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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 <stdlib.h>
50 #include <string.h>
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/mdlib/gmx_omp_nthreads.h"
60 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/commrec.h"
61 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/inputrec.h"
62 #include "gromacs/mdtypes/md_enums.h"
63 #include "gromacs/topology/mtop_util.h"
64 #include "gromacs/topology/topology.h"
65 #include "gromacs/utility/baseversion.h"
66 #include "gromacs/utility/fatalerror.h"
67 #include "gromacs/utility/gmxassert.h"
68 #include "gromacs/utility/logger.h"
69 #include "gromacs/utility/stringutil.h"
72 /* DISCLAIMER: All the atom count and thread numbers below are heuristic.
73 * The real switching points will depend on the system simulation,
74 * the algorithms used and the hardware it's running on, as well as if there
75 * are other jobs running on the same machine. We try to take into account
76 * factors that have a large influence, such as recent Intel CPUs being
77 * much better at wide multi-threading. The remaining factors should
78 * (hopefully) have a small influence, such that the performance just before
79 * and after a switch point doesn't change too much.
82 //! Constant used to help minimize preprocessed code
83 static const bool bHasOmpSupport = GMX_OPENMP;
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 const 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 const 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 const int nthreads_omp_faster_default = 8;
116 const int nthreads_omp_faster_Nehalem = 12;
117 const int nthreads_omp_faster_Intel_AVX = 16;
118 const 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 const 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 #if GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI
136 const int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max = 8;
137 const int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_cpu = 1;
138 #endif
139 const int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu = 2;
140 const int nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max = 6;
142 /**@}*/
144 /*! \brief Returns the maximum OpenMP thread count for which using a single MPI rank
145 * should be faster than using multiple ranks with the same total thread count.
147 static int nthreads_omp_faster(const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo, gmx_bool bUseGPU)
149 int nth;
151 if (cpuInfo.vendor() == gmx::CpuInfo::Vendor::Intel &&
152 cpuInfo.feature(gmx::CpuInfo::Feature::X86_Avx))
154 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_Intel_AVX;
156 else if (gmx::cpuIsX86Nehalem(cpuInfo))
158 // Intel Nehalem
159 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_Nehalem;
161 else if (cpuInfo.vendor() == gmx::CpuInfo::Vendor::Amd && cpuInfo.family() >= 23)
163 // AMD Ryzen
164 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_AMD_Ryzen;
166 else
168 nth = nthreads_omp_faster_default;
171 if (bUseGPU)
173 nth *= nthreads_omp_faster_gpu_fac;
176 nth = std::min(nth, GMX_OPENMP_MAX_THREADS);
178 return nth;
181 /*! \brief Returns that maximum OpenMP thread count that passes the efficiency check */
182 gmx_unused static int nthreads_omp_efficient_max(int gmx_unused nrank,
183 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo,
184 gmx_bool bUseGPU)
186 #if GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI
187 if (nrank > 1)
189 return nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max;
191 else
192 #endif
194 return nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, bUseGPU);
198 /*! \brief Return the number of thread-MPI ranks to use.
199 * This is chosen such that we can always obey our own efficiency checks.
201 gmx_unused static int get_tmpi_omp_thread_division(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
202 const gmx_hw_opt_t &hw_opt,
203 int nthreads_tot,
204 int ngpu)
206 int nrank;
207 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo = *hwinfo->cpuInfo;
209 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(nthreads_tot > 0, "There must be at least one thread per rank");
211 /* There are no separate PME nodes here, as we ensured in
212 * check_and_update_hw_opt that nthreads_tmpi>0 with PME nodes
213 * and a conditional ensures we would not have ended up here.
214 * Note that separate PME nodes might be switched on later.
216 if (ngpu > 0)
218 nrank = ngpu;
220 /* When the user sets nthreads_omp, we can end up oversubscribing CPU cores
221 * if we simply start as many ranks as GPUs. To avoid this, we start as few
222 * tMPI ranks as necessary to avoid oversubscription and instead leave GPUs idle.
223 * If the user does not set the number of OpenMP threads, nthreads_omp==0 and
224 * this code has no effect.
