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  1. @c -*-texinfo-*-
  2. @c This file is part of the StarPU Handbook.
  3. @c Copyright (C) 2009--2011 Universit@'e de Bordeaux 1
  4. @c Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  5. @c Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
  6. @c See the file starpu.texi for copying conditions.
  7. @menu
  8. * Compiling and linking options::
  9. * Hello World:: Submitting Tasks
  10. * Vector Scaling Using the C Extension::
  11. * Vector Scaling Using StarPu's API::
  12. * Vector Scaling on an Hybrid CPU/GPU Machine:: Handling Heterogeneous Architectures
  13. @end menu
  14. @node Compiling and linking options
  15. @section Compiling and linking options
  16. Let's suppose StarPU has been installed in the directory
  17. @code{$STARPU_DIR}. As explained in @ref{Setting flags for compiling and linking applications},
  18. the variable @code{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} needs to be set. It is also
  19. necessary to set the variable @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} to locate dynamic
  20. libraries at runtime.
  21. @example
  22. % PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$STARPU_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
  23. % LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$STARPU_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  24. @end example
  25. The Makefile could for instance contain the following lines to define which
  26. options must be given to the compiler and to the linker:
  27. @cartouche
  28. @example
  29. CFLAGS += $$(pkg-config --cflags starpu-1.0)
  30. LDFLAGS += $$(pkg-config --libs starpu-1.0)
  31. @end example
  32. @end cartouche
  33. Also pass the @code{--static} option if the application is to be linked statically.
  34. @node Hello World
  35. @section Hello World
  36. This section shows how to implement a simple program that submits a task
  37. to StarPU. You can either use the StarPU C extension (@pxref{C
  38. Extensions}) or directly use the StarPU's API.
  39. @menu
  40. * Hello World using the C Extension::
  41. * Hello World using StarPU's API::
  42. @end menu
  43. @node Hello World using the C Extension
  44. @subsection Hello World using the C Extension
  45. Writing a task is both simpler and less error-prone when using the C
  46. extensions implemented by StarPU's GCC plug-in (@pxref{C Extensions}).
  47. In a nutshell, all it takes is to declare a task, declare and define its
  48. implementations (for CPU, OpenCL, and/or CUDA), and invoke the task like
  49. a regular C function. The example below defines @code{my_task}, which
  50. has a single implementation for CPU:
  51. @cartouche
  52. @smallexample
  53. /* Task declaration. */
  54. static void my_task (int x) __attribute__ ((task));
  55. /* Declaration of the CPU implementation of `my_task'. */
  56. static void my_task_cpu (int x)
  57. __attribute__ ((task_implementation ("cpu", my_task)));
  58. /* Definition of said CPU implementation. */
  59. static void my_task_cpu (int x)
  60. @{
  61. printf ("Hello, world! With x = %d\n", x);
  62. @}
  63. int main ()
  64. @{
  65. /* Initialize StarPU. */
  66. #pragma starpu initialize
  67. /* Do an asynchronous call to `my_task'. */
  68. my_task (42);
  69. /* Wait for the call to complete. */
  70. #pragma starpu wait
  71. /* Terminate. */
  72. #pragma starpu shutdown
  73. return 0;
  74. @}
  75. @end smallexample
  76. @end cartouche
  77. @noindent
  78. The code can then be compiled and linked with GCC and the
  79. @code{-fplugin} flag:
  80. @example
  81. $ gcc hello-starpu.c \
  82. -fplugin=`pkg-config starpu-1.0 --variable=gccplugin` \
  83. `pkg-config starpu-1.0 --libs`
  84. @end example
  85. As can be seen above, basic use the C extensions allows programmers to
  86. use StarPU tasks while essentially annotating ``regular'' C code.
  87. @node Hello World using StarPU's API
  88. @subsection Hello World using StarPU's API
  89. The remainder of this section shows how to achieve the same result using
  90. StarPU's standard C API.
  91. @menu
  92. * Required Headers::
  93. * Defining a Codelet::
  94. * Submitting a Task::
  95. * Execution of Hello World::
  96. @end menu
  97. @node Required Headers
  98. @subsubsection Required Headers
  99. The @code{starpu.h} header should be included in any code using StarPU.
  100. @cartouche
  101. @smallexample
  102. #include <starpu.h>
  103. @end smallexample
  104. @end cartouche
  105. @node Defining a Codelet
  106. @subsubsection Defining a Codelet
  107. @cartouche
  108. @smallexample
  109. struct params @{
  110. int i;
  111. float f;
  112. @};
  113. void cpu_func(void *buffers[], void *cl_arg)
  114. @{
  115. struct params *params = cl_arg;
  116. printf("Hello world (params = @{%i, %f@} )\n", params->i, params->f);
  117. @}
  118. struct starpu_codelet cl =
  119. @{
  120. .where = STARPU_CPU,
  121. .cpu_funcs = @{ cpu_func, NULL @},
  122. .nbuffers = 0
  123. @};
  124. @end smallexample
  125. @end cartouche
  126. A codelet is a structure that represents a computational kernel. Such a codelet
  127. may contain an implementation of the same kernel on different architectures
  128. (e.g. CUDA, Cell's SPU, x86, ...).
