From 46cb00584093b53ef71d9749d9db51bbac734b42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Matthew G. F. Dosanjh" Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:04:45 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update SMB.rst Added in instructions for cases where SMB causes an out of memory error. --- doc/sphinx/09_Microbenchmarks/M4_SMB/SMB.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/sphinx/09_Microbenchmarks/M4_SMB/SMB.rst b/doc/sphinx/09_Microbenchmarks/M4_SMB/SMB.rst index 5035303c..0fd87e6f 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/09_Microbenchmarks/M4_SMB/SMB.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/09_Microbenchmarks/M4_SMB/SMB.rst @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ We define some system specific variables for these tests. * PPN - the number of processes per node. * CACHE - 2x the size of the largest cache size (note: we use 2x here to be thourough) +Note: these tests can be memory intensive, with memory usage growing as $O(message\_size*number\_of\_messages*number\_of\_peers*processes\_per\_node)$. If memory issues occur, use the -m flag to reduce the number of messages per itteration at higher message sizes. * 9 point stencil