226 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(hw_opt.nthreads_omp >= 0, "nthreads_omp is negative, but previous checks should have prevented this");
227 while (nrank*hw_opt.nthreads_omp > hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail && nrank > 1)
229 nrank--;
232 if (nthreads_tot < nrank)
234 /* #thread < #gpu is very unlikely, but if so: waste gpu(s) */
235 nrank = nthreads_tot;
237 else if (nthreads_tot > nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, ngpu > 0) ||
238 (ngpu > 1 && nthreads_tot/ngpu > nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max))
240 /* The high OpenMP thread count will likely result in sub-optimal
241 * performance. Increase the rank count to reduce the thread count
242 * per rank. This will lead to GPU sharing by MPI ranks/threads.
244 int nshare;
246 /* Increase the rank count as long as have we more than 6 OpenMP
247 * threads per rank or the number of hardware threads is not
248 * divisible by the rank count. Don't go below 2 OpenMP threads.
250 nshare = 1;
253 nshare++;
254 nrank = ngpu*nshare;
256 while (nthreads_tot/nrank > nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max ||
257 (nthreads_tot/(ngpu*(nshare + 1)) >= nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu && nthreads_tot % nrank != 0));
260 else if (hw_opt.nthreads_omp > 0)
262 /* Here we could oversubscribe, when we do, we issue a warning later */
263 nrank = std::max(1, nthreads_tot/hw_opt.nthreads_omp);
265 else
267 if (nthreads_tot <= nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, ngpu > 0))
269 /* Use pure OpenMP parallelization */
270 nrank = 1;
272 else
274 /* Don't use OpenMP parallelization */
275 nrank = nthreads_tot;
279 return nrank;
282 //! Return whether hyper threading is enabled.
283 static bool
284 gmxSmtIsEnabled(const gmx::HardwareTopology &hwTop)
286 return (hwTop.supportLevel() >= gmx::HardwareTopology::SupportLevel::Basic && hwTop.machine().sockets[0].cores[0].hwThreads.size() > 1);
289 namespace
292 //! Handles checks for algorithms that must use a single rank.
293 class SingleRankChecker
295 public:
296 //! Constructor
297 SingleRankChecker() : value_(false), reasons_() {}
298 /*! \brief Call this function for each possible condition
299 under which a single rank is required, along with a string
300 describing the constraint when it is applied. */
301 void applyConstraint(bool condition, const char *description)
303 if (condition)
305 value_ = true;
306 reasons_.push_back(gmx::formatString("%s only supports a single rank.", description));
309 //! After applying any conditions, is a single rank required?
310 bool mustUseOneRank() const
312 return value_;
314 /*! \brief Return a formatted string to use when writing a
315 message when a single rank is required, (or empty if no
316 constraint exists.) */
317 std::string getMessage() const
319 return formatAndJoin(reasons_, "\n", gmx::IdentityFormatter());
321 private:
322 bool value_;
323 std::vector<std::string> reasons_;
326 } // namespace
328 /* Get the number of MPI ranks to use for thread-MPI based on how many
329 * were requested, which algorithms we're using,
330 * and how many particles there are.
331 * At the point we have already called check_and_update_hw_opt.
332 * Thus all options should be internally consistent and consistent
333 * with the hardware, except that ntmpi could be larger than #GPU.
335 int get_nthreads_mpi(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
336 gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
337 const std::vector<int> &gpuIdsToUse,
338 bool nonbondedOnGpu,
339 bool pmeOnGpu,
340 const t_inputrec *inputrec,
341 const gmx_mtop_t *mtop,
342 const gmx::MDLogger &mdlog,
343 bool doMembed)
345 int nthreads_hw, nthreads_tot_max, nrank, ngpu;
346 int min_atoms_per_mpi_rank;
348 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo = *hwinfo->cpuInfo;
349 const gmx::HardwareTopology &hwTop = *hwinfo->hardwareTopology;
351 if (pmeOnGpu)
353 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT((EEL_PME(inputrec->coulombtype) || EVDW_PME(inputrec->vdwtype)) &&
354 pme_gpu_supports_input(inputrec, nullptr),
355 "PME can't be on GPUs unless we are using PME");
357 // PME on GPUs supports a single PME rank with PP running on the same or few other ranks.
358 // For now, let's treat separate PME GPU rank as opt-in.
359 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi < 1)
361 return 1;
366 /* Check if an algorithm does not support parallel simulation. */
367 // TODO This might work better if e.g. implemented algorithms
368 // had to define a function that returns such requirements,
369 // and a description string.