  129. The @code{nbuffers} field specifies the number of data buffers that are
  130. manipulated by the codelet: here the codelet does not access or modify any data
  131. that is controlled by our data management library. Note that the argument
  132. passed to the codelet (the @code{cl_arg} field of the @code{starpu_task}
  133. structure) does not count as a buffer since it is not managed by our data
  134. management library, but just contain trivial parameters.
  135. @c TODO need a crossref to the proper description of "where" see bla for more ...
  136. We create a codelet which may only be executed on the CPUs. The @code{where}
  137. field is a bitmask that defines where the codelet may be executed. Here, the
  138. @code{STARPU_CPU} value means that only CPUs can execute this codelet
  139. (@pxref{Codelets and Tasks} for more details on this field). Note that
  140. the @code{where} field is optional, when unset its value is
  141. automatically set based on the availability of the different
  142. @code{XXX_funcs} fields.
  143. When a CPU core executes a codelet, it calls the @code{cpu_func} function,
  144. which @emph{must} have the following prototype:
  145. @code{void (*cpu_func)(void *buffers[], void *cl_arg);}
  146. In this example, we can ignore the first argument of this function which gives a
  147. description of the input and output buffers (e.g. the size and the location of
  148. the matrices) since there is none.
  149. The second argument is a pointer to a buffer passed as an
  150. argument to the codelet by the means of the @code{cl_arg} field of the
  151. @code{starpu_task} structure.
  152. @c TODO rewrite so that it is a little clearer ?
  153. Be aware that this may be a pointer to a
  154. @emph{copy} of the actual buffer, and not the pointer given by the programmer:
  155. if the codelet modifies this buffer, there is no guarantee that the initial
  156. buffer will be modified as well: this for instance implies that the buffer
  157. cannot be used as a synchronization medium. If synchronization is needed, data
  158. has to be registered to StarPU, see @ref{Vector Scaling Using StarPu's API}.
  159. @node Submitting a Task
  160. @subsubsection Submitting a Task
  161. @cartouche
  162. @smallexample
  163. void callback_func(void *callback_arg)
  164. @{
  165. printf("Callback function (arg %x)\n", callback_arg);
  166. @}
  167. int main(int argc, char **argv)
  168. @{
  169. /* @b{initialize StarPU} */
  170. starpu_init(NULL);
  171. struct starpu_task *task = starpu_task_create();
  172. task->cl = &cl; /* @b{Pointer to the codelet defined above} */
  173. struct params params = @{ 1, 2.0f @};
  174. task->cl_arg = &params;
  175. task->cl_arg_size = sizeof(params);
  176. task->callback_func = callback_func;
  177. task->callback_arg = 0x42;
  178. /* @b{starpu_task_submit will be a blocking call} */
  179. task->synchronous = 1;
  180. /* @b{submit the task to StarPU} */
  181. starpu_task_submit(task);
  182. /* @b{terminate StarPU} */
  183. starpu_shutdown();
  184. return 0;
  185. @}
  186. @end smallexample
  187. @end cartouche
  188. Before submitting any tasks to StarPU, @code{starpu_init} must be called. The
  189. @code{NULL} argument specifies that we use default configuration. Tasks cannot
  190. be submitted after the termination of StarPU by a call to
  191. @code{starpu_shutdown}.
  192. In the example above, a task structure is allocated by a call to
  193. @code{starpu_task_create}. This function only allocates and fills the
  194. corresponding structure with the default settings (@pxref{Codelets and
  195. Tasks, starpu_task_create}), but it does not submit the task to StarPU.
  196. @c not really clear ;)
  197. The @code{cl} field is a pointer to the codelet which the task will
  198. execute: in other words, the codelet structure describes which computational
  199. kernel should be offloaded on the different architectures, and the task
  200. structure is a wrapper containing a codelet and the piece of data on which the
  201. codelet should operate.
