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35 /*! \internal \file
36 * \brief Defines utility functionality for dividing resources and
37 * checking for consistency and usefulness.
39 * \author Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham@gmail.com>
40 * \ingroup module_taskassignment
43 #include "gmxpre.h"
45 #include "resourcedivision.h"
47 #include "config.h"
49 #include <cstdlib>
50 #include <cstring>
52 #include <algorithm>
54 #include "gromacs/ewald/pme.h"
55 #include "gromacs/hardware/cpuinfo.h"
56 #include "gromacs/hardware/detecthardware.h"
57 #include "gromacs/hardware/hardwaretopology.h"
58 #include "gromacs/hardware/hw_info.h"
59 #include "gromacs/math/functions.h"
60 #include "gromacs/mdlib/gmx_omp_nthreads.h"
61 #include "gromacs/mdrunutility/multisim.h"
62 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/commrec.h"
63 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/inputrec.h"
64 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/md_enums.h"
65 #include "gromacs/topology/mtop_util.h"
66 #include "gromacs/topology/topology.h"
67 #include "gromacs/utility/baseversion.h"
68 #include "gromacs/utility/fatalerror.h"
69 #include "gromacs/utility/gmxassert.h"
70 #include "gromacs/utility/logger.h"
71 #include "gromacs/utility/physicalnodecommunicator.h"
72 #include "gromacs/utility/stringutil.h"
75 /* DISCLAIMER: All the atom count and thread numbers below are heuristic.
76 * The real switching points will depend on the system simulation,
77 * the algorithms used and the hardware it's running on, as well as if there
78 * are other jobs running on the same machine. We try to take into account
79 * factors that have a large influence, such as recent Intel CPUs being
80 * much better at wide multi-threading. The remaining factors should
81 * (hopefully) have a small influence, such that the performance just before
82 * and after a switch point doesn't change too much.
85 /*! \brief The minimum number of atoms per thread-MPI thread when GPUs
86 * are present. With fewer atoms than this, the number of thread-MPI
87 * ranks will get lowered.
89 static constexpr int min_atoms_per_mpi_thread = 90;
90 /*! \brief The minimum number of atoms per GPU with thread-MPI
91 * active. With fewer atoms than this, the number of thread-MPI ranks
92 * will get lowered.
94 static constexpr int min_atoms_per_gpu = 900;
96 /**@{*/
97 /*! \brief Constants for implementing default divisions of threads */
99 /* TODO choose nthreads_omp based on hardware topology
100 when we have a hardware topology detection library */
101 /* First we consider the case of no MPI (1 MPI rank).
102 * In general, when running up to 8 threads, OpenMP should be faster.
103 * Note: on AMD Bulldozer we should avoid running OpenMP over two dies.
104 * On Intel>=Nehalem running OpenMP on a single CPU is always faster,
105 * even on two CPUs it's usually faster (but with many OpenMP threads
106 * it could be faster not to use HT, currently we always use HT).
107 * On Nehalem/Westmere we want to avoid running 16 threads over
108 * two CPUs with HT, so we need a limit<16; thus we use 12.
109 * A reasonable limit for Intel Sandy and Ivy bridge,
110 * not knowing the topology, is 16 threads.
111 * Below we check for Intel and AVX, which for now includes
112 * Sandy/Ivy Bridge, Has/Broadwell. By checking for AVX instead of
113 * model numbers we ensure also future Intel CPUs are covered.
115 constexpr int nthreads_omp_faster_default = 8;
116 constexpr int nthreads_omp_faster_Nehalem = 12;
117 constexpr int nthreads_omp_faster_Intel_AVX = 16;
118 constexpr int nthreads_omp_faster_AMD_Ryzen = 16;
119 /* For CPU only runs the fastest options are usually MPI or OpenMP only.
