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All Rights Reserved. */ #include "executions.h" #include "benchmark.h" #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <strings.h> #include <math.h> #include <assert.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <dispatch/dispatch.h> static double *results = NULL; static int n_folds = 1; // Perform relatively complex trigonometry on the input value, and store in a (uniquely indexed) global array void work_function(int i) { double x = 1.0+i*i; // zero would skew the result for (int j=0; j < n_folds; ++j) { x = tan(M_PI_2 - atan(exp(2*log(sqrt(x))))); // really slow identity function } if (NULL != results) results[i] = x; } // The thread entry point routine. void* PosixThreadMainRoutine(void* data) { int* iptr = data; work_function(*iptr); return NULL; } // Create threads using POSIX routines, then wait for them to finish. // Note: this is NOT the most efficient way to use threads, but rather an example of 'naive' parallelism void* UseThread(int n) { pthread_t thread_id[n]; int index[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { index[i] = i; int threadError = pthread_create(&thread_id[i], NULL, PosixThreadMainRoutine, (void *) &index[i]); assert(threadError == 0); } for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { int threadError = pthread_join(thread_id[i], NULL); assert(threadError == 0); } #ifdef DEBUG fprintf(stderr, "\tRan %d threads\n", n); #endif return NULL; } // Use many queues -- this is also inefficient :-) void* UseMultiQueue(int n) { dispatch_queue_t queues[n]; char *queue_label; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { int rc = asprintf(&queue_label, "com.apple.gcd.examples.compare.multiq%04d", i); assert(rc > 0); queues[i] = dispatch_queue_create(queue_label, NULL); free(queue_label); assert(queues[i] != NULL); dispatch_async(queues[i], ^{ work_function(i); }); } for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { dispatch_sync(queues[i], ^{ }); // block until queue has completed all previous work dispatch_release(queues[i]); } return NULL; } // Use dispatch groups to queue concurrently, then wait for completion void* UseConcurrentQueue(int n) { dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,0); dispatch_group_t group = dispatch_group_create(); assert(group); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { dispatch_group_async(group, queue, ^{ work_function(i); }); } dispatch_group_wait(group, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER); dispatch_release(group); return NULL; } // Use a private serial queue. void* UseSerialQueue(int n) { dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_queue_create("com.apple.gcd.examples.compare.serial", NULL); assert(queue); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { dispatch_async(queue, ^{ work_function(i); }); } dispatch_sync(queue, ^{ return; }); // block until queue has completed all previous work dispatch_release(queue); return NULL; } // Use the highly optimized dispatch_apply to loop concurrently. void* UseApply(int n) { dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,0); dispatch_apply(n, queue, ^(size_t i){ work_function(i); }); return NULL; } void* UseOpenMP(int n) { #pragma omp parallel for for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { work_function(i); } return NULL; } // Run calculation entirely in the main thread; least overhead but zero parallelism. void* UseLoop(int n) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { work_function(i); } return NULL; } // External Functions void executions_setup(int max_iterations, int folds) { results = (double*)malloc(max_iterations*sizeof(double)); n_folds = folds; } void executions_run(int i) { benchmark_header(i); benchmark_function(i, "loop", UseLoop, NULL); benchmark_function(i, "apply", UseApply, NULL); benchmark_function(i, "serial", UseSerialQueue, NULL); benchmark_function(i, "parallel", UseConcurrentQueue, NULL); benchmark_function(i, "queues", UseMultiQueue, NULL); benchmark_function(i, "openmp", UseOpenMP, NULL); if (i < 1e4) benchmark_function(i, "thread", UseThread, NULL); } void executions_done(int n) { if (NULL != results) return; printf("Calculation results:\n"); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { if (results[i] != 0) printf(" %'10.0f", results[i]); } printf("\n\tdone.\n"); free(results); }
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