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Chris@19 56 <h4 class="subsection">6.7.3 An improved replacement for MPI_Alltoall</h4>
Chris@19 57
Chris@19 58 <p>We close this section by noting that FFTW's MPI transpose routines can
Chris@19 59 be thought of as a generalization for the <code>MPI_Alltoall</code> function
Chris@19 60 (albeit only for floating-point types), and in some circumstances can
Chris@19 61 function as an improved replacement.
Chris@19 62 <a name="index-MPI_005fAlltoall-409"></a>
Chris@19 63
Chris@19 64 <p><code>MPI_Alltoall</code> is defined by the MPI standard as:
Chris@19 65
Chris@19 66 <pre class="example"> int MPI_Alltoall(void *sendbuf, int sendcount, MPI_Datatype sendtype,
Chris@19 67 void *recvbuf, int recvcnt, MPI_Datatype recvtype,
Chris@19 68 MPI_Comm comm);
Chris@19 69 </pre>
Chris@19 70 <p>In particular, for <code>double*</code> arrays <code>in</code> and <code>out</code>,
Chris@19 71 consider the call:
Chris@19 72
Chris@19 73 <pre class="example"> MPI_Alltoall(in, howmany, MPI_DOUBLE, out, howmany MPI_DOUBLE, comm);
Chris@19 74 </pre>
Chris@19 75 <p>This is completely equivalent to:
Chris@19 76
Chris@19 77 <pre class="example"> MPI_Comm_size(comm, &amp;P);
Chris@19 78 plan = fftw_mpi_plan_many_transpose(P, P, howmany, 1, 1, in, out, comm, FFTW_ESTIMATE);
Chris@19 79 fftw_execute(plan);
Chris@19 80 fftw_destroy_plan(plan);
Chris@19 81 </pre>
Chris@19 82 <p>That is, computing a P&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;P transpose on <code>P</code> processes,
Chris@19 83 with a block size of 1, is just a standard all-to-all communication.
Chris@19 84
Chris@19 85 <p>However, using the FFTW routine instead of <code>MPI_Alltoall</code> may
Chris@19 86 have certain advantages. First of all, FFTW's routine can operate
Chris@19 87 in-place (<code>in == out</code>) whereas <code>MPI_Alltoall</code> can only
Chris@19 88 operate out-of-place.
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Chris@19 91 <p>Second, even for out-of-place plans, FFTW's routine may be faster,
Chris@19 92 especially if you need to perform the all-to-all communication many
Chris@19 93 times and can afford to use <code>FFTW_MEASURE</code> or
Chris@19 94 <code>FFTW_PATIENT</code>. It should certainly be no slower, not including
Chris@19 95 the time to create the plan, since one of the possible algorithms that
Chris@19 96 FFTW uses for an out-of-place transpose <em>is</em> simply to call
Chris@19 97 <code>MPI_Alltoall</code>. However, FFTW also considers several other
Chris@19 98 possible algorithms that, depending on your MPI implementation and
Chris@19 99 your hardware, may be faster.
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