[Mpi3-hybridpm] new text for MPI_INIT/MPI_FINALIZE

[Pavan Balaji]

On 02/02/2012 09:57 AM, Douglas Miller wrote:
> I still disagree with the idea that MPI_INIT/FINALIZE is called
> per-MPI-Process. I know that this ticket does not deal with multiple MPI
> processes, but unless this sort of wording is stated correctly, ticket
> #310 won't work.

We should really discuss this in the telecon, rather than on mailing 
lists, but each MPI process calling INIT/FINALIZE should still work with 
ticket #310.  Yes, the implementation will have to do some extra work, 
but maybe you can clarify why you think this is not implementable?

> The big brick wall that ticket #310 will run into if we promote the idea
> that "every MPI process has its own MPI_INIT/FINALIZE" is that if there
> are multiple MPI processes then there is no clear way to initialize them
> since there is no argument to MPI_INIT/FINALIZE that specifies the MPI
> Process and there is no way to know what MPI process a thread might
> represent.

My understanding is that a thread does not represent any MPI process 
before it calls MPI_INIT.  After it calls MPI_INIT, it represents an MPI 
process -- at this point, my expectation is that the MPI library will 
add this information to the thread private storage.

  -- Pavan

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Pavan Balaji
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