diff --git a/docs/config_reference.rst b/docs/config_reference.rst index 7c795b5825..a9b5b7d36c 100644 --- a/docs/config_reference.rst +++ b/docs/config_reference.rst @@ -1658,6 +1658,10 @@ Processor Info A *processor info object* in ReFrame's configuration is used to hold information about the processor of a system partition and is made available to the tests through the :attr:`processor ` attribute of the :attr:`current_partition `. +.. note:: + In the following the term *logical CPUs* refers to the smallest processing unit recognized by the OS. + Depending on the microarchitecture, this can either be a core or a hardware thread in processors that support simultaneous multithreading and this feature is enabled. + Therefore, properties such as :attr:`num_cpus_per_core` may have a value greater than one. .. attribute:: .arch