120 * With one GPU, using MPI only is almost never optimal, so we need to
121 * compare running pure OpenMP with combined MPI+OpenMP. This means higher
122 * OpenMP threads counts can still be ok. Multiplying the numbers above
123 * by a factor of 2 seems to be a good estimate.
125 constexpr int nthreads_omp_faster_gpu_fac = 2;
127 /* This is the case with MPI (2 or more MPI PP ranks).
128 * By default we will terminate with a fatal error when more than 8
129 * OpenMP thread are (indirectly) requested, since using less threads
130 * nearly always results in better performance.
131 * With thread-mpi and multiple GPUs or one GPU and too many threads
132 * we first try 6 OpenMP threads and then less until the number of MPI ranks
133 * is divisible by the number of GPUs.
135 constexpr int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max = 8;
136 constexpr int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_cpu = 1;
137 constexpr int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu = 2;
138 constexpr int nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max = 6;
140 /**@}*/
142 /*! \brief Returns the maximum OpenMP thread count for which using a single MPI rank
143 * should be faster than using multiple ranks with the same total thread count.
145 static int nthreads_omp_faster(const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo, gmx_bool bUseGPU)
147 int nth;
149 if (cpuInfo.vendor() == gmx::CpuInfo::Vendor::Intel &&
150 cpuInfo.feature(gmx::CpuInfo::Feature::X86_Avx))
152 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_Intel_AVX;
154 else if (gmx::cpuIsX86Nehalem(cpuInfo))
156 // Intel Nehalem
157 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_Nehalem;
159 else if ((cpuInfo.vendor() == gmx::CpuInfo::Vendor::Amd && cpuInfo.family() >= 23) ||
160 cpuInfo.vendor() == gmx::CpuInfo::Vendor::Hygon)
162 // AMD Ryzen || Hygon Dhyana
163 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_AMD_Ryzen;
165 else
167 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_default;
170 if (bUseGPU)
172 nth *= nthreads_omp_faster_gpu_fac;
175 nth = std::min(nth, GMX_OPENMP_MAX_THREADS);
177 return nth;
180 /*! \brief Returns that maximum OpenMP thread count that passes the efficiency check */
181 gmx_unused static int nthreads_omp_efficient_max(int gmx_unused nrank,
182 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo,
183 gmx_bool bUseGPU)
185 if (GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI && (nrank > 1))
187 return nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max;
189 else
191 return nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, bUseGPU);
195 /*! \brief Return the number of thread-MPI ranks to use.
196 * This is chosen such that we can always obey our own efficiency checks.
198 gmx_unused static int get_tmpi_omp_thread_division(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
199 const gmx_hw_opt_t &hw_opt,
200 int nthreads_tot,
201 int ngpu)
203 int nrank;
204 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo = *hwinfo->cpuInfo;
206 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(nthreads_tot > 0, "There must be at least one thread per rank");
208 /* There are no separate PME nodes here, as we ensured in
209 * check_and_update_hw_opt that nthreads_tmpi>0 with PME nodes
210 * and a conditional ensures we would not have ended up here.
211 * Note that separate PME nodes might be switched on later.
213 if (ngpu > 0)
215 if (hw_opt.nthreads_omp > 0)
217 /* In this case it is unclear if we should use 1 rank per GPU
218 * or more or less, so we require also setting the number of ranks.
220 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "When using GPUs, setting the number of OpenMP threads without specifying the number "
221 "of ranks can lead to conflicting demands. Please specify the number of thread-MPI ranks "
222 "as well (option -ntmpi).");
225 nrank = ngpu;
227 /* When the user sets nthreads_omp, we can end up oversubscribing CPU cores
228 * if we simply start as many ranks as GPUs. To avoid this, we start as few
229 * tMPI ranks as necessary to avoid oversubscription and instead leave GPUs idle.
230 * If the user does not set the number of OpenMP threads, nthreads_omp==0 and
231 * this code has no effect.
