How to get the number of CPUs in Linux using C?

Question

Is there an API to get the number of CPUs available in Linux? I mean, without using /proc/cpuinfo or any other sys-node file...

I\'ve found this implementation using

Answer 1

Personally for recent intel cpus I use this:

int main()
{
unsigned int eax=11,ebx=0,ecx=1,edx=0;

asm volatile("cpuid"
        : "=a" (eax),
          "=b" (ebx),
          "=c" (ecx),
          "=d" (edx)
        : "0" (eax), "2" (ecx)
        : );

printf("Cores: %d\nThreads: %d\nActual thread: %d\n",eax,ebx,edx);
}

Output:

Cores: 4
Threads: 8
Actual thread: 1

Or, more concisely:

#include 

int main()
{
unsigned int ncores=0,nthreads=0,ht=0;

asm volatile("cpuid": "=a" (ncores), "=b" (nthreads) : "a" (0xb), "c" (0x1) : );

ht=(ncores!=nthreads);

printf("Cores: %d\nThreads: %d\nHyperThreading: %s\n",ncores,nthreads,ht?"Yes":"No");

return 0;
}

Output:

Cores: 4
Threads: 8
HyperThreading: Yes