370 SingleRankChecker checker;
371 checker.applyConstraint(inputrec->eI == eiLBFGS, "L-BFGS minimization");
372 checker.applyConstraint(inputrec->coulombtype == eelEWALD, "Plain Ewald electrostatics");
373 checker.applyConstraint(doMembed, "Membrane embedding");
374 bool useOrientationRestraints = (gmx_mtop_ftype_count(mtop, F_ORIRES) > 0);
375 checker.applyConstraint(useOrientationRestraints, "Orientation restraints");
376 if (checker.mustUseOneRank())
378 std::string message = checker.getMessage();
379 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 1)
381 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "%s However, you asked for more than 1 thread-MPI rank, so mdrun cannot continue. Choose a single rank, or a different algorithm.", message.c_str());
383 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("%s Choosing to use only a single thread-MPI rank.", message.c_str());
384 return 1;
388 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0)
390 /* Trivial, return the user's choice right away */
391 return hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi;
394 // Now implement automatic selection of number of thread-MPI ranks
395 nthreads_hw = hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail;
397 if (nthreads_hw <= 0)
399 /* This should normally not happen, but if it does, we handle it */
400 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The number of available hardware threads can not be detected, please specify the number of MPI ranks and the number of OpenMP threads (if supported) manually with options -ntmpi and -ntomp, respectively");
403 /* How many total (#tMPI*#OpenMP) threads can we start? */
404 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
406 nthreads_tot_max = hw_opt->nthreads_tot;
408 else
410 nthreads_tot_max = nthreads_hw;
413 /* nonbondedOnGpu might be false e.g. because this simulation uses
414 * the group scheme, or is a rerun with energy groups. */
415 ngpu = (nonbondedOnGpu ? static_cast<int>(gpuIdsToUse.size()) : 0);
417 if (inputrec->cutoff_scheme == ecutsGROUP)
419 /* We checked this before, but it doesn't hurt to do it once more */
420 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 1, "The group scheme only supports one OpenMP thread per rank");
423 nrank =
424 get_tmpi_omp_thread_division(hwinfo, *hw_opt, nthreads_tot_max, ngpu);
426 if (inputrec->eI == eiNM || EI_TPI(inputrec->eI))
428 /* Dims/steps are divided over the nodes iso splitting the atoms.
429 * With NM we can't have more ranks than #atoms*#dim. With TPI it's
430 * unlikely we have fewer atoms than ranks, and if so, communication
431 * would become a bottleneck, so we set the limit to 1 atom/rank.
433 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = 1;
435 else
437 if (ngpu >= 1)
439 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = min_atoms_per_gpu;
441 else
443 min_atoms_per_mpi_rank = min_atoms_per_mpi_thread;
447 if (mtop->natoms/nrank < min_atoms_per_mpi_rank)
449 int nrank_new;
451 /* the rank number was chosen automatically, but there are too few
452 atoms per rank, so we need to reduce the rank count */
453 nrank_new = std::max(1, mtop->natoms/min_atoms_per_mpi_rank);
455 /* Avoid partial use of Hyper-Threading */
456 if (gmxSmtIsEnabled(hwTop) &&
457 nrank_new > nthreads_hw/2 && nrank_new < nthreads_hw)
459 nrank_new = nthreads_hw/2;
462 /* If the user specified the total thread count, ensure this is
463 * divisible by the number of ranks.
464 * It is quite likely that we have too many total threads compared
465 * to the size of the system, but if the user asked for this many
466 * threads we should respect that.
468 while (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 &&
469 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % nrank_new != 0)
471 nrank_new--;
474 /* Avoid large prime numbers in the rank count */
475 if (nrank_new >= 6)
477 /* Use only 6,8,10 with additional factors of 2 */
478 int fac;
480 fac = 2;
481 while (3*fac*2 <= nrank_new)
483 fac *= 2;
486 nrank_new = (nrank_new/fac)*fac;
488 else
490 /* Avoid 5, since small system won't fit 5 domains along
491 * a dimension. This might lead to waisting some cores, but this
492 * will have a small impact in this regime of very small systems.
494 if (nrank_new == 5)
496 nrank_new = 4;
500 nrank = nrank_new;
502 /* We reduced the number of tMPI ranks, which means we might violate
503 * our own efficiency checks if we simply use all hardware threads.
505 if (bHasOmpSupport && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_tot <= 0)
507 /* The user set neither the total nor the OpenMP thread count,
508 * we should use all hardware threads, unless we will violate
509 * our own efficiency limitation on the thread count.
