MultithreadInfo Class Reference

#include <deal.II/base/multithread_info.h>

Public Member Functions
	MultithreadInfo ()=delete

Static Public Member Functions
static unsigned int	n_cores ()
static unsigned int	n_threads ()
static std::size_t	memory_consumption ()
static void	set_thread_limit (const unsigned int max_threads=numbers::invalid_unsigned_int)
static bool	is_running_single_threaded ()
static void	initialize_multithreading ()

Static Private Member Functions
static unsigned int	get_n_cpus ()

Static Private Attributes
static unsigned int	n_max_threads = numbers::invalid_unsigned_int
static const unsigned int	n_cpus = MultithreadInfo::get_n_cpus()

Detailed Description

This class provides information about the system which may be of use in multithreaded programs. At the moment this is just the number of CPUs. If deal.II is compiled with multithreading support, some functions will use multiple threads for their action. Currently the library supports both thread-based and task-based parallelism. Parallel computing with multiple processors accessing shared memory describes the different uses of each. The default number of threads used for task-based parallel methods is selected automatically by the Threading Building Blocks library. See Parallel computing with multiple processors accessing shared memory for more information on this. Thread-based parallel methods need to explicitly create threads and may want to use a number of threads that is related to the number of CPUs in your system. The recommended number of threads can be queried using MultithreadInfo::n_threads(), while the number of cores in the system is returned by MultithreadInfo::n_cores().

Author

Thomas Richter, Wolfgang Bangerth, 2000

Definition at line 48 of file multithread_info.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MultithreadInfo()

MultithreadInfo::MultithreadInfo ( )

delete

Constructor. This constructor is deleted because no instance of this class needs to be constructed (all members are static).

Member Function Documentation

n_cores()

unsigned int MultithreadInfo::n_cores ( )

static

The number of CPUs in the system. At the moment detection of CPUs is only implemented on Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac computers. It is one if detection failed or is not implemented on your system.

If it is one, although you are on a multi-processor machine, please refer to the documentation in multithread_info.cc near to the error directive.

Definition at line 109 of file multithread_info.cc.

n_threads()

unsigned int MultithreadInfo::n_threads ( )

static

Return the number of threads to use. This is initially set to the number of cores the system has (see n_cores()) but can be further restricted by set_thread_limit() and the environment variable DEAL_II_NUM_THREADS.

Definition at line 169 of file multithread_info.cc.

memory_consumption()

std::size_t MultithreadInfo::memory_consumption ( )

static

Return an estimate for the memory consumption, in bytes, of this object. This is not exact (but will usually be close) because calculating the memory usage of trees (e.g., std::map) is difficult.

Definition at line 211 of file multithread_info.cc.

set_thread_limit()

void MultithreadInfo::set_thread_limit ( const unsigned int  max_threads = numbers::invalid_unsigned_int )

static

Set the maximum number of threads to be used to the minimum of the environment variable DEAL_II_NUM_THREADS and the given argument (or its default value). This affects the initialization of the TBB. If neither is given, the default from TBB is used (based on the number of cores in the system).

This routine is executed automatically with the default argument before your code in main() is running (using a static constructor). It is also executed by Utilities::MPI::MPI_InitFinalize. Use the appropriate argument of the constructor of Utilities::MPI::MPI_InitFinalize if you have an MPI based code.

Definition at line 116 of file multithread_info.cc.

is_running_single_threaded()

bool MultithreadInfo::is_running_single_threaded ( )

static

Return if the TBB is running using a single thread either because of thread affinity or because it is set via a call to set_thread_limit. This is used in the PETScWrappers to avoid using the interface that is not thread-safe.

Definition at line 204 of file multithread_info.cc.

initialize_multithreading()

void MultithreadInfo::initialize_multithreading ( )

static

Make sure the multithreading API is initialized. This normally does not need to be called in usercode.

Definition at line 220 of file multithread_info.cc.

get_n_cpus()

unsigned int MultithreadInfo::get_n_cpus ( )

staticprivate

Private function to determine the number of CPUs. Implementation for Linux, OSF, SGI, and Sun machines; if no detection of the number of CPUs is supported, or if detection fails, this function returns one.

Definition at line 101 of file multithread_info.cc.

Member Data Documentation

n_max_threads

unsigned int MultithreadInfo::n_max_threads = numbers::invalid_unsigned_int

staticprivate

Variable representing the maximum number of threads.

Definition at line 130 of file multithread_info.h.

n_cpus

const unsigned int MultithreadInfo::n_cpus = MultithreadInfo::get_n_cpus()

staticprivate

Variable representing the number of cores in the system. This is computed by get_n_cpus() and is returned by n_cores().

Definition at line 136 of file multithread_info.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• deal.II/base/multithread_info.h
• source/base/multithread_info.cc