topic OMP how will this code execute in Intel® Moderncode for Parallel Architectures

OMP how will this code execute

zzzelmu — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:26:17 GMT

Hi I'm struggling with a peace of code because I'm not sure how it is going to be executed

[cpp]#pragma omp parallel
		{
			#pragma omp sections
			{
				#pragma omp section
					do something...
				#pragma omp section
					do something...
			}
			#pragma omp sections
			{
				#pragma omp section
					do something...
			}
			#pragma omp sections
			{
				#pragma omp section
					do something...
			}
		}[/cpp]

Are the going to be executed all in parallel or each sections block in sequence.Thanks

OMP how will this code execute

Michael_K_Intel2 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:32:19 GMT

Hi,

The sections constructs in your code will be executed in serial, that is, one block after the other. The section blocks in the individual sections constructs may be executed concurrently or in serial, depending on the number of threads.

So, in this code and two threads:

#pragma omp sections // A
{
#pragma omp section // A1
do something
#pragma omp section // A2
do something
}
#pragma omp sections // B
{
#pragma omp section //B1
do something
#pragma omp section //B2
}

You will see that A and B are executed after each other. A1 and A2 will be executed concurrentely as well as B1 and B2.

Individual section constructs may be executed in serial too, if you have less threads than you have section constructs. So, in the above example, if you would only create a single OpenMP thread, A1 and A2 would be executed in serial.

Does that help?

Cheers,
-michael

OMP how will this code execute

zzzelmu — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:06:07 GMT

10x it helps I was reviewing a code and was wondering why there were two sections with only one section in each one.

OMP how will this code execute

Michael_K_Intel2 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:20 GMT

Hi,

That's a good point. Since I do not know the code you're referring to, it might very well be a mistake or on purpose. Except for crazy way of getting something like single, I cannot imagine a good use of a sections construct with just one secion.

Cheers,
-michael