OpenSHMEM Sessions (ctx hints) API #493
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Also, for those interested, an example of a bare-minimum implementation of this proposed API in Sandia OpenSHMEM here: It simply ignores all hints... |
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I address some key suggestions from the unofficial reading on Sept. 30th with commit 93f510e. Thanks for the feedback! Here are a few other notes from that meeting:
If anybody feels I missed something, please let me know! I unfortunately lost my PDF notes in a laptop crash, so I'm going by memory... |
Co-authored-by: James Dinan <[email protected]>
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| \item Added the session routines, \FUNC{shmem\_session\_start} and | ||
| \FUNC{shmem\_session\_stop}, which allow users to pass hints to the |
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Should these start/stop functions have been updated to include ctx as well?
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Oops, yes; I think these should have been renamed just like every other instance below.
How shall we handle this @jdinan? Do you think it's eligible for a doc edit?
This is a continuation of the Bundles proposal, so closes the #481 pull request. Sessions are a generalization of Bundles, so users can pass hints for context optimization that go beyond just chaining/bundling. There is more discussion on this API design in the original ticket, #189.
As usual, I appreciate any feedback - thanks in advance!