  202. The optional @code{cl_arg} field is a pointer to a buffer (of size
  203. @code{cl_arg_size}) with some parameters for the kernel
  204. described by the codelet. For instance, if a codelet implements a computational
  205. kernel that multiplies its input vector by a constant, the constant could be
  206. specified by the means of this buffer, instead of registering it as a StarPU
  207. data. It must however be noted that StarPU avoids making copy whenever possible
  208. and rather passes the pointer as such, so the buffer which is pointed at must
  209. kept allocated until the task terminates, and if several tasks are submitted
  210. with various parameters, each of them must be given a pointer to their own
  211. buffer.
  212. Once a task has been executed, an optional callback function is be called.
  213. While the computational kernel could be offloaded on various architectures, the
  214. callback function is always executed on a CPU. The @code{callback_arg}
  215. pointer is passed as an argument of the callback. The prototype of a callback
  216. function must be:
  217. @code{void (*callback_function)(void *);}
  218. If the @code{synchronous} field is non-zero, task submission will be
  219. synchronous: the @code{starpu_task_submit} function will not return until the
  220. task was executed. Note that the @code{starpu_shutdown} method does not
  221. guarantee that asynchronous tasks have been executed before it returns,
  222. @code{starpu_task_wait_for_all} can be used to that effect, or data can be
  223. unregistered (@code{starpu_data_unregister(vector_handle);}), which will
  224. implicitly wait for all the tasks scheduled to work on it, unless explicitly
  225. disabled thanks to @code{starpu_data_set_default_sequential_consistency_flag} or
  226. @code{starpu_data_set_sequential_consistency_flag}.
  227. @node Execution of Hello World
  228. @subsubsection Execution of Hello World
  229. @smallexample
  230. % make hello_world
  231. cc $(pkg-config --cflags starpu-1.0) $(pkg-config --libs starpu-1.0) hello_world.c -o hello_world
  232. % ./hello_world
  233. Hello world (params = @{1, 2.000000@} )
  234. Callback function (arg 42)
  235. @end smallexample
  236. @node Vector Scaling Using the C Extension
  237. @section Vector Scaling Using the C Extension
  238. The previous example has shown how to submit tasks. In this section,
  239. we show how StarPU tasks can manipulate data. The version of this
  240. example using StarPU's API is given in the next sections.
  241. @menu
  242. * Adding an OpenCL Task Implementation::
  243. * Adding a CUDA Task Implementation::
  244. @end menu
  245. The simplest way to get started writing StarPU programs is using the C
  246. language extensions provided by the GCC plug-in (@pxref{C Extensions}).
  247. These extensions map directly to StarPU's main concepts: tasks, task
  248. implementations for CPU, OpenCL, or CUDA, and registered data buffers.
  249. The example below is a vector-scaling program, that multiplies elements
  250. of a vector by a given factor@footnote{The complete example, and
  251. additional examples, is available in the @file{gcc-plugin/examples}
  252. directory of the StarPU distribution.}. For comparison, the standard C
  253. version that uses StarPU's standard C programming interface is given in
  254. the next section (@pxref{Vector Scaling Using StarPu's API, standard C
  255. version of the example}).
  256. First of all, the vector-scaling task and its simple CPU implementation
  257. has to be defined:
  258. @cartouche
  259. @smallexample
  260. /* Declare the `vector_scal' task. */
  261. static void vector_scal (unsigned size, float vector[size],
  262. float factor)
  263. __attribute__ ((task));
  264. /* Declare and define the standard CPU implementation. */
  265. static void vector_scal_cpu (unsigned size, float vector[size],
  266. float factor)
  267. __attribute__ ((task_implementation ("cpu", vector_scal)));
  268. static void
  269. vector_scal_cpu (unsigned size, float vector[size], float factor)
  270. @{
  271. unsigned i;
  272. for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
  273. vector[i] *= factor;
  274. @}
  275. @end smallexample
  276. @end cartouche
  277. Next, the body of the program, which uses the task defined above, can be
  278. implemented:
  279. @cartouche
  280. @smallexample
  281. int
  282. main (void)
  283. @{
  284. #pragma starpu initialize
  285. #define NX 0x100000
  286. #define FACTOR 3.14
  287. @{
  288. float vector[NX] __attribute__ ((heap_allocated));
  289. #pragma starpu register vector
  290. size_t i;
  291. for (i = 0; i < NX; i++)
  292. vector[i] = (float) i;
  293. vector_scal (NX, vector, FACTOR);
  294. #pragma starpu wait
  295. @} /* VECTOR is automatically freed here. */
  296. #pragma starpu shutdown
  297. return valid ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
  298. @}
  299. @end smallexample
  300. @end cartouche
  301. @noindent
  302. The @code{main} function above does several things:
  303. @itemize
  304. @item
  305. It initializes StarPU.
  306. @item
  307. It allocates @var{vector} in the heap; it will automatically be freed
  308. when its scope is left. Alternatively, good old @code{malloc} and
  309. @code{free} could have been used, but they are more error-prone and
  310. require more typing.