511 int nt_omp_max;
513 nt_omp_max = nthreads_omp_efficient_max(nrank, cpuInfo, ngpu >= 1);
515 if (nrank*nt_omp_max < hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail)
517 /* Limit the number of OpenMP threads to start */
518 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = nt_omp_max;
522 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
523 fprintf(stderr, "NOTE: Parallelization is limited by the small number of atoms,\n");
524 fprintf(stderr, " only starting %d thread-MPI ranks.\n", nrank);
525 fprintf(stderr, " You can use the -nt and/or -ntmpi option to optimize the number of threads.\n\n");
528 return nrank;
532 void check_resource_division_efficiency(const gmx_hw_info_t *hwinfo,
533 int numTotalThreads,
534 bool willUsePhysicalGpu,
535 gmx_bool bNtOmpOptionSet,
536 t_commrec *cr,
537 const gmx::MDLogger &mdlog)
539 #if GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI
540 int nth_omp_min, nth_omp_max;
541 char buf[1000];
542 #if GMX_THREAD_MPI
543 const char *mpi_option = " (option -ntmpi)";
544 #else
545 const char *mpi_option = "";
546 #endif
548 /* This function should be called after thread-MPI (when configured) and
549 * OpenMP have been initialized. Check that here.
551 #if GMX_THREAD_MPI
552 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(nthreads_omp_faster_default >= nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max, "Inconsistent OpenMP thread count default values");
553 #endif
554 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault) >= 1, "Must have at least one OpenMP thread");
556 nth_omp_min = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault);
557 nth_omp_max = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(emntDefault);
559 bool anyRankIsUsingGpus = willUsePhysicalGpu;
560 /* Thread-MPI seems to have a bug with reduce on 1 node, so use a cond. */
561 if (cr->nnodes + cr->npmenodes > 1)
563 int count[3], count_max[3];
565 count[0] = -nth_omp_min;
566 count[1] = nth_omp_max;
567 count[2] = willUsePhysicalGpu;
569 MPI_Allreduce(count, count_max, 3, MPI_INT, MPI_MAX, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
571 /* In case of an inhomogeneous run setup we use the maximum counts */
572 nth_omp_min = -count_max[0];
573 nth_omp_max = count_max[1];
574 anyRankIsUsingGpus = count_max[2] > 0;
577 int nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min;
579 if (!anyRankIsUsingGpus)
581 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min = nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_cpu;
583 else
585 /* With GPUs we set the minimum number of OpenMP threads to 2 to catch
586 * cases where the user specifies #ranks == #cores.
588 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min = nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min_gpu;
591 if (DOMAINDECOMP(cr) && cr->nnodes > 1)
593 if (nth_omp_max < nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min ||
594 nth_omp_max > nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_max)
596 /* Note that we print target_max here, not ok_max */
597 sprintf(buf, "Your choice of number of MPI ranks and amount of resources results in using %d OpenMP threads per rank, which is most likely inefficient. The optimum is usually between %d and %d threads per rank.",
598 nth_omp_max,
599 nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min,
600 nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max);
602 if (bNtOmpOptionSet)
604 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("NOTE: %s", buf);
606 else
608 /* This fatal error, and the one below, is nasty, but it's
609 * probably the only way to ensure that all users don't waste
610 * a lot of resources, since many users don't read logs/stderr.
612 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "%s If you want to run with this setup, specify the -ntomp option. But we suggest to change the number of MPI ranks%s.", buf, mpi_option);
616 else
618 const gmx::CpuInfo &cpuInfo = *hwinfo->cpuInfo;
620 /* No domain decomposition (or only one domain) */
621 if (nth_omp_max > nthreads_omp_faster(cpuInfo, anyRankIsUsingGpus))
623 /* To arrive here, the user/system set #ranks and/or #OMPthreads */
624 gmx_bool bEnvSet;
625 char buf2[256];
627 bEnvSet = (getenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS") != nullptr);
629 if (bNtOmpOptionSet || bEnvSet)
631 sprintf(buf2, "You requested %d OpenMP threads", nth_omp_max);
633 else
635 sprintf(buf2, "Your choice of %d MPI rank%s and the use of %d total threads %sleads to the use of %d OpenMP threads",
636 cr->nnodes + cr->npmenodes,
637 cr->nnodes + cr->npmenodes == 1 ? "" : "s",
638 numTotalThreads > 0 ? numTotalThreads : hwinfo->nthreads_hw_avail,
639 hwinfo->nphysicalnode > 1 ? "on a node " : "",
640 nth_omp_max);
642 sprintf(buf, "%s, whereas we expect the optimum to be with more MPI ranks with %d to %d OpenMP threads.",
643 buf2, nthreads_omp_mpi_ok_min, nthreads_omp_mpi_target_max);
645 /* We can not quit with a fatal error when OMP_NUM_THREADS is set
646 * with different values per rank or node, since in that case
647 * the user can not set -ntomp to override the error.