233 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(hw_opt.nthreads_omp >= 0, "nthreads_omp is negative, but previous checks should "
234 "have prevented this");
235 while (nrank*hw_opt.nthreads_omp > hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail && nrank > 1)
237 nrank--;
240 if (nthreads_tot < nrank)
242 /* #thread < #gpu is very unlikely, but if so: waste gpu(s) */
243 nrank = nthreads_tot;
245 else if (nthreads_tot > nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, ngpu > 0) ||
246 (ngpu > 1 && nthreads_tot/ngpu > nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max))
248 /* The high OpenMP thread count will likely result in sub-optimal
249 * performance. Increase the rank count to reduce the thread count
250 * per rank. This will lead to GPU sharing by MPI ranks/threads.
252 int nshare;
254 /* Increase the rank count as long as have we more than 6 OpenMP
255 * threads per rank or the number of hardware threads is not
256 * divisible by the rank count. Don't go below 2 OpenMP threads.
258 nshare = 1;
261 nshare++;
262 nrank = ngpu*nshare;
264 while (nthreads_tot/nrank > nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max ||
265 (nthreads_tot/(ngpu*(nshare + 1)) >= nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu && nthreads_tot % nrank != 0));
268 else if (hw_opt.nthreads_omp > 0)
270 /* Here we could oversubscribe, when we do, we issue a warning later */
271 nrank = std::max(1, nthreads_tot/hw_opt.nthreads_omp);
273 else
275 if (nthreads_tot <= nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, ngpu > 0))
277 /* Use pure OpenMP parallelization */
278 nrank = 1;
280 else
282 /* Don't use OpenMP parallelization */
283 nrank = nthreads_tot;
287 return nrank;
290 //! Return whether hyper threading is enabled.
291 static bool
292 gmxSmtIsEnabled(const gmx::HardwareTopology &hwTop)
294 return (hwTop.supportLevel() >= gmx::HardwareTopology::SupportLevel::Basic && hwTop.machine().sockets[0].cores[0].hwThreads.size() > 1);
297 namespace
300 //! Handles checks for algorithms that must use a single rank.
301 class SingleRankChecker
303 public:
304 SingleRankChecker() : value_(false) {}
305 /*! \brief Call this function for each possible condition
306 under which a single rank is required, along with a string
307 describing the constraint when it is applied. */
308 void applyConstraint(bool condition, const char *description)
310 if (condition)
312 value_ = true;
313 reasons_.push_back(gmx::formatString("%s only supports a single rank.", description));
316 //! After applying any conditions, is a single rank required?
317 bool mustUseOneRank() const
319 return value_;
321 /*! \brief Return a formatted string to use when writing a
322 message when a single rank is required, (or empty if no
323 constraint exists.) */
324 std::string getMessage() const
326 return formatAndJoin(reasons_, "\n", gmx::IdentityFormatter());
328 private:
329 bool value_;
330 std::vector<std::string> reasons_;
333 } // namespace
335 /* Get the number of MPI ranks to use for thread-MPI based on how many
336 * were requested, which algorithms we're using,
337 * and how many particles there are.
338 * At the point we have already called check_and_update_hw_opt.
339 * Thus all options should be internally consistent and consistent
340 * with the hardware, except that ntmpi could be larger than #GPU.
342 int get_nthreads_mpi(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
343 gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
344 const std::vector<int> &gpuIdsToUse,
345 bool nonbondedOnGpu,
346 bool pmeOnGpu,
347 const t_inputrec *inputrec,
348 const gmx_mtop_t *mtop,
349 const gmx::MDLogger &mdlog,
350 bool doMembed)
352 int nthreads_hw, nthreads_tot_max, nrank, ngpu;
353 int min_atoms_per_mpi_rank;
355 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo = *hwinfo->cpuInfo;
356 const gmx::HardwareTopology &hwTop = *hwinfo->hardwareTopology;
358 if (pmeOnGpu)
360 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT((EEL_PME(inputrec->coulombtype) || EVDW_PME(inputrec->vdwtype)) &&
361 pme_gpu_supports_build(nullptr) &&
362 pme_gpu_supports_hardware(*hwinfo, nullptr) &&
363 pme_gpu_supports_input(*inputrec, *mtop, nullptr),
364 "PME can't be on GPUs unless we are using PME");
366 // PME on GPUs supports a single PME rank with PP running on the same or few other ranks.