  311. @item
  312. It @dfn{registers} the memory pointed to by @var{vector}. Eventually,
  313. when OpenCL or CUDA task implementations are added, this will allow
  314. StarPU to transfer that memory region between GPUs and the main memory.
  315. Removing this @code{pragma} is an error.
  316. @item
  317. It invokes the @code{vector_scal} task. The invocation looks the same
  318. as a standard C function call. However, it is an @dfn{asynchronous
  319. invocation}, meaning that the actual call is performed in parallel with
  320. the caller's continuation.
  321. @item
  322. It @dfn{waits} for the termination of the @code{vector_scal}
  323. asynchronous call.
  324. @item
  325. Finally, StarPU is shut down.
  326. @end itemize
  327. The program can be compiled and linked with GCC and the @code{-fplugin}
  328. flag:
  329. @example
  330. $ gcc hello-starpu.c \
  331. -fplugin=`pkg-config starpu-1.0 --variable=gccplugin` \
  332. `pkg-config starpu-1.0 --libs`
  333. @end example
  334. And voil@`a!
  335. @node Adding an OpenCL Task Implementation
  336. @subsection Adding an OpenCL Task Implementation
  337. Now, this is all fine and great, but you certainly want to take
  338. advantage of these newfangled GPUs that your lab just bought, don't you?
  339. So, let's add an OpenCL implementation of the @code{vector_scal} task.
  340. We assume that the OpenCL kernel is available in a file,
  341. @file{vector_scal_opencl_kernel.cl}, not shown here. The OpenCL task
  342. implementation is similar to that used with the standard C API
  343. (@pxref{Definition of the OpenCL Kernel}). It is declared and defined
  344. in our C file like this:
  345. @cartouche
  346. @smallexample
  347. /* Include StarPU's OpenCL integration. */
  348. #include <starpu_opencl.h>
  349. /* The OpenCL programs, loaded from `main' (see below). */
  350. static struct starpu_opencl_program cl_programs;
  351. static void vector_scal_opencl (unsigned size, float vector[size],
  352. float factor)
  353. __attribute__ ((task_implementation ("opencl", vector_scal)));
  354. static void
  355. vector_scal_opencl (unsigned size, float vector[size], float factor)
  356. @{
  357. int id, devid, err;
  358. cl_kernel kernel;
  359. cl_command_queue queue;
  360. cl_event event;
  361. /* VECTOR is GPU memory pointer, not a main memory pointer. */
  362. cl_mem val = (cl_mem) vector;
  363. id = starpu_worker_get_id ();
  364. devid = starpu_worker_get_devid (id);
  365. /* Prepare to invoke the kernel. In the future, this will be largely
  366. automated. */
  367. err = starpu_opencl_load_kernel (&kernel, &queue, &cl_programs,
  368. "vector_mult_opencl", devid);
  369. if (err != CL_SUCCESS)
  370. STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR (err);
  371. err = clSetKernelArg (kernel, 0, sizeof (val), &val);
  372. err |= clSetKernelArg (kernel, 1, sizeof (size), &size);
  373. err |= clSetKernelArg (kernel, 2, sizeof (factor), &factor);
  374. if (err)
  375. STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR (err);
  376. size_t global = 1, local = 1;
  377. err = clEnqueueNDRangeKernel (queue, kernel, 1, NULL, &global,
  378. &local, 0, NULL, &event);
  379. if (err != CL_SUCCESS)
  380. STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR (err);
  381. clFinish (queue);
  382. starpu_opencl_collect_stats (event);
  383. clReleaseEvent (event);
  384. /* Done with KERNEL. */
  385. starpu_opencl_release_kernel (kernel);
  386. @}
  387. @end smallexample
  388. @end cartouche
  389. @noindent
  390. The OpenCL kernel itself must be loaded from @code{main}, sometime after
  391. the @code{initialize} pragma:
  392. @cartouche
  393. @smallexample
  394. starpu_opencl_load_opencl_from_file ("vector_scal_opencl_kernel.cl",
  395. &cl_programs, "");
  396. @end smallexample
  397. @end cartouche
  398. @noindent
  399. And that's it. The @code{vector_scal} task now has an additional
  400. implementation, for OpenCL, which StarPU's scheduler may choose to use
  401. at run-time. Unfortunately, the @code{vector_scal_opencl} above still
  402. has to go through the common OpenCL boilerplate; in the future,
  403. additional extensions will automate most of it.