649 if (bNtOmpOptionSet || (bEnvSet && nth_omp_min != nth_omp_max))
651 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendTextFormatted("NOTE: %s", buf);
653 else
655 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "%s If you want to run with this many OpenMP threads, specify the -ntomp option. But we suggest to increase the number of MPI ranks%s.", buf, mpi_option);
659 #else /* GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI */
660 /* No OpenMP and/or MPI: it doesn't make much sense to check */
661 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(bNtOmpOptionSet);
662 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(numTotalThreads);
663 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(willUsePhysicalGpu);
664 GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(cr);
665 /* Check if we have more than 1 physical core, if detected,
666 * or more than 1 hardware thread if physical cores were not detected.
668 if (!GMX_OPENMP && !GMX_MPI && hwinfo->hardwareTopology->numberOfCores() > 1)
670 GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendText("NOTE: GROMACS was compiled without OpenMP and (thread-)MPI support, can only use a single CPU core");
672 #endif /* GMX_OPENMP && GMX_MPI */
676 //! Dump a \c hw_opt to \c fp.
677 static void print_hw_opt(FILE *fp, const gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt)
679 fprintf(fp, "hw_opt: nt %d ntmpi %d ntomp %d ntomp_pme %d gpu_id '%s' gputasks '%s'\n",
680 hw_opt->nthreads_tot,
681 hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi,
682 hw_opt->nthreads_omp,
683 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme,
684 hw_opt->gpuIdsAvailable.c_str(),
685 hw_opt->userGpuTaskAssignment.c_str());
688 void check_and_update_hw_opt_1(gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
689 const t_commrec *cr,
690 int nPmeRanks)
692 /* Currently hw_opt only contains default settings or settings supplied
693 * by the user on the command line.
695 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp < 0)
697 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The number of OpenMP threads supplied on the command line is %d, which is negative and not allowed", hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
700 /* Check for OpenMP settings stored in environment variables, which can
701 * potentially be different on different MPI ranks.
703 gmx_omp_nthreads_read_env(&hw_opt->nthreads_omp, SIMMASTER(cr));
705 /* Check restrictions on the user supplied options before modifying them.
706 * TODO: Put the user values in a const struct and preserve them.
708 #if !GMX_THREAD_MPI
709 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
711 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "Setting the total number of threads is only supported with thread-MPI and GROMACS was compiled without thread-MPI");
713 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0)
715 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "Setting the number of thread-MPI ranks is only supported with thread-MPI and GROMACS was compiled without thread-MPI");
717 #endif
719 /* With thread-MPI the master thread sets hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto.
720 * The other threads receive a partially processed hw_opt from the master
721 * thread and should not set hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto again.
723 if (!GMX_THREAD_MPI || SIMMASTER(cr))
725 /* Check if mdrun is free to choose the total number of threads */
726 hw_opt->totNumThreadsIsAuto = (hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme == 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_tot == 0);
729 if (bHasOmpSupport)
731 /* Check restrictions on PME thread related options set by the user */
733 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0)
735 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You need to specify -ntomp in addition to -ntomp_pme");
738 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme >= 1 &&
739 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme != hw_opt->nthreads_omp &&
740 nPmeRanks <= 0)
742 /* This can result in a fatal error on many MPI ranks,
743 * but since the thread count can differ per rank,
744 * we can't easily avoid this.
746 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You need to explicitly specify the number of PME ranks (-npme) when using different number of OpenMP threads for PP and PME ranks");
749 else
751 /* GROMACS was configured without OpenMP support */
753 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1 || hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme > 1)
755 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "More than 1 OpenMP thread requested, but GROMACS was compiled without OpenMP support");
757 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = 1;
758 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme = 1;
761 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme <= 0)
763 /* We have the same number of OpenMP threads for PP and PME ranks,
764 * thus we can perform several consistency checks.