367 // For now, let's treat separate PME GPU rank as opt-in.
368 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi < 1)
370 return 1;
375 /* Check if an algorithm does not support parallel simulation. */
376 // TODO This might work better if e.g. implemented algorithms
377 // had to define a function that returns such requirements,
378 // and a description string.
379 SingleRankChecker checker;
380 checker.applyConstraint(inputrec->eI == eiLBFGS, "L-BFGS minimization");
381 checker.applyConstraint(inputrec->coulombtype == eelEWALD, "Plain Ewald electrostatics");
382 checker.applyConstraint(doMembed, "Membrane embedding");
383 bool useOrientationRestraints = (gmx_mtop_ftype_count(mtop, F_ORIRES) > 0);
384 checker.applyConstraint(useOrientationRestraints, "Orientation restraints");
385 if (checker.mustUseOneRank())
387 std::string message = checker.getMessage();
388 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 1)
390 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "%s However, you asked for more than 1 thread-MPI rank, so mdrun cannot continue. "
391 "Choose a single rank, or a different algorithm.", message.c_str());
393 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("%s Choosing to use only a single thread-MPI rank.", message.c_str());
394 return 1;
398 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0)
400 /* Trivial, return the user's choice right away */
401 return hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi;
404 // Now implement automatic selection of number of thread-MPI ranks
405 nthreads_hw = hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail;
407 if (nthreads_hw <= 0)
409 /* This should normally not happen, but if it does, we handle it */
410 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The number of available hardware threads can not be detected, please specify the number of "
411 "MPI ranks and the number of OpenMP threads (if supported) manually with options "
412 "-ntmpi and -ntomp, respectively");
415 /* How many total (#tMPI*#OpenMP) threads can we start? */
416 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
418 nthreads_tot_max = hw_opt->nthreads_tot;
420 else
422 nthreads_tot_max = nthreads_hw;
425 /* nonbondedOnGpu might be false e.g. because this simulation uses
426 * the group scheme, or is a rerun with energy groups. */
427 ngpu = (nonbondedOnGpu ? gmx::ssize(gpuIdsToUse) : 0);
429 nrank =
430 get_tmpi_omp_thread_division(hwinfo, *hw_opt, nthreads_tot_max, ngpu);
432 if (inputrec->eI == eiNM || EI_TPI(inputrec->eI))
434 /* Dims/steps are divided over the nodes iso splitting the atoms.
435 * With NM we can't have more ranks than #atoms*#dim. With TPI it's
436 * unlikely we have fewer atoms than ranks, and if so, communication
437 * would become a bottleneck, so we set the limit to 1 atom/rank.
439 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = 1;
441 else
443 if (ngpu >= 1)
445 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = min_atoms_per_gpu;
447 else
449 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = min_atoms_per_mpi_thread;
453 if (mtop->natoms/nrank < min_atoms_per_mpi_rank)
455 int nrank_new;
457 /* the rank number was chosen automatically, but there are too few
458 atoms per rank, so we need to reduce the rank count */
459 nrank_new = std::max(1, mtop->natoms/min_atoms_per_mpi_rank);
461 /* Avoid partial use of Hyper-Threading */
462 if (gmxSmtIsEnabled(hwTop) &&
463 nrank_new > nthreads_hw/2 && nrank_new < nthreads_hw)
465 nrank_new = nthreads_hw/2;
468 /* If the user specified the total thread count, ensure this is
469 * divisible by the number of ranks.
470 * It is quite likely that we have too many total threads compared
471 * to the size of the system, but if the user asked for this many
472 * threads we should respect that.