  404. @node Adding a CUDA Task Implementation
  405. @subsection Adding a CUDA Task Implementation
  406. Adding a CUDA implementation of the task is very similar, except that
  407. the implementation itself is typically written in CUDA, and compiled
  408. with @code{nvcc}. Thus, the C file only needs to contain an external
  409. declaration for the task implementation:
  410. @cartouche
  411. @smallexample
  412. extern void vector_scal_cuda (unsigned size, float vector[size],
  413. float factor)
  414. __attribute__ ((task_implementation ("cuda", vector_scal)));
  415. @end smallexample
  416. @end cartouche
  417. The actual implementation of the CUDA task goes into a separate
  418. compilation unit, in a @file{.cu} file. It is very close to the
  419. implementation when using StarPU's standard C API (@pxref{Definition of
  420. the CUDA Kernel}).
  421. @cartouche
  422. @smallexample
  423. /* CUDA implementation of the `vector_scal' task, to be compiled
  424. with `nvcc'. */
  425. #include <starpu.h>
  426. #include <starpu_cuda.h>
  427. #include <stdlib.h>
  428. static __global__ void
  429. vector_mult_cuda (float *val, unsigned n, float factor)
  430. @{
  431. unsigned i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
  432. if (i < n)
  433. val[i] *= factor;
  434. @}
  435. /* Definition of the task implementation declared in the C file. */
  436. extern "C" void
  437. vector_scal_cuda (size_t size, float vector[], float factor)
  438. @{
  439. unsigned threads_per_block = 64;
  440. unsigned nblocks = (size + threads_per_block - 1) / threads_per_block;
  441. vector_mult_cuda <<< nblocks, threads_per_block, 0,
  442. starpu_cuda_get_local_stream () >>> (vector, size, factor);
  443. cudaStreamSynchronize (starpu_cuda_get_local_stream ());
  444. @}
  445. @end smallexample
  446. @end cartouche
  447. The complete source code, in the @file{gcc-plugin/examples/vector_scal}
  448. directory of the StarPU distribution, also shows how an SSE-specialized
  449. CPU task implementation can be added.
  450. For more details on the C extensions provided by StarPU's GCC plug-in,
  451. @xref{C Extensions}.
  452. @node Vector Scaling Using StarPu's API
  453. @section Vector Scaling Using StarPu's API
  454. This section shows how to achieve the same result as explained in the
  455. previous section using StarPU's standard C API.
  456. The full source code for
  457. this example is given in @ref{Full source code for the 'Scaling a
  458. Vector' example}.
  459. @menu
  460. * Source Code of Vector Scaling::
  461. * Execution of Vector Scaling:: Running the program
  462. @end menu
  463. @node Source Code of Vector Scaling
  464. @subsection Source Code of Vector Scaling
  465. Programmers can describe the data layout of their application so that StarPU is
  466. responsible for enforcing data coherency and availability across the machine.
  467. Instead of handling complex (and non-portable) mechanisms to perform data
  468. movements, programmers only declare which piece of data is accessed and/or
  469. modified by a task, and StarPU makes sure that when a computational kernel
  470. starts somewhere (e.g. on a GPU), its data are available locally.
  471. Before submitting those tasks, the programmer first needs to declare the
  472. different pieces of data to StarPU using the @code{starpu_*_data_register}
  473. functions. To ease the development of applications for StarPU, it is possible
  474. to describe multiple types of data layout. A type of data layout is called an
  475. @b{interface}. There are different predefined interfaces available in StarPU:
  476. here we will consider the @b{vector interface}.
  477. The following lines show how to declare an array of @code{NX} elements of type
  478. @code{float} using the vector interface:
  479. @cartouche
  480. @smallexample
  481. float vector[NX];
  482. starpu_data_handle_t vector_handle;
  483. starpu_vector_data_register(&vector_handle, 0, (uintptr_t)vector, NX,
  484. sizeof(vector[0]));
  485. @end smallexample
  486. @end cartouche
  487. The first argument, called the @b{data handle}, is an opaque pointer which
  488. designates the array in StarPU. This is also the structure which is used to
  489. describe which data is used by a task. The second argument is the node number
  490. where the data originally resides. Here it is 0 since the @code{vector} array is in
  491. the main memory. Then comes the pointer @code{vector} where the data can be found in main memory,
  492. the number of elements in the vector and the size of each element.
  493. The following shows how to construct a StarPU task that will manipulate the
  494. vector and a constant factor.
