QCaml/Parallel_mpi/Farm.ml

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(*                            Single process                        *)
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let run_sequential f stream =

  let rec next _ =
    try
      let task = Stream.next stream in
      Some (f task) 
    with Stream.Failure -> None
  in
  Stream.from next




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(*                            Server side                           *)
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type task_id = int

let debug _s =
  if true  then
    ()
  else
    Printf.eprintf "%d : %s : %s\n%!" (Mpi.comm_rank Mpi.comm_world) (Unix.gettimeofday () |> string_of_float) _s

type status =
  | Initializing
  | Running
  | Done

let run_parallel_server ~comm ~ordered stream =

  (* [status.(rank)] is [Initializing] if rank has not yet obtained a task,
     [Running] if rank is running a task and [Done] if [rank] is waiting at
     the barrier.
  *)
  let status = Array.make (Mpi.comm_size comm) Initializing in
  status.(0) <- Done;


  (** Fetches a result coming from any client. Returns the result
      as a (task_id * 'a) option and the rank of the client as an int.
  *)
  let fetch_result () : (task_id * 'a) option * int =
    let (message, rank, _tag) : (task_id * 'a) option * int * int =
      debug "Before receive_status";
      (* Avoid busy receive *)
      let rec wait_and_receive () = 
        match Mpi.iprobe Mpi.any_source Mpi.any_tag comm with
        | Some _ -> Mpi.receive_status  Mpi.any_source  Mpi.any_tag  comm
        | None   -> (Unix.sleepf 0.001 ; wait_and_receive ())
      in
      wait_and_receive ()
    in
    debug @@ Printf.sprintf "After receive_status %d %d" rank _tag;
    message, rank 
  in


  (** Pops a task from the stream and sends it to a client.
      If no task is available, sends [None].
      The return value is a boolean telling if the stream is empty.
  *)
  let send_task (client_rank : int) : unit =
    let task =
      try
        let task_id = Stream.count stream in
        let element = Stream.next stream  in
        Some (task_id, element)
      with Stream.Failure -> None
    in
    debug @@ Printf.sprintf "Sending to %d\n" client_rank;
    Mpi.send  task  client_rank  0  comm;
    debug @@ Printf.sprintf "Sent to %d : %s\n" client_rank
        (if task = None then "None" else "Some");
    if task <> None then
      status.(client_rank) <- Running
    else
      status.(client_rank) <- Done
  in


  let all_done () =
     try
      Array.iter (fun i -> if i <> Done then raise Exit) status;
      true
     with Exit -> false
  in



  (** Main loop.
      While [n_todo > 0], fetch a result from a client
      and send it back a new task. If no more tasks are
      available, send [None]. If the result of the task
      is None, loop back into [get_result].
  *)
  let rec get_result () : (task_id * 'a ) option = 
    if all_done () then
      begin
        debug "Before barrier";
        Mpi.barrier comm;
        debug "After barrier";
        None
      end
    else
      begin
        let message, rank = fetch_result () in
        send_task rank;
        match message with
        | None -> get_result ()
        | Some (task_id, result) -> Some (task_id, result)
      end
  in
  

  (** Function from which the output stream is built.  *)
  let f = 

    if not ordered then
      (*  If [ordered] is false, the values are popped out whenever they arrive
          from the clients.
      *)

      fun _ -> 
        match get_result () with
        | Some (_, result) -> Some result
        | None             -> None

    else
      (*  If [ordered] is true, out into the stream when the next expected task has
        been computed.
      *)

      let buffer =
        (* buffer of finished tasks with a task_id greater than the 
          current result_id. It allows to put back the results in
          the correct order.
        *)
        Hashtbl.create 67
      in

      fun i ->
        begin
          match Hashtbl.find_opt buffer i with
          | Some x ->
            begin
              Hashtbl.remove buffer i;
              Some x 
            end
          | None ->
            let rec loop () =
              match get_result () with
              | None -> None
              | Some (task_id, result) -> 
                if task_id = i then Some result
                else (Hashtbl.add buffer task_id result; loop () )
            in loop ()
        end

  in
  Stream.from f




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(*                            Client side                           *)
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let run_parallel_client ~comm f =

  (** Send a first message containing [None] to request a task *)
  debug "Before send None";
  Mpi.send  None  0  0  comm;
  debug "After send None";

  (** Main loop.
      Receive a message. If the message is [None], there are no more
      tasks to compute and we can go to the barrier.
      If the message is not [None], apply [f] to the task, send the
      result back to the server and loop.
  *)
  let rec run () =

    let message = 
      debug "Before receive";
      Mpi.receive 0 0 comm
    in
    debug "After receive" ;

    match message with
    | None ->
      ( debug "Before barrier";
        Mpi.barrier  comm;
        debug "After barrier";)
    | Some (task_id, task) ->
      let result = f task in
      begin
        debug @@ Printf.sprintf "Before send task_id %d" task_id ;
        Mpi.send  (Some (task_id, result))  0  0  comm;
        debug @@ Printf.sprintf "After send task_id %d" task_id ;
        run ()
      end
  in
  run ();

  (*  The output is an empty stream so that the type of run_parallel_client
      is the same as the type of the server function.
  *)
  Stream.of_list []




let run_parallel ~comm ~ordered f stream =
    match Mpi.comm_rank comm with
    | 0 -> run_parallel_server ~comm ~ordered stream
    | _ -> run_parallel_client ~comm f


let nested = ref false

let run ?(ordered=true) ?(comm=Mpi.comm_world) ~f stream =
  if !nested then
    begin
      let message =
        "Nested parallel regions are not supported by Farm.ml"
      in
      Printf.eprintf "%s\n%!" message ;
      failwith message
    end;
  nested := true;
  let result = 
    match Mpi.comm_size comm with
    | 1 -> run_sequential f stream
    | _ -> run_parallel ~comm ~ordered f stream
  in
  nested := false;
  result