[Mpi3-rma] MPI3 RMA proposals in general

[Pavan Balaji]

On 05/26/2010 12:45 PM, Douglas Miller wrote:
> But, what about having some restrictions on what synchronization that a
> window will use. I would envision either different window types altogether
> (e.g. MPI_Win_create_lock, MPI_Win_create_pscw, ...) or at least some sort
> of assert parameter (which must be specified) to establish at cerate time
> how a window will be synchronized. At the very least then, internally I
> could add a function table to the window object that selected optimized
> routines based on the window usage.

Doug: MPI-2 has a restriction that two synchronization primitives cannot 
be used simultaneously. So, that's a requirement from the application 
side -- the MPI implementation should not have to maintain much state to 
ensure this. So, I'm confused about how this would make the MPI 
implementation better/faster. Can you clarify?

  -- Pavan

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