  495. @cartouche
  496. @smallexample
  497. float factor = 3.14;
  498. struct starpu_task *task = starpu_task_create();
  499. task->cl = &cl; /* @b{Pointer to the codelet defined below} */
  500. task->handles[0] = vector_handle; /* @b{First parameter of the codelet} */
  501. task->cl_arg = &factor;
  502. task->cl_arg_size = sizeof(factor);
  503. task->synchronous = 1;
  504. starpu_task_submit(task);
  505. @end smallexample
  506. @end cartouche
  507. Since the factor is a mere constant float value parameter,
  508. it does not need a preliminary registration, and
  509. can just be passed through the @code{cl_arg} pointer like in the previous
  510. example. The vector parameter is described by its handle.
  511. There are two fields in each element of the @code{buffers} array.
  512. @code{handle} is the handle of the data, and @code{mode} specifies how the
  513. kernel will access the data (@code{STARPU_R} for read-only, @code{STARPU_W} for
  514. write-only and @code{STARPU_RW} for read and write access).
  515. The definition of the codelet can be written as follows:
  516. @cartouche
  517. @smallexample
  518. void scal_cpu_func(void *buffers[], void *cl_arg)
  519. @{
  520. unsigned i;
  521. float *factor = cl_arg;
  522. /* length of the vector */
  523. unsigned n = STARPU_VECTOR_GET_NX(buffers[0]);
  524. /* CPU copy of the vector pointer */
  525. float *val = (float *)STARPU_VECTOR_GET_PTR(buffers[0]);
  526. for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
  527. val[i] *= *factor;
  528. @}
  529. struct starpu_codelet cl = @{
  530. .where = STARPU_CPU,
  531. .cpu_funcs = @{ scal_cpu_func, NULL @},
  532. .nbuffers = 1,
  533. .modes = @{ STARPU_RW @}
  534. @};
  535. @end smallexample
  536. @end cartouche
  537. The first argument is an array that gives
  538. a description of all the buffers passed in the @code{task->handles}@ array. The
  539. size of this array is given by the @code{nbuffers} field of the codelet
  540. structure. For the sake of genericity, this array contains pointers to the
  541. different interfaces describing each buffer. In the case of the @b{vector
  542. interface}, the location of the vector (resp. its length) is accessible in the
  543. @code{ptr} (resp. @code{nx}) of this array. Since the vector is accessed in a
  544. read-write fashion, any modification will automatically affect future accesses
  545. to this vector made by other tasks.
  546. The second argument of the @code{scal_cpu_func} function contains a pointer to the
  547. parameters of the codelet (given in @code{task->cl_arg}), so that we read the
  548. constant factor from this pointer.
  549. @node Execution of Vector Scaling
  550. @subsection Execution of Vector Scaling
  551. @smallexample
  552. % make vector_scal
  553. cc $(pkg-config --cflags starpu-1.0) $(pkg-config --libs starpu-1.0) vector_scal.c -o vector_scal
  554. % ./vector_scal
  555. 0.000000 3.000000 6.000000 9.000000 12.000000
  556. @end smallexample
  557. @node Vector Scaling on an Hybrid CPU/GPU Machine
  558. @section Vector Scaling on an Hybrid CPU/GPU Machine
  559. Contrary to the previous examples, the task submitted in this example may not
  560. only be executed by the CPUs, but also by a CUDA device.
  561. @menu
  562. * Definition of the CUDA Kernel::
  563. * Definition of the OpenCL Kernel::
  564. * Definition of the Main Code::
  565. * Execution of Hybrid Vector Scaling::
  566. @end menu
  567. @node Definition of the CUDA Kernel
  568. @subsection Definition of the CUDA Kernel
  569. The CUDA implementation can be written as follows. It needs to be compiled with
  570. a CUDA compiler such as nvcc, the NVIDIA CUDA compiler driver. It must be noted
  571. that the vector pointer returned by STARPU_VECTOR_GET_PTR is here a pointer in GPU
  572. memory, so that it can be passed as such to the @code{vector_mult_cuda} kernel
  573. call.
  574. @cartouche
  575. @smallexample
  576. #include <starpu.h>
  577. #include <starpu_cuda.h>
  578. static __global__ void vector_mult_cuda(float *val, unsigned n,
  579. float factor)
  580. @{
  581. unsigned i = blockIdx.x*blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
  582. if (i < n)
  583. val[i] *= factor;
  584. @}
  585. extern "C" void scal_cuda_func(void *buffers[], void *_args)
  586. @{
  587. float *factor = (float *)_args;
  588. /* length of the vector */
  589. unsigned n = STARPU_VECTOR_GET_NX(buffers[0]);
  590. /* CUDA copy of the vector pointer */
  591. float *val = (float *)STARPU_VECTOR_GET_PTR(buffers[0]);
  592. unsigned threads_per_block = 64;
  593. unsigned nblocks = (n + threads_per_block-1) / threads_per_block;
  594. @i{ vector_mult_cuda<<<nblocks,threads_per_block, 0, starpu_cuda_get_local_stream()>>>(val, n, *factor);}
  595. @i{ cudaStreamSynchronize(starpu_cuda_get_local_stream());}
  596. @}
  597. @end smallexample
  598. @end cartouche
  599. @node Definition of the OpenCL Kernel
  600. @subsection Definition of the OpenCL Kernel
  601. The OpenCL implementation can be written as follows. StarPU provides
  602. tools to compile a OpenCL kernel stored in a file.
