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Reputation: 409

Task scheduling points of OpenMP tasks

I have the following code:

#pragma omp parallel
{
    #pragma omp single
    {
        for(node* p = head; p; p = p->next)
        {
            preprocess(p);

            #pragma omp task
            process(p);
        }
    }
}

I would like to know when do the threads start computing the tasks. As soon as the task is created with #pragma omp task or only after all tasks are created?

Edit:

int* array = (int*)malloc...
#pragma omp parallel
{
    #pragma omp single
    {
        while(...){
            preprocess(array);

            #pragma omp task firstprivate(array)
            process(array);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 934

Answers (1)

Michael Klemm
Michael Klemm

Reputation: 2853

In your example, the worker threads can start executing the created tasks as soon as they have been created. There's no need to wait for the completion of the creation of all tasks before the first task is executed.

So, basically, after the first task has been created by the producer, one worker will pick it up and start executing the task. However, be advised that the OpenMP runtime and compiler have certain freedom in this. They might defer execution a bit or even execute some of the tasks in place.

If you want to read up the details, you will need to dig through the OpenMP specification at www.openmp.org. It's a bit hard to read, but it is the definitive source of information.

Cheers, -michael

Upvotes: 1

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