validator: Add experimental flag to select PoH pinned core

core/src/banking_stage.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use crate::{
     cluster_info::ClusterInfo,
     poh_recorder::{PohRecorder, PohRecorderError, WorkingBankEntry},
-    poh_service::PohService,
+    poh_service::{self, PohService},
 };
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver as CrossbeamReceiver, RecvTimeoutError};
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ pub fn create_test_recorder(
         &poh_config,
         &exit,
         bank.ticks_per_slot(),
+        poh_service::DEFAULT_PINNED_CPU_CORE,
     );
 
     (exit, poh_recorder, poh_service, entry_receiver)

core/src/poh_service.rs

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ pub struct PohService {
 // See benches/poh.rs for some benchmarks that attempt to justify this magic number.
 pub const NUM_HASHES_PER_BATCH: u64 = 1;
 
+pub const DEFAULT_PINNED_CPU_CORE: usize = 0;
+
 impl PohService {
     pub fn new(
         poh_recorder: Arc<Mutex<PohRecorder>>,
         poh_config: &Arc<PohConfig>,
         poh_exit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
         ticks_per_slot: u64,
+        pinned_cpu_core: usize,
     ) -> Self {
         let poh_exit_ = poh_exit.clone();
         let poh_config = poh_config.clone();
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ impl PohService {
                     // Let's dedicate one of the CPU cores to this thread so that it can gain
                     // from cache performance.
                     if let Some(cores) = core_affinity::get_core_ids() {
-                        core_affinity::set_for_current(cores[0]);
+                        core_affinity::set_for_current(cores[pinned_cpu_core]);
                     }
                     Self::tick_producer(
                         poh_recorder,
@@ -215,7 +218,13 @@ mod tests {
                     .unwrap()
             };
 
-            let poh_service = PohService::new(poh_recorder.clone(), &poh_config, &exit, 0);
+            let poh_service = PohService::new(
+                poh_recorder.clone(),
+                &poh_config,
+                &exit,
+                0,
+                DEFAULT_PINNED_CPU_CORE,
+            );
             poh_recorder.lock().unwrap().set_working_bank(working_bank);
 
             // get some events

core/src/validator.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{
         OptimisticallyConfirmedBank, OptimisticallyConfirmedBankTracker,
     },
     poh_recorder::{PohRecorder, GRACE_TICKS_FACTOR, MAX_GRACE_SLOTS},
-    poh_service::PohService,
+    poh_service::{self, PohService},
     rewards_recorder_service::{RewardsRecorderSender, RewardsRecorderService},
     rpc::JsonRpcConfig,
     rpc_pubsub_service::{PubSubConfig, PubSubService},
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ pub struct ValidatorConfig {
     pub send_transaction_retry_ms: u64,
     pub send_transaction_leader_forward_count: u64,
     pub no_poh_speed_test: bool,
+    pub poh_pinned_cpu_core: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for ValidatorConfig {
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ impl Default for ValidatorConfig {
             send_transaction_retry_ms: 2000,
             send_transaction_leader_forward_count: 2,
             no_poh_speed_test: true,
+            poh_pinned_cpu_core: poh_service::DEFAULT_PINNED_CPU_CORE,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -547,6 +549,7 @@ impl Validator {
             &poh_config,
             &exit,
             bank.ticks_per_slot(),
+            config.poh_pinned_cpu_core,
         );
         assert_eq!(
             blockstore.new_shreds_signals.len(),