  603. @cartouche
  604. @smallexample
  605. __kernel void vector_mult_opencl(__global float* val, int nx, float factor)
  606. @{
  607. const int i = get_global_id(0);
  608. if (i < nx) @{
  609. val[i] *= factor;
  610. @}
  611. @}
  612. @end smallexample
  613. @end cartouche
  614. Contrary to CUDA and CPU, @code{STARPU_VECTOR_GET_DEV_HANDLE} has to be used,
  615. which returns a @code{cl_mem} (which is not a device pointer, but an OpenCL
  616. handle), which can be passed as such to the OpenCL kernel. The difference is
  617. important when using partitioning, see @ref{Partitioning Data}.
  618. @cartouche
  619. @smallexample
  620. #include <starpu.h>
  621. @i{#include <starpu_opencl.h>}
  622. @i{extern struct starpu_opencl_program programs;}
  623. void scal_opencl_func(void *buffers[], void *_args)
  624. @{
  625. float *factor = _args;
  626. @i{ int id, devid, err;}
  627. @i{ cl_kernel kernel;}
  628. @i{ cl_command_queue queue;}
  629. @i{ cl_event event;}
  630. /* length of the vector */
  631. unsigned n = STARPU_VECTOR_GET_NX(buffers[0]);
  632. /* OpenCL copy of the vector pointer */
  633. cl_mem val = (cl_mem) STARPU_VECTOR_GET_DEV_HANDLE(buffers[0]);
  634. @i{ id = starpu_worker_get_id();}
  635. @i{ devid = starpu_worker_get_devid(id);}
  636. @i{ err = starpu_opencl_load_kernel(&kernel, &queue, &programs,}
  637. @i{ "vector_mult_opencl", devid); /* @b{Name of the codelet defined above} */}
  638. @i{ if (err != CL_SUCCESS) STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR(err);}
  639. @i{ err = clSetKernelArg(kernel, 0, sizeof(val), &val);}
  640. @i{ err |= clSetKernelArg(kernel, 1, sizeof(n), &n);}
  641. @i{ err |= clSetKernelArg(kernel, 2, sizeof(*factor), factor);}
  642. @i{ if (err) STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR(err);}
  643. @i{ @{}
  644. @i{ size_t global=n;}
  645. @i{ size_t local=1;}
  646. @i{ err = clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(queue, kernel, 1, NULL, &global, &local, 0, NULL, &event);}
  647. @i{ if (err != CL_SUCCESS) STARPU_OPENCL_REPORT_ERROR(err);}
  648. @i{ @}}
  649. @i{ clFinish(queue);}
  650. @i{ starpu_opencl_collect_stats(event);}
  651. @i{ clReleaseEvent(event);}
  652. @i{ starpu_opencl_release_kernel(kernel);}
  653. @}
  654. @end smallexample
  655. @end cartouche
  656. @node Definition of the Main Code
  657. @subsection Definition of the Main Code
  658. The CPU implementation is the same as in the previous section.
  659. Here is the source of the main application. You can notice the value of the
  660. field @code{where} for the codelet. We specify
  661. @code{STARPU_CPU|STARPU_CUDA|STARPU_OPENCL} to indicate to StarPU that the codelet
  662. can be executed either on a CPU or on a CUDA or an OpenCL device.
