From: smairal_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-05-27 17:46:21
Thanks a lot Brian.
-Regards,
Sarang.
Quoting "Brian W. Barrett" <bbarrett_at_[hidden]>:
> You're right, in v1.2 it will return MPI_THREAD_SINGLE (although it
> really
> shouldn't). Some MPI implementations may do something different if
> you
> request MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED instead of MPI_THREAD_SINGLE, so you
> should
> continue to do that. A future version of Open MPI will return the
> provided as MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED in that case instead of
> MPI_THREAD_SINGLE.
> But you can safely use two threads as you describe even with the
> provided
> of MPI_THREAD_SINGLE.
>
> Brian
>
> > I tried with MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED but it still returns
> MPI_THREAD_SINGLE
> > in "provided". I tried a sample program that has thread_0 doing MPI
> and
> > thread_1 doing some computation and thread_0 and thread_1 doing
> some
> > thread synchronization (using pthread condition variables). The
> program
> > seems to be doing fine and so also the thread synchronization. I
> think,
> > even if MPI_THREAD_SINGLE is returned in provided, such a design
> works.
> > Now, since the thread synchronization seems to be fine, I think
> multiple
> > threads (with only one thread executing MPI calls) works even if
> > "provided" returns MPI_THREAD_SINGLE.
> >
> > -Thanks and Regards,
> > Sarang.
> >
> > Quoting "Brian W. Barrett" <bbarrett_at_[hidden]>:
> >
> >> If only one thread ever makes calls into MPI, you don't actually
> >> need
> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE but only MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED. Open MPI will
> >> generally
> >> support MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED out of the box (but on certain
> >> configurations,
> >> mainly platforms without threads, will not), so if you request
> >> MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED, it should be returned in provided.
> >>
> >> Good luck,
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> > Thanks a lot guys for your help. I am also trying a design where
> I
> >> have
> >> > one thread doing MPI and others doing some computation
> (non-MPI).
> >> If I
> >> > have only MPI_THREAD_SINGLE enabled for OpenMPI, can I still
> >> implement
> >> > this kind of a design or there would be issues with threads in
> >> OpenMPI.
> >> >
> >> > -Thanks and Regards,
> >> > Sarang.
> >> >
> >> > Quoting "Brian W. Barrett" <bbarrett_at_[hidden]>:
> >> >
> >> >> There are two ways you can find out if an Open MPI build has
> >> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support:
> >> >>
> >> >> * On the command line: You can run "ompi_info | grep Thread".
> If
> >> you
> >> >> see
> >> >> mpi: no, the build doesn't support MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE. If you
> >> see
> >> >> mpi:
> >> >> yes, the build does support MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE.
> >> >>
> >> >> * At run-time. As mentioned below, if you request
> >> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE and
> >> >> provided is only MPI_THREAD_SINGLE, then Open MPI does not have
> >> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Good luck,
> >> >>
> >> >> Brian
> >> >>
> >> >> > You are already there. the fact that MPI_Thread_init only
> >> provide
> >> >> > MPI_THREAD_SINGLE shows that MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE is NOT
> enabled
> >> in
> >> >> the
> >> >> > library binary that you're using. Although
> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE
> >> is
> >> >> > implemented in the library source code, it is only lightly
> >> tested,
> >> >> so it
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > not enabled by default.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To enable MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE, you need to recompile the
> library
> >> by
> >> >> first
> >> >> > including --enable-mpi-threads as one of the parameters when
> you
> >> >> rerun
> >> >> > ./configure as the first step of recompiling the library.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 5/27/07, smairal_at_[hidden] <smairal_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >> I want to use threads with OpenMPI such that the
> >> threads
> >> >> would
> >> >> >> be able to call MPI functions. For this purpose, I am using
> >> >> >> MPI_Init_thread with MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE option. But this
> >> function
> >> >> call
> >> >> >> returns MPI_THREAD_SINGLE in the "provided" parameter
> >> indicating
> >> >> that
> >> >> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE is not configured. Somewhere it is
> >> mentioned
> >> >> that
> >> >> >> OpenMPI needs to be configured with --enable-mpi-threads
> >> inorder
> >> >> to use
> >> >> >> MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE. If true, is it possible to know whether
> >> the
> >> >> >> OpenMPI (1.1.2)which I have already configured, has the
> option
> >> >> >> "--enable-mpi-threads" already configured or not? Also, how
> >> easy
> >> >> or
> >> >> >> difficult is it to configure --enable-mpi-threads option?
> >> >> >> Please share some information on this.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> -Thanks and Regards,
> >> >> >> Sarang.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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