474 while (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 &&
475 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % nrank_new != 0)
477 nrank_new--;
480 /* Avoid large prime numbers in the rank count */
481 if (nrank_new >= 6)
483 /* Use only 6,8,10 with additional factors of 2 */
484 int fac;
486 fac = 2;
487 while (3*fac*2 <= nrank_new)
489 fac *= 2;
492 nrank_new = (nrank_new/fac)*fac;
494 else
496 /* Avoid 5, since small system won't fit 5 domains along
497 * a dimension. This might lead to waisting some cores, but this
498 * will have a small impact in this regime of very small systems.
500 if (nrank_new == 5)
502 nrank_new = 4;
506 nrank = nrank_new;
508 /* We reduced the number of tMPI ranks, which means we might violate
509 * our own efficiency checks if we simply use all hardware threads.
511 if (GMX_OPENMP && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_tot <= 0)
513 /* The user set neither the total nor the OpenMP thread count,
514 * we should use all hardware threads, unless we will violate
515 * our own efficiency limitation on the thread count.
517 int nt_omp_max;
519 nt_omp_max = nthreads_omp_efficient_max(nrank, cpuInfo, ngpu >= 1);
521 if (nrank*nt_omp_max < hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail)
523 /* Limit the number of OpenMP threads to start */
524 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = nt_omp_max;
528 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
529 fprintf(stderr, "NOTE: Parallelization is limited by the small number of atoms,\n");
530 fprintf(stderr, " only starting %d thread-MPI ranks.\n", nrank);
531 fprintf(stderr, " You can use the -nt and/or -ntmpi option to optimize the number of threads.\n\n");
534 return nrank;
538 void check_resource_division_efficiency(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
539 bool willUsePhysicalGpu,
540 gmx_bool bNtOmpOptionSet,
541 t_commrec *cr,
542 const gmx::MDLogger &mdlog)
544 #if GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI
545 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(hwinfo);
547 int nth_omp_min, nth_omp_max;
548 char buf[1000];
549 const char *mpi_option = GMX_THREAD_MPI ? " (option -ntmpi)" : "";
551 /* This function should be called after thread-MPI (when configured) and
552 * OpenMP have been initialized. Check that here.
554 if (GMX_THREAD_MPI)
556 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(nthreads_omp_faster_default >= nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max,
557 "Inconsistent OpenMP thread count default values");
559 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault) >= 1, "Must have at least one OpenMP thread");
561 nth_omp_min = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault);
562 nth_omp_max = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault);
564 bool anyRankIsUsingGpus = willUsePhysicalGpu;
565 /* Thread-MPI seems to have a bug with reduce on 1 node, so use a cond. */
566 if (cr->nnodes > 1)
568 int count[3], count_max[3];
570 count[0] = -nth_omp_min;
571 count[1] = nth_omp_max;
572 count[2] = int(willUsePhysicalGpu);
574 MPI_Allreduce(count, count_max, 3, MPI_INT, MPI_MAX, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
576 /* In case of an inhomogeneous run setup we use the maximum counts */
577 nth_omp_min = -count_max[0];
578 nth_omp_max = count_max[1];
579 anyRankIsUsingGpus = count_max[2] > 0;
582 int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min;
584 if (!anyRankIsUsingGpus)
586 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min = nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_cpu;
588 else
590 /* With GPUs we set the minimum number of OpenMP threads to 2 to catch
591 * cases where the user specifies #ranks == #cores.
593 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min = nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu;
596 if (DOMAINDECOMP(cr))
598 if (nth_omp_max < nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min ||
599 nth_omp_max > nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max)
601 /* Note that we print target_max here, not ok_max */
602 sprintf(buf, "Your choice of number of MPI ranks and amount of resources results in using %d OpenMP "
603 "threads per rank, which is most likely inefficient. The optimum is usually between %d and"
604 " %d threads per rank.",
605 nth_omp_max,
606 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min,
607 nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max);
609 if (bNtOmpOptionSet)
611 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("NOTE: %s", buf);
613 else
615 /* This fatal error, and the one below, is nasty, but it's
616 * probably the only way to ensure that all users don't waste
617 * a lot of resources, since many users don't read logs/stderr.
