[mpiwg-hybridpm] Can MPI processes request different threading levels?

[Michael Knobloch]

I'm not even sure it fully answers the question. This statement says
that MPI processes can request different requirements in
MPI_Init_thread, but it doesn't say whether all processes must be
initialized with a call to the same routine or if some can be
initialized with MPI_Init (and assume MPI_THREAD_SINGLE?) and some with
MPI_Init_thread, which was the original question.

-Michael

On 01.08.23 12:24, Joseph Schuchart via mpiwg-hybridpm wrote:
> Funny that this is inside an advice to implementors (which users like
> Joachim are not expected to read) when it really should be part of the
> normative text.
>
> Cheers
> Joseph
>
> On 8/1/23 11:09, Jeff Hammond via mpiwg-hybridpm wrote:
>>
>> It is addressed here (in the text for MPI_INIT_THREAD):
>>
>> Advice to implementors. If provided is not MPI_THREAD_SINGLE then the
>> MPI library should not invoke C or Fortran library calls that are not
>> thread safe, e.g., in an environment where malloc is not thread safe,
>> then malloc should not be used by the MPI library.
>>
>> Some implementors may want to use different MPI libraries for
>> different levels of thread support. They can do so using dynamic
>> linking and selecting which library will be linked when
>> MPI_INIT_THREAD is invoked. If this is not possible, then
>> optimizations for lower levels of thread support will occur only when
>> the level of thread support required is specified at link time.
>>
>> *Note that required need not be the same value on all processes of
>> MPI_COMM_WORLD.* (End of advice to implementors.)
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 11:47 AM Joachim Jenke via mpiwg-hybridpm
>> <mpiwg-hybridpm at lists.mpi-forum.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm not sure whether this is the right group to ask, but it is related
>> > to hybrid execution :)
>> >
>> > Must all MPI processes collectively call MPI_Init or MPI_Init_thread -
>> > or can some processes call one and other processes call the other
>> function?
>> >
>> > Also, can the processes request different thread-support levels?
>> >
>> > Our use case is MPMD execution, where some processes run
>> multi-threaded
>> > and other single-threaded.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joachim
>> >
>> >
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>>
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