X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/9b605c24eb28349bfb6d61da080733e19a7cb9a2..3834d39dda746e4a706fc82ba24cde755fa8775c:/src/simix/smx_context.c

diff --git a/src/simix/smx_context.c b/src/simix/smx_context.c
index 4926372722..9273ab1381 100644
--- a/src/simix/smx_context.c
+++ b/src/simix/smx_context.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* a fast and simple context switching library                              */
 
-/* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010. The SimGrid Team.
+/* Copyright (c) 2009 - 2011. The SimGrid Team.
  * All rights reserved.                                                     */
 
 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
 #include "xbt/log.h"
 #include "xbt/swag.h"
 #include "xbt/xbt_os_thread.h"
-#include "src/simix/private.h"
-#include "simix/context.h"
+#include "smx_private.h"
 #include "gras_config.h"
 
 XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(simix_context, simix,
-                                "Context switching mecanism");
+                                "Context switching mechanism");
 
 char* smx_context_factory_name = NULL; /* factory name specified by --cfg=contexts/factory:value */
 smx_ctx_factory_initializer_t smx_factory_initializer_to_use = NULL;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ static xbt_os_thread_key_t smx_current_context_key = 0;
 static smx_context_t smx_current_context_serial;
 static int smx_parallel_contexts = 1;
 static int smx_parallel_threshold = 2;
+static e_xbt_parmap_mode_t smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = XBT_PARMAP_DEFAULT;
 
 /** 
  * This function is called by SIMIX_global_init() to initialize the context module.
@@ -108,45 +108,61 @@ void SIMIX_context_mod_exit(void)
   xbt_dict_remove((xbt_dict_t) _surf_cfg_set,"contexts/factory");
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Returns whether some parallel threads are used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return 1 if parallelism is used
+ */
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_is_parallel(void) {
+  return smx_parallel_contexts > 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
+ */
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
+  return smx_parallel_contexts;
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Sets the number of parallel threads to use
  * for the user contexts.
  *
  * This function should be called before initializing SIMIX.
- * A value of 1 means no parallelism.
+ * A value of 1 means no parallelism (1 thread only).
  * If the value is greater than 1, the thread support must be enabled.
  *
  * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
  */
 XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
 
-  xbt_assert(nb_threads > 0, "Invalid number of parallel threads: %d", nb_threads);
-
+  if (nb_threads<=0) {	
+     nb_threads = xbt_os_get_numcores();
+     XBT_INFO("Auto-setting contexts/nthreads to %d",nb_threads);
+  }   
+	
   if (nb_threads > 1) {
 #ifndef CONTEXT_THREADS
-    THROWF(arg_error, 0, "No thread support for parallel context execution");
+    THROWF(arg_error, 0, "The thread factory cannot be run in parallel");
 #endif
   }
-
+ 
   smx_parallel_contexts = nb_threads;
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
- * for the user contexts.
- * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
- */
-XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
-  return smx_parallel_contexts;
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Returns whether some parallel threads are used
- * for the user contexts.
- * \return 1 if parallelism is used
+ * \brief Returns the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
+ *
+ * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
+ * threshold has no effect.
+ *
+ * \return when the number of user processes ready to run is above
+ * this threshold, they are run in parallel
  */
-XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_is_parallel(void) {
-  return smx_parallel_contexts > 1;
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_parallel_threshold(void) {
+  return smx_parallel_threshold;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -163,16 +179,21 @@ XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_threshold(int threshold) {
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Returns the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
- *
- * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
- * threshold has no effect.
- *
- * \return when the number of user processes ready to run is above
- * this threshold, they are run in parallel
+ * \brief Returns the synchronization mode used when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \return how threads are synchronized if processes are run in parallel
  */
-XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_parallel_threshold(void) {
-  return smx_parallel_threshold;
+XBT_INLINE e_xbt_parmap_mode_t SIMIX_context_get_parallel_mode(void) {
+  return smx_parallel_synchronization_mode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the synchronization mode to use when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \param mode how to synchronize threads if processes are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_mode(e_xbt_parmap_mode_t mode) {
+  smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = mode;
 }
 
 /**