619 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "%s If you want to run with this setup, specify the -ntomp option. But we suggest to "
620 "change the number of MPI ranks%s.",
621 buf, mpi_option);
625 #else // !GMX_OPENMP || ! GMX_MPI
626 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(bNtOmpOptionSet);
627 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(willUsePhysicalGpu);
628 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(cr);
629 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max);
630 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_cpu);
631 /* Check if we have more than 1 physical core, if detected,
632 * or more than 1 hardware thread if physical cores were not detected.
634 if (!GMX_OPENMP && !GMX_MPI && hwinfo->hardwareTopology->numberOfCores() > 1)
636 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendText(
637 "NOTE: GROMACS was compiled without OpenMP and (thread-)MPI support, can only use a single CPU core");
639 #endif // end GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI
643 //! Dump a \c hw_opt to \c fp.
644 static void print_hw_opt(FILE *fp, const gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt)
646 fprintf(fp, "hw_opt: nt %d ntmpi %d ntomp %d ntomp_pme %d gpu_id '%s' gputasks '%s'\n",
647 hw_opt->nthreads_tot,
648 hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi,
649 hw_opt->nthreads_omp,
650 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme,
651 hw_opt->gpuIdsAvailable.c_str(),
652 hw_opt->userGpuTaskAssignment.c_str());
655 void checkAndUpdateHardwareOptions(const gmx::MDLogger &mdlog,
656 gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
657 const bool isSimulationMasterRank,
658 const int nPmeRanks,
659 const t_inputrec *inputrec)
661 /* Currently hw_opt only contains default settings or settings supplied
662 * by the user on the command line.
664 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp < 0)
666 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The number of OpenMP threads supplied on the command line is %d, which is negative "
667 "and not allowed", hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
670 /* Check for OpenMP settings stored in environment variables, which can
671 * potentially be different on different MPI ranks.
673 gmx_omp_nthreads_read_env(mdlog, &hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
675 /* Check restrictions on the user supplied options before modifying them.
676 * TODO: Put the user values in a const struct and preserve them.
678 if (!GMX_THREAD_MPI)
681 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
683 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "Setting the total number of threads is only supported with thread-MPI and GROMACS was "
684 "compiled without thread-MPI");
686 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0)
688 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "Setting the number of thread-MPI ranks is only supported with thread-MPI and GROMACS was "
689 "compiled without thread-MPI");
693 /* With thread-MPI we need to handle TPI and #OpenMP-threads=auto early,
694 * so we can parallelize using MPI only. The general check is done later.
696 if (GMX_THREAD_MPI && isSimulationMasterRank)
698 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(inputrec, "Expect a valid inputrec");
699 if (EI_TPI(inputrec->eI) && hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 0)
701 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = 1;
704 /* With thread-MPI the master thread sets hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto.
705 * The other threads receive a partially processed hw_opt from the master
706 * thread and should not set hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto again.
708 if (!GMX_THREAD_MPI || isSimulationMasterRank)
710 /* Check if mdrun is free to choose the total number of threads */
711 hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto = (hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme == 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_tot == 0);
714 if (GMX_OPENMP)
716 /* Check restrictions on PME thread related options set by the user */
718 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0)
720 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You need to specify -ntomp in addition to -ntomp_pme");
723 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme >= 1 &&
724 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme != hw_opt->nthreads_omp &&
725 nPmeRanks <= 0)
727 /* This can result in a fatal error on many MPI ranks,
728 * but since the thread count can differ per rank,
729 * we can't easily avoid this.
