A simpler change which would seem to achieve the desired clarification would be :- MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED The process may be multi-threaded, but only the main thread is allowed to make MPI calls. (and you could add If other threads make MPI calls the behavior is undefined. if you want to be verbose about it). -- Jim James Cownie <james.h.cownie_at_[hidden]> SSG/DPD/PAT Tel: +44 117 9071438
-----Original Message----- From: mpi-21-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:mpi-21-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rolf Rabenseifner Sent: 31 January 2008 14:31 To: mpi-21_at_[hidden] Subject: [mpi-21] Ballot 4 - MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED - was Re: Attending, topics, etc
This is a proposal for MPI 2.1, Ballot 4.
I'm asking especially Greg Lindahl, the participants of the email-discussion in 2007, to review this proposal.
This is a follow up to: Which thread is the funneled thread? in http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/wgropp/projects/parallel/MPI/mpi- errata/index.html with mail discussion in http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/wgropp/projects/parallel/MPI/mpi- errata/discuss/funneled/ ___________________________________
Proposal: MPI-2.0 Sect. 8.7.3, MPI_Init_thread, page 196, lines 25-26 read:
MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED The process may be multi-threaded, but only the main thread will make MPI calls (all MPI calls are "funneled" to the main thread).
but should read:
MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED The process may be multi-threaded, but only the main thread will make MPI calls (all MPI calls are "funneled" to the main thread, e.g., by using the OpenMP directive "master" in the application program). ___________________________________ Rationale for this clarification from the email from Greg Lindahl: The existing document doesn't make it clear that the MPI user has to funnel the calls to the main thread; it's not the job of the MPI library. I have seen multiple MPI users confused by this issue, and when I first read this section, I was confused by it, too. ___________________________________
Best regards Rolf
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