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cannam@127 72 <a name="Basic-and-advanced-distribution-interfaces"></a>
cannam@127 73 <div class="header">
cannam@127 74 <p>
cannam@127 75 Next: <a href="Load-balancing.html#Load-balancing" accesskey="n" rel="next">Load balancing</a>, Previous: <a href="MPI-Data-Distribution.html#MPI-Data-Distribution" accesskey="p" rel="prev">MPI Data Distribution</a>, Up: <a href="MPI-Data-Distribution.html#MPI-Data-Distribution" accesskey="u" rel="up">MPI Data Distribution</a> &nbsp; [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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cannam@127 78 <a name="Basic-and-advanced-distribution-interfaces-1"></a>
cannam@127 79 <h4 class="subsection">6.4.1 Basic and advanced distribution interfaces</h4>
cannam@127 80
cannam@127 81 <p>As with the planner interface, the &lsquo;<samp>fftw_mpi_local_size</samp>&rsquo;
cannam@127 82 distribution interface is broken into basic and advanced
cannam@127 83 (&lsquo;<samp>_many</samp>&rsquo;) interfaces, where the latter allows you to specify the
cannam@127 84 block size manually and also to request block sizes when computing
cannam@127 85 multiple transforms simultaneously. These functions are documented
cannam@127 86 more exhaustively by the FFTW MPI Reference, but we summarize the
cannam@127 87 basic ideas here using a couple of two-dimensional examples.
cannam@127 88 </p>
cannam@127 89 <p>For the 100&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;200 complex-DFT example, above, we would find
cannam@127 90 the distribution by calling the following function in the basic
cannam@127 91 interface:
cannam@127 92 </p>
cannam@127 93 <div class="example">
cannam@127 94 <pre class="example">ptrdiff_t fftw_mpi_local_size_2d(ptrdiff_t n0, ptrdiff_t n1, MPI_Comm comm,
cannam@127 95 ptrdiff_t *local_n0, ptrdiff_t *local_0_start);
cannam@127 96 </pre></div>
cannam@127 97 <a name="index-fftw_005fmpi_005flocal_005fsize_005f2d-1"></a>
cannam@127 98
cannam@127 99 <p>Given the total size of the data to be transformed (here, <code>n0 =
cannam@127 100 100</code> and <code>n1 = 200</code>) and an MPI communicator (<code>comm</code>), this
cannam@127 101 function provides three numbers.
cannam@127 102 </p>
cannam@127 103 <p>First, it describes the shape of the local data: the current process
cannam@127 104 should store a <code>local_n0</code> by <code>n1</code> slice of the overall
cannam@127 105 dataset, in row-major order (<code>n1</code> dimension contiguous), starting
cannam@127 106 at index <code>local_0_start</code>. That is, if the total dataset is
cannam@127 107 viewed as a <code>n0</code> by <code>n1</code> matrix, the current process should
cannam@127 108 store the rows <code>local_0_start</code> to
cannam@127 109 <code>local_0_start+local_n0-1</code>. Obviously, if you are running with
cannam@127 110 only a single MPI process, that process will store the entire array:
cannam@127 111 <code>local_0_start</code> will be zero and <code>local_n0</code> will be
cannam@127 112 <code>n0</code>. See <a href="Row_002dmajor-Format.html#Row_002dmajor-Format">Row-major Format</a>.
cannam@127 113 <a name="index-row_002dmajor-4"></a>
cannam@127 114 </p>
cannam@127 115
cannam@127 116 <p>Second, the return value is the total number of data elements (e.g.,
cannam@127 117 complex numbers for a complex DFT) that should be allocated for the
cannam@127 118 input and output arrays on the current process (ideally with
cannam@127 119 <code>fftw_malloc</code> or an &lsquo;<samp>fftw_alloc</samp>&rsquo; function, to ensure optimal
cannam@127 120 alignment). It might seem that this should always be equal to
cannam@127 121 <code>local_n0 * n1</code>, but this is <em>not</em> the case. FFTW&rsquo;s
cannam@127 122 distributed FFT algorithms require data redistributions at
cannam@127 123 intermediate stages of the transform, and in some circumstances this
cannam@127 124 may require slightly larger local storage. This is discussed in more
cannam@127 125 detail below, under <a href="Load-balancing.html#Load-balancing">Load balancing</a>.