766 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0 &&
767 hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0 &&
768 hw_opt->nthreads_tot != hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi*hw_opt->nthreads_omp)
770 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) does not match the thread-MPI ranks (%d) times the OpenMP threads (%d) requested",
771 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi, hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
774 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > 0 &&
775 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi != 0)
777 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) is not divisible by the number of thread-MPI ranks requested (%d)",
778 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi);
781 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0 &&
782 hw_opt->nthreads_tot % hw_opt->nthreads_omp != 0)
784 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "The total number of threads requested (%d) is not divisible by the number of OpenMP threads requested (%d)",
785 hw_opt->nthreads_tot, hw_opt->nthreads_omp);
789 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0)
791 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > hw_opt->nthreads_tot)
793 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You requested %d OpenMP threads with %d total threads. Choose a total number of threads that is a multiple of the number of OpenMP threads.",
794 hw_opt->nthreads_omp, hw_opt->nthreads_tot);
797 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi > hw_opt->nthreads_tot)
799 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You requested %d thread-MPI ranks with %d total threads. Choose a total number of threads that is a multiple of the number of thread-MPI ranks.",
800 hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi, hw_opt->nthreads_tot);
804 if (debug)
806 print_hw_opt(debug, hw_opt);
809 /* Asserting this simplifies the hardware resource division later
810 * on. */
811 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!(hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme >= 1 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0),
812 "PME thread count should only be set when the normal thread count is also set");
815 void check_and_update_hw_opt_2(gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
816 int cutoff_scheme)
818 if (cutoff_scheme == ecutsGROUP)
820 /* We only have OpenMP support for PME only nodes */
821 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1)
823 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "OpenMP threads have been requested with cut-off scheme %s, but these are only supported with cut-off scheme %s",
824 ecutscheme_names[cutoff_scheme],
825 ecutscheme_names[ecutsVERLET]);
827 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = 1;
831 void checkAndUpdateRequestedNumOpenmpThreads(gmx_hw_opt_t *hw_opt,
832 const gmx_hw_info_t &hwinfo,
833 const t_commrec *cr,
834 PmeRunMode pmeRunMode,
835 const gmx_mtop_t &mtop)
837 #if GMX_THREAD_MPI
838 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi >= 1, "Must have at least one thread-MPI rank");
840 /* If the user set the total number of threads on the command line
841 * and did not specify the number of OpenMP threads, set the latter here.
843 if (hw_opt->nthreads_tot > 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0)
845 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = hw_opt->nthreads_tot/hw_opt->nthreads_tmpi;
847 if (!bHasOmpSupport && hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 1)
849 gmx_fatal(FARGS, "You (indirectly) asked for OpenMP threads by setting -nt > -ntmpi, but GROMACS was compiled without OpenMP support");
852 #endif
854 /* With both non-bonded and PME on GPU, the work left on the CPU is often
855 * (much) slower with SMT than without SMT. This is mostly the case with
856 * few atoms per core. Thus, if the number of threads is set to auto,
857 * we turn off SMT in that case. Note that PME on GPU implies that also
858 * the non-bonded are computed on the GPU.
859 * We only need to do this when the number of hardware theads is larger
860 * than the number of cores. Note that a queuing system could limit
861 * the number of hardware threads available, but we are not trying to be
862 * too smart here in that case.
864 /* The number 10000 atoms per core is a reasonable threshold
865 * for Intel x86 and AMD Threadripper. Note that around this regime
866 * the performance is not very sensitive to the SMT choice.
868 constexpr int c_numAtomsPerCoreSmtThreshold = 10000;
870 if (bHasOmpSupport &&
871 hw_opt->nthreads_omp <= 0 &&
872 hwinfo.nthreads_hw_avail > hwinfo.hardwareTopology->numberOfCores() &&
873 pmeRunMode == PmeRunMode::GPU)
875 /* Note that the queing system might have limited us from using
876 * all detected ncore_tot physical cores. We are currently not
877 * checking for that here.
879 int numAtomsPerPhysicalCore = mtop.natoms/hwinfo.ncore_tot;
880 if (numAtomsPerPhysicalCore < c_numAtomsPerCoreSmtThreshold)
882 int numRanksInThisNode = (cr ? cr->nrank_intranode : 1);
883 /* Choose one OpenMP thread per physical core */
884 hw_opt->nthreads_omp = std::max(1, hwinfo.hardwareTopology->numberOfCores()/numRanksInThisNode);
888 GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(bHasOmpSupport || hw_opt->nthreads_omp == 1, "Without OpenMP support, only one thread per rank can be used");
890 /* We are done with updating nthreads_omp, we can set nthreads_omp_pme */
891 if (hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme <= 0 && hw_opt->nthreads_omp > 0)
893 hw_opt->nthreads_omp_pme = hw_opt->nthreads_omp;
896 if (debug)
898 print_hw_opt(debug, hw_opt);