Allow to share performance models between CUDA devices

doc/doxygen/chapters/210_check_list_performance.doxy

@@ -246,9 +246,24 @@ to configure a performance model for the codelets of the application (see
 use on-line calibration.  StarPU will automatically calibrate codelets
 which have never been calibrated yet, and save the result in
 <c>$STARPU_HOME/.starpu/sampling/codelets</c>.
-The models are indexed by machine name. To share the models between
+The models are indexed by machine name.
-machines (e.g. for a homogeneous cluster), use <c>export
+
-STARPU_HOSTNAME=some_global_name</c> (\ref STARPU_HOSTNAME). To force continuing calibration,
+By default, StarPU stores separate performance models according to the hostname
+of the system. To avoid having to calibrate performance models for each node
+of a homogeneous cluster for instance, the model can be shared by using
+<c>export STARPU_HOSTNAME=some_global_name</c> (\ref STARPU_HOSTNAME), where
+<c>some_global_name</c> is the name of the cluster for instance, which thus
+overrides the hostname of the system.
+
+By default, StarPU stores separate performance models for each GPU. To avoid
+having to calibrate performance models for each GPU of a homogeneous set of GPU
+devices for instance, the model can be shared by setting
+<c>export STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_CUDA=1</c> ,
+<c>export STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_OPENCL=1</c> ,
+<c>export STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_MIC=1</c> , or
+<c>export STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_SCC=1</c> (depending on your GPU device type).
+
+To force continuing calibration,
 use <c>export STARPU_CALIBRATE=1</c> (\ref STARPU_CALIBRATE). This may be necessary if your application
 has not-so-stable performance. StarPU will force calibration (and thus ignore
 the current result) until 10 (<c>_STARPU_CALIBRATION_MINIMUM</c>) measurements have been

doc/doxygen/chapters/501_environment_variables.doxy

@@ -622,6 +622,46 @@ This specifies the main directory in which StarPU stores its
 performance model files. The default is <c>$STARPU_HOME/.starpu/sampling</c>.
 </dd>
 
+<dt>STARPU_PERF_MODEL_IGNORE_CUDAID</dt>
+<dd>
+\anchor STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_CUDA
+\addindex __env__STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_CUDA
+When this is set to 1, StarPU will assume that all CUDA devices have the same
+performance, and thus share performance models for them, thus allowing kernel
+calibration to be much faster, since measurements only have to be once for all
+CUDA GPUs.
+</dd>
+
+<dt>STARPU_PERF_MODEL_IGNORE_OPENCLID</dt>
+<dd>
+\anchor STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_OPENCL
+\addindex __env__STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_OPENCL
+When this is set to 1, StarPU will assume that all OPENCL devices have the same
+performance, and thus share performance models for them, thus allowing kernel
+calibration to be much faster, since measurements only have to be once for all
+OPENCL GPUs.
+</dd>
+
+<dt>STARPU_PERF_MODEL_IGNORE_MICID</dt>
+<dd>
+\anchor STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_MIC
+\addindex __env__STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_MIC
+When this is set to 1, StarPU will assume that all MIC devices have the same
+performance, and thus share performance models for them, thus allowing kernel
+calibration to be much faster, since measurements only have to be once for all
+MIC GPUs.
+</dd>
+
+<dt>STARPU_PERF_MODEL_IGNORE_SCCID</dt>
+<dd>
+\anchor STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_SCC
+\addindex __env__STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_SCC
+When this is set to 1, StarPU will assume that all SCC devices have the same
+performance, and thus share performance models for them, thus allowing kernel
+calibration to be much faster, since measurements only have to be once for all
+SCC GPUs.
+</dd>
+
 <dt>STARPU_HOSTNAME</dt>
 <dd>
 \anchor STARPU_HOSTNAME

src/core/perfmodel/perfmodel_history.c

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int current_arch_comb;
 static int nb_arch_combs;
 static starpu_pthread_rwlock_t arch_combs_mutex;
 static int historymaxerror;
+static char ignore_devid[STARPU_ANY_WORKER];
 
 /* How many executions a codelet will have to be measured before we
  * consider that calibration will provide a value good enough for scheduling */
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ int _starpu_perfmodel_arch_comb_get(int ndevices, struct starpu_perfmodel_device
 				for(dev2 = 0; dev2 < ndevices; dev2++)
 				{
 					if(arch_combs[comb]->devices[dev1].type == devices[dev2].type &&
-					   arch_combs[comb]->devices[dev1].devid == devices[dev2].devid &&
+					   (ignore_devid[devices[dev2].type] ||
+					    arch_combs[comb]->devices[dev1].devid == devices[dev2].devid) &&
 					   arch_combs[comb]->devices[dev1].ncores == devices[dev2].ncores)
 						nfounded++;
 				}
@@ -912,6 +914,11 @@ void _starpu_initialize_registered_performance_models(void)
 	STARPU_PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INIT(&arch_combs_mutex, NULL);
 	historymaxerror = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_HISTORY_MAX_ERROR", STARPU_HISTORYMAXERROR);
 	_starpu_calibration_minimum = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_CALIBRATE_MINIMUM", 10);
+	/* ignore_devid[STARPU_CPU_WORKER]; */ /* Always true for now */
+	ignore_devid[STARPU_CUDA_WORKER] = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_CUDA", 0);
+	ignore_devid[STARPU_OPENCL_WORKER] = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_PERF_MODEL_IGNORE_HOMOGENEOUS_OPENCL", 0);
+	ignore_devid[STARPU_MIC_WORKER] = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_MIC", 0);
+	ignore_devid[STARPU_SCC_WORKER] = starpu_get_env_number_default("STARPU_PERF_MODEL_HOMOGENEOUS_SCC", 0);
 }
 
 void _starpu_deinitialize_performance_model(struct starpu_perfmodel *model)