On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:58 AM, José Luis García Pallero <jgpall...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2013/6/6 Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
> should work!
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
> So I understand that MPI_Comm_spawn() is my function. But I see in the
> documentation that the first argument is char* command, and command is the
> name of the program to spawn, but I not want to execute an external program.
> Only a piece of code in the same program. How can I deal with that.
You'll have to move that code into a separate program, then pass any data it
requires using MPI_Send/receive or a collective operation
> The second argument is char* argv[]. Admits MPI_Comm_spawn() the NULL value
> for argv[], as MPI_Init()?
>
> I know also that I can do my program by putting the code before and after the
> call funcCompScalapack() into an if() checking if the node is the root and
> then these pieces of code will be executed only by the root. But I want to
> maintain all the program free of MPI code except the funcCompScalapack()
> function
>
> Cheers
>
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:24 AM, José Luis García Pallero <jgpall...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 2013/6/6 Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
>> Afraid not. You could start a single process, and then have that process
>> call MPI_Comm_spawn to launch the rest of them
>>
>> Mmmm... sounds good
>>
>> I'm writing an example program using ScaLAPACK. I have written the ScaLAPACK
>> code in an independent function that must be called after some work in an
>> individual node (the root one). So I need the first part of the program be
>> executed by one process. My example looks like:
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>> //some work that must be done by only one node
>> .....
>> //function that runs internally some scalapack computations
>> funcCompScalapack();
>> //other work must be done by the original node
>> ....
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> void funcCompScalapack()
>> {
>> //Initialize MPI
>> MPI_Init(NULL,NULL);
>> //here I think I should write some code in order to inform that the work
>> must be done by a number X or processors
>> //maybe using MPI_Comm_spawn?
>> ....
>> //some BLACS and ScaLAPACK computations
>> ....
>> //finalize MPI
>> MPI_Finalize();
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> When I execute this program as mpirun -np X myprogram, the pieces of code
>> before and after the call to function funcCompScalapack() are executed by X
>> nodes, but these orders must be executed only by one. So my idea is to
>> execute the binary as ./myprogram (the same I think as mpirun -np 1
>> myprogram) and internally set the number of processes in funcCompScalapack()
>> after the MPI_Init() call.
>>
>> Is my idea possible?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:54 AM, José Luis García Pallero <jgpall...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I'm newbie in the use of MPI, so probably I ask some stupid question (or
>>> previously asked, but in this case I have searched in the archive and I
>>> haven't found anything):
>>>
>>> Exists any other way than -np X in order to pass the number of processes to
>>> start for an MPI program? I mean a function of the style
>>> MPI_Set_Number_Processes() or similar
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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