  663. @cartouche
  664. @smallexample
  665. #include <starpu.h>
  666. #define NX 2048
  667. extern void scal_cuda_func(void *buffers[], void *_args);
  668. extern void scal_cpu_func(void *buffers[], void *_args);
  669. extern void scal_opencl_func(void *buffers[], void *_args);
  670. /* @b{Definition of the codelet} */
  671. static struct starpu_codelet cl = @{
  672. .where = STARPU_CPU|STARPU_CUDA|STARPU_OPENCL; /* @b{It can be executed on a CPU,} */
  673. /* @b{on a CUDA device, or on an OpenCL device} */
  674. .cuda_funcs = @{ scal_cuda_func, NULL @},
  675. .cpu_funcs = @{ scal_cpu_func, NULL @},
  676. .opencl_funcs = @{ scal_opencl_func, NULL @},
  677. .nbuffers = 1,
  678. .modes = @{ STARPU_RW @}
  679. @}
  680. #ifdef STARPU_USE_OPENCL
  681. /* @b{The compiled version of the OpenCL program} */
  682. struct starpu_opencl_program programs;
  683. #endif
  684. int main(int argc, char **argv)
  685. @{
  686. float *vector;
  687. int i, ret;
  688. float factor=3.0;
  689. struct starpu_task *task;
  690. starpu_data_handle_t vector_handle;
  691. starpu_init(NULL); /* @b{Initialising StarPU} */
  692. #ifdef STARPU_USE_OPENCL
  693. starpu_opencl_load_opencl_from_file(
  694. "examples/basic_examples/vector_scal_opencl_codelet.cl",
  695. &programs, NULL);
  696. #endif
  697. vector = malloc(NX*sizeof(vector[0]));
  698. assert(vector);
  699. for(i=0 ; i<NX ; i++) vector[i] = i;
  700. @end smallexample
  701. @end cartouche
  702. @cartouche
  703. @smallexample
  704. /* @b{Registering data within StarPU} */
  705. starpu_vector_data_register(&vector_handle, 0, (uintptr_t)vector,
  706. NX, sizeof(vector[0]));
  707. /* @b{Definition of the task} */
  708. task = starpu_task_create();
  709. task->cl = &cl;
  710. task->handles[0] = vector_handle;
  711. task->cl_arg = &factor;
  712. task->cl_arg_size = sizeof(factor);
  713. @end smallexample
  714. @end cartouche
  715. @cartouche
  716. @smallexample
  717. /* @b{Submitting the task} */
  718. ret = starpu_task_submit(task);
  719. if (ret == -ENODEV) @{
  720. fprintf(stderr, "No worker may execute this task\n");
  721. return 1;
  722. @}
  723. @c TODO: Mmm, should rather be an unregistration with an implicit dependency, no?
  724. /* @b{Waiting for its termination} */
  725. starpu_task_wait_for_all();
  726. /* @b{Update the vector in RAM} */
  727. starpu_data_acquire(vector_handle, STARPU_R);
  728. @end smallexample
  729. @end cartouche
  730. @cartouche
  731. @smallexample
  732. /* @b{Access the data} */
  733. for(i=0 ; i<NX; i++) @{
  734. fprintf(stderr, "%f ", vector[i]);
  735. @}
  736. fprintf(stderr, "\n");
  737. /* @b{Release the RAM view of the data before unregistering it and shutting down StarPU} */
  738. starpu_data_release(vector_handle);
  739. starpu_data_unregister(vector_handle);
  740. starpu_shutdown();
  741. return 0;
  742. @}
  743. @end smallexample
  744. @end cartouche
  745. @node Execution of Hybrid Vector Scaling
  746. @subsection Execution of Hybrid Vector Scaling
  747. The Makefile given at the beginning of the section must be extended to
  748. give the rules to compile the CUDA source code. Note that the source
  749. file of the OpenCL kernel does not need to be compiled now, it will
  750. be compiled at run-time when calling the function
  751. @code{starpu_opencl_load_opencl_from_file()} (@pxref{starpu_opencl_load_opencl_from_file}).
  752. @cartouche
  753. @smallexample
  754. CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags starpu-1.0)
  755. LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs starpu-1.0)
  756. CC = gcc
  757. vector_scal: vector_scal.o vector_scal_cpu.o vector_scal_cuda.o vector_scal_opencl.o
  758. %.o: %.cu
  759. nvcc $(CFLAGS) $< -c $@
  760. clean:
  761. rm -f vector_scal *.o
  762. @end smallexample
  763. @end cartouche
  764. @smallexample
  765. % make
  766. @end smallexample
  767. and to execute it, with the default configuration:
  768. @smallexample
  769. % ./vector_scal
  770. 0.000000 3.000000 6.000000 9.000000 12.000000
  771. @end smallexample
  772. or for example, by disabling CPU devices:
  773. @smallexample
  774. % STARPU_NCPUS=0 ./vector_scal
  775. 0.000000 3.000000 6.000000 9.000000 12.000000
  776. @end smallexample
  777. or by disabling CUDA devices (which may permit to enable the use of OpenCL,
  778. see @ref{Enabling OpenCL}):
  779. @smallexample
  780. % STARPU_NCUDA=0 ./vector_scal
  781. 0.000000 3.000000 6.000000 9.000000 12.000000
  782. @end smallexample