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Jakob Filser
Jakob Filser

Reputation: 139

Are ScaLAPACK subroutines 'blocking' in MPI lingo?

I feel like this is a dumb question, but I really don't know how to google this, since every combination of the words 'ScaLAPACK' and 'block' just bombards you with information about the block-cyclic matrix distribution ScaLAPACK uses. However, what I want to know is whether ScaLAPACK subroutines are generally 'blocking' or 'non-blocking' in MPI lingo, i.e. whether or not they wait to finish on all other processes before they return. Sorry again for the stupid question.

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Answers (1)

coyotemk
coyotemk

Reputation: 143

Yes, ScalaPACK routines are blocking calls. If you wish to use non-blocking scalapack routines, it is still in its infancy, but I would recommend checking out the SLITE (https://www.icl.utk.edu/research/slate) project.

Hope it helped!

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