Use real number of cores for default -par, ignore virtual cores
To determine the default for `-par`, the number of script verification threads, use [boost::thread::physical_concurrency()](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/doc/html/thread/thread_management.html#thread.thread_management.thread.physical_concurrency) which counts only physical cores, not virtual cores. Virtual cores are roughly a set of cached registers to avoid context switches while threading, they cannot actually perform work, so spawning a verification thread for them could even reduce efficiency and will put undue load on the system. Should fix issue #6358, as well as some other reported system overload issues, especially on Intel processors. The function was only introduced in boost 1.56, so provide a utility function `GetNumCores` to fall back for older Boost versions.
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@@ -756,3 +756,13 @@ void SetThreadPriority(int nPriority)
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#endif // PRIO_THREAD
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#endif // WIN32
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}
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int GetNumCores()
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{
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#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
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return boost::thread::physical_concurrency();
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#else // Must fall back to hardware_concurrency, which unfortunately counts virtual cores
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return boost::thread::hardware_concurrency();
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#endif
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}
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