Introduction
Performing a reduction using MPI_Reduce
is useful in many contexts (e.g., finding the maximum value or adding the values together across several ranks).
The syntax is as follows:
int MPI_Reduce(const void *sendbuf,
void *recvbuf,
int count,
MPI_Datatype datatype,
MPI_Op op,
int root,
MPI_Comm comm)
The operators are as follows:
Name Meaning
--------- --------------------
MPI_MAX maximum
MPI_MIN minimum
MPI_SUM sum
MPI_PROD product
MPI_LAND logical and
MPI_BAND bit-wise and
MPI_LOR logical or
MPI_BOR bit-wise or
MPI_LXOR logical xor
MPI_BXOR bit-wise xor
MPI_MAXLOC max value and location
MPI_MINLOC min value and location
Connection to Modules
- This module may be useful for the distance matrix module.
Files Required
Finding the Minimum Element Part 1: Implementing a reduction using Send and Recv
In this exercise, rank 0 will generate an array of size $N$. There are $p$ process ranks. We assume $N~\mathrm{mod}~p=0$, i.e., $N/p$ divides evenly.
We will compute the minimum value in an array of size $N$ using $p$ ranks. Using MPI_Send
you will send chunks of size $N/p$ to each process rank from rank 0. Each rank will find the minimum element in its chunk of $N/p$ elements and will send the minimum element to rank 0 using MPI_Send
. At the end, rank 0 will compute the minimum of the values received by the ranks and output the result.
In this exercise, we will only use MPI_Send
and MPI_Recv
.
To get started, use the file reduction_starter.c
.
Figure 1 shows an example where the data has already been sent to each rank, and each rank computes the local minimum value of its array of size $N/p=3$. Each rank then sends its local minimum value to rank 0.
Finding the Minimum Element Part 2: Using Scatter and Reduce
Copy your code from Part 1. This time, implement the program using MPI_Scatter
and MPI_Reduce
without using MPI_Send
or MPI_Recv
.