[Mpi-forum] MPI "Allocate receive" proposal

[Sur, Sayantan]

This is a good feature to have in general that improves performance, although the devil is in the details.

What is the app trying to do when it finds itself in the quandary of having to accept any sized message (probably from any source as well?). It appears to me that the kind of app that is looking for this feature, or could benefit from this feature is really looking for a many-to-one (or one-to-one, many-to-many) reliably connected stream. It is likely that the app that benefits significantly from this feature will be repeatedly using this call to fetch differing amounts of data each time.

A few meetings ago, Bill mentioned that it would be good to think of the standard as a whole and not get bogged down in narrow use-cases. He proposed that a streaming model be added to MPI P2P communications. Can this use-case be included in that model?

Thanks,
Sayantan


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> From: mpi-forum [mailto:mpi-forum-bounces at lists.mpi-forum.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 8:11 AM
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> Subject: [Mpi-forum] MPI "Allocate receive" proposal
> 
> Dave Goodell and I have a proposal that we've socialized a bit around with
> other Forum members, and would now like larger Forum feedback.  I'll be
> presenting the attached slides on the concept of an "allocate receive" in
> Madrid (3:30-4pm on Thursday).
> 
> There's no text or ticket yet; this is an idea that we want to get feedback on
> before working up a full proposal.
> 
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