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This will give you a general overview of how to compile and execute a program that has been [[Parallel_Programming|parallelized]] with [[OpenMP]]. | This will give you a general overview of how to compile and execute a program that has been [[Parallel_Programming|parallelized]] with [[OpenMP]]. | ||
| + | As opposed to [[How_to_Use_MPI|MPI]], you do not have to load any modules to use OpenMP. | ||
== How to Compile OpenMP Code == | == How to Compile OpenMP Code == | ||
| − | + | Additional compiler flags tell the compiler to enable OpenMP. Otherwise, the OpenMP pragmas in the code will be ignored by the compiler. | |
Depending on which compiler you have loaded, use one of the flags below to compile your code. | Depending on which compiler you have loaded, use one of the flags below to compile your code. | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 4 April 2018
Basics
This will give you a general overview of how to compile and execute a program that has been parallelized with OpenMP. As opposed to MPI, you do not have to load any modules to use OpenMP.
How to Compile OpenMP Code
Additional compiler flags tell the compiler to enable OpenMP. Otherwise, the OpenMP pragmas in the code will be ignored by the compiler.
Depending on which compiler you have loaded, use one of the flags below to compile your code.
| Compiler | Flag |
| GNU | -fopenmp |
| Intel | -openmp |
| Oracle | -xopenmp |
For example: if you plan to use an Intel compiler for your OpenMP code written in C, you have to type this to create an application called "omp_code.exe":
$ icc -fopenmp omp_code.c -o omp_code.exe
How to Run an OpenMP Application
Setting OMP_NUM_THREADS
If you forget to set OMP_NUM_THREADS to any value, the default value of your cluster environment will be used. In most cases, the default is 1, so that your program is executed serially.
One way to specify the number of threads