731 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You need to explicitly specify the number of PME ranks (-npme) when using "
732 "different numbers of OpenMP threads for PP and PME ranks");
735 else
737 /* GROMACS was configured without OpenMP support */
739 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1 || hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme > 1)
741 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "More than 1 OpenMP thread requested, but GROMACS was compiled without OpenMP support");
743 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = 1;
744 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme = 1;
747 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme <= 0)
749 /* We have the same number of OpenMP threads for PP and PME ranks,
750 * thus we can perform several consistency checks.
752 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0 &&
753 hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0 &&
754 hw_opt->nthreads_tot != hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi*hw_opt->nthreads_omp)
756 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) does not match the thread-MPI ranks (%d) "
757 "times the OpenMP threads (%d) requested",
758 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi, hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
761 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0 &&
762 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi != 0)
764 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) is not divisible by the number of thread-MPI "
765 "ranks requested (%d)",
766 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi);
769 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0 &&
770 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % hw_opt->nthreads_omp != 0)
772 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) is not divisible by the number of OpenMP "
773 "threads requested (%d)",
774 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
778 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
780 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > hw_opt->nthreads_tot)
782 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You requested %d OpenMP threads with %d total threads. Choose a total number of threads "
783 "that is a multiple of the number of OpenMP threads.",
784 hw_opt->nthreads_omp, hw_opt->nthreads_tot);
787 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > hw_opt->nthreads_tot)
789 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You requested %d thread-MPI ranks with %d total threads. Choose a total number of "
790 "threads that is a multiple of the number of thread-MPI ranks.",
791 hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi, hw_opt->nthreads_tot);
795 if (GMX_THREAD_MPI && nPmeRanks > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi <= 0)
797 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You need to explicitly specify the number of MPI threads (-ntmpi) when using separate PME ranks");
800 if (debug)
802 print_hw_opt(debug, hw_opt);
805 /* Asserting this simplifies the hardware resource division later
806 * on. */
807 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!(hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme >= 1 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0),
808 "PME thread count should only be set when the normal thread count is also set");
811 void checkAndUpdateRequestedNumOpenmpThreads(gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
812 const gmx_hw_info_t &hwinfo,
813 const t_commrec *cr,
814 const gmx_multisim_t *ms,
815 int numRanksOnThisNode,
816 PmeRunMode pmeRunMode,
817 const gmx_mtop_t &mtop,
818 const t_inputrec &inputrec)
820 if (EI_TPI(inputrec.eI))
822 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1)
824 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You requested OpenMP parallelization, which is not supported with TPI.");
826 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = 1;
829 if (GMX_THREAD_MPI)
832 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi >= 1, "Must have at least one thread-MPI rank");
834 /* If the user set the total number of threads on the command line
835 * and did not specify the number of OpenMP threads, set the latter here.
837 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0)
839 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = hw_opt->nthreads_tot / hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi;
841 if (!GMX_OPENMP && hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1)
843 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You (indirectly) asked for OpenMP threads by setting -nt > -ntmpi, but GROMACS was "
844 "compiled without OpenMP support");
848 /* With both non-bonded and PME on GPU, the work left on the CPU is often
849 * (much) slower with SMT than without SMT. This is mostly the case with
850 * few atoms per core. Thus, if the number of threads is set to auto,
851 * we turn off SMT in that case. Note that PME on GPU implies that also
852 * the non-bonded are computed on the GPU.
853 * We only need to do this when the number of hardware theads is larger
854 * than the number of cores. Note that a queuing system could limit
855 * the number of hardware threads available, but we are not trying to be
856 * too smart here in that case.
858 /* The thread reduction and synchronization costs go up roughy quadratically
859 * with the threads count, so we apply a threshold quadratic in #cores.
860 * Also more cores per GPU usually means the CPU gets faster than the GPU.
861 * The number 1000 atoms per core^2 is a reasonable threshold
862 * for Intel x86 and AMD Threadripper.