cannam@127 126 <a name="index-fftw_005fmalloc-5"></a>
cannam@127 127 <a name="index-fftw_005falloc_005fcomplex-3"></a>
cannam@127 128 </p>
cannam@127 129
cannam@127 130 <a name="index-advanced-interface-4"></a>
cannam@127 131 <p>The advanced-interface &lsquo;<samp>local_size</samp>&rsquo; function for multidimensional
cannam@127 132 transforms returns the same three things (<code>local_n0</code>,
cannam@127 133 <code>local_0_start</code>, and the total number of elements to allocate),
cannam@127 134 but takes more inputs:
cannam@127 135 </p>
cannam@127 136 <div class="example">
cannam@127 137 <pre class="example">ptrdiff_t fftw_mpi_local_size_many(int rnk, const ptrdiff_t *n,
cannam@127 138 ptrdiff_t howmany,
cannam@127 139 ptrdiff_t block0,
cannam@127 140 MPI_Comm comm,
cannam@127 141 ptrdiff_t *local_n0,
cannam@127 142 ptrdiff_t *local_0_start);
cannam@127 143 </pre></div>
cannam@127 144 <a name="index-fftw_005fmpi_005flocal_005fsize_005fmany"></a>
cannam@127 145
cannam@127 146 <p>The two-dimensional case above corresponds to <code>rnk = 2</code> and an
cannam@127 147 array <code>n</code> of length 2 with <code>n[0] = n0</code> and <code>n[1] = n1</code>.
cannam@127 148 This routine is for any <code>rnk &gt; 1</code>; one-dimensional transforms
cannam@127 149 have their own interface because they work slightly differently, as
cannam@127 150 discussed below.
cannam@127 151 </p>
cannam@127 152 <p>First, the advanced interface allows you to perform multiple
cannam@127 153 transforms at once, of interleaved data, as specified by the
cannam@127 154 <code>howmany</code> parameter. (<code>hoamany</code> is 1 for a single
cannam@127 155 transform.)
cannam@127 156 </p>
cannam@127 157 <p>Second, here you can specify your desired block size in the <code>n0</code>
cannam@127 158 dimension, <code>block0</code>. To use FFTW&rsquo;s default block size, pass
cannam@127 159 <code>FFTW_MPI_DEFAULT_BLOCK</code> (0) for <code>block0</code>. Otherwise, on
cannam@127 160 <code>P</code> processes, FFTW will return <code>local_n0</code> equal to
cannam@127 161 <code>block0</code> on the first <code>P / block0</code> processes (rounded down),
cannam@127 162 return <code>local_n0</code> equal to <code>n0 - block0 * (P / block0)</code> on
cannam@127 163 the next process, and <code>local_n0</code> equal to zero on any remaining
cannam@127 164 processes. In general, we recommend using the default block size
cannam@127 165 (which corresponds to <code>n0 / P</code>, rounded up).
cannam@127 166 <a name="index-FFTW_005fMPI_005fDEFAULT_005fBLOCK"></a>
cannam@127 167 <a name="index-block-distribution-1"></a>
cannam@127 168 </p>
cannam@127 169
cannam@127 170 <p>For example, suppose you have <code>P = 4</code> processes and <code>n0 =
cannam@127 171 21</code>. The default will be a block size of <code>6</code>, which will give
cannam@127 172 <code>local_n0 = 6</code> on the first three processes and <code>local_n0 =
cannam@127 173 3</code> on the last process. Instead, however, you could specify
cannam@127 174 <code>block0 = 5</code> if you wanted, which would give <code>local_n0 = 5</code>
cannam@127 175 on processes 0 to 2, <code>local_n0 = 6</code> on process 3. (This choice,
cannam@127 176 while it may look superficially more &ldquo;balanced,&rdquo; has the same
cannam@127 177 critical path as FFTW&rsquo;s default but requires more communications.)
cannam@127 178 </p>
cannam@127 179 <hr>
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cannam@127 181 <p>
cannam@127 182 Next: <a href="Load-balancing.html#Load-balancing" accesskey="n" rel="next">Load balancing</a>, Previous: <a href="MPI-Data-Distribution.html#MPI-Data-Distribution" accesskey="p" rel="prev">MPI Data Distribution</a>, Up: <a href="MPI-Data-Distribution.html#MPI-Data-Distribution" accesskey="u" rel="up">MPI Data Distribution</a> &nbsp; [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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