_time_seconds<1> m_autodetect_interval;
std::vector<blobdata> m_extra_messages;
miner_config m_config;
std::string m_config_folder_path;
std::atomic<uint64_t> m_last_hr_merge_time;
std::atomic<uint64_t> m_hashes;
std::atomic<uint64_t> m_total_hashes;
std::atomic<uint64_t> m_current_hash_rate;
epee::critical_section m_last_hash_rates_lock;
std::list<uint64_t> m_last_hash_rates;
bool m_do_print_hashrate;
bool m_do_mining;
std::vector<std::pair<uint64_t, uint64_t>> m_threads_autodetect;
boost::thread::attributes m_attrs;
// background mining stuffs ..

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@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ bool t_command_parser_executor::start_mining(const std::vector<std::string>& arg
{
if(!args.size())
{
std::cout << "Please specify a wallet address to mine for: start_mining <addr> [<threads>]" << std::endl;
std::cout << "Please specify a wallet address to mine for: start_mining <addr> [<threads>|auto]" << std::endl;
return true;
}
@ -388,8 +388,15 @@ bool t_command_parser_executor::start_mining(const std::vector<std::string>& arg
if(args.size() >= 2)
{
bool ok = epee::string_tools::get_xtype_from_string(threads_count, args[1]);
threads_count = (ok && 0 < threads_count) ? threads_count : 1;
if (args[1] == "auto" || args[1] == "autodetect")
{
threads_count = 0;
}
else
{
bool ok = epee::string_tools::get_xtype_from_string(threads_count, args[1]);
threads_count = (ok && 0 < threads_count) ? threads_count : 1;
}
}
m_executor.start_mining(info.address, threads_count, nettype, do_background_mining, ignore_battery);

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@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ t_command_server::t_command_server(
m_command_lookup.set_handler(
"start_mining"
, std::bind(&t_command_parser_executor::start_mining, &m_parser, p::_1)
, "start_mining <addr> [<threads>] [do_background_mining] [ignore_battery]"
, "Start mining for specified address. Defaults to 1 thread and no background mining."
, "start_mining <addr> [<threads>|auto] [do_background_mining] [ignore_battery]"
, "Start mining for specified address. Defaults to 1 thread and no background mining. Use \"auto\" to autodetect optimal number of threads."
);
m_command_lookup.set_handler(
"stop_mining"