864 constexpr int c_numAtomsPerCoreSquaredSmtThreshold = 1000;
866 /* Prepare conditions for deciding if we should disable SMT.
867 * We currently only limit SMT for simulations using a single rank.
868 * TODO: Consider limiting also for multi-rank simulations.
870 bool canChooseNumOpenmpThreads = (GMX_OPENMP && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0);
871 bool haveSmtSupport = (hwinfo.hardwareTopology->supportLevel() >= gmx::HardwareTopology::SupportLevel::Basic &&
872 hwinfo.hardwareTopology->machine().logicalProcessorCount > hwinfo.hardwareTopology->numberOfCores());
873 bool simRunsSingleRankNBAndPmeOnGpu = (cr->nnodes == 1 && pmeRunMode == PmeRunMode::GPU);
875 if (canChooseNumOpenmpThreads && haveSmtSupport &&
876 simRunsSingleRankNBAndPmeOnGpu)
878 /* Note that the queing system might have limited us from using
879 * all detected ncore_tot physical cores. We are currently not
880 * checking for that here.
882 int numRanksTot = cr->nnodes*(isMultiSim(ms) ? ms->nsim : 1);
883 int numAtomsPerRank = mtop.natoms/cr->nnodes;
884 int numCoresPerRank = hwinfo.ncore_tot/numRanksTot;
885 if (numAtomsPerRank < c_numAtomsPerCoreSquaredSmtThreshold*gmx::square(numCoresPerRank))
887 /* Choose one OpenMP thread per physical core */
888 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = std::max(1, hwinfo.hardwareTopology->numberOfCores()/numRanksOnThisNode);
892 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(GMX_OPENMP || hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 1, "Without OpenMP support, only one thread per rank can be used");
894 /* We are done with updating nthreads_omp, we can set nthreads_omp_pme */
895 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme <= 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0)
897 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme = hw_opt->nthreads_omp;
900 if (debug)
902 print_hw_opt(debug, hw_opt);
906 namespace gmx
909 void checkHardwareOversubscription(int numThreadsOnThisRank,
910 int rank,
911 const HardwareTopology &hwTop,
912 const PhysicalNodeCommunicator &comm,
913 const MDLogger &mdlog)
915 if (hwTop.supportLevel() < HardwareTopology::SupportLevel::LogicalProcessorCount)
917 /* There is nothing we can check */
918 return;
921 int numRanksOnThisNode = comm.size_;
922 int numThreadsOnThisNode = numThreadsOnThisRank;
923 /* Avoid MPI calls with uninitialized thread-MPI communicators */
924 if (comm.size_ > 1)
926 #if GMX_MPI
927 /* Count the threads within this physical node */
928 MPI_Allreduce(&numThreadsOnThisRank, &numThreadsOnThisNode, 1, MPI_INT, MPI_SUM, comm.comm_);
929 #endif
932 if (numThreadsOnThisNode > hwTop.machine().logicalProcessorCount)
934 std::string mesg = "WARNING: ";
935 if (GMX_LIB_MPI)
937 mesg += formatString("On rank %d: o", rank);
939 else
941 mesg += "O";
943 mesg += formatString("versubscribing the available %d logical CPU cores", hwTop.machine().logicalProcessorCount);
944 if (GMX_LIB_MPI)
946 mesg += " per node";
948 mesg += formatString(" with %d ", numThreadsOnThisNode);
949 if (numRanksOnThisNode == numThreadsOnThisNode)
951 if (GMX_THREAD_MPI)
953 mesg += "thread-MPI threads.";
955 else
957 mesg += "MPI processes.";
960 else
962 mesg += "threads.";
964 mesg += "\n This will cause considerable performance loss.";
965 /* Note that only the master rank logs to stderr and only ranks
966 * with an open log file write to log.
967 * TODO: When we have a proper parallel logging framework,
968 * the framework should add the rank and node numbers.
970 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("%s", mesg.c_str());
974 } // namespace gmx