Publication 2002 Issue No. 7 - July Abstract - P-3PC: A Point-to-Point Communication Model for Automatic and Optimal Decomposition of Regular Domain Problems
P-3PC: A Point-to-Point Communication Model for Automatic and Optimal Decomposition of Regular Domain Problems
July 2002 (vol. 13 no. 7)
pp. 758-768
 ASCII Text x F.J. Seinstra, D. Koelma, "P-3PC: A Point-to-Point Communication Model for Automatic and Optimal Decomposition of Regular Domain Problems," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 758-768, July, 2002.
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One of the most fundamental problems automatic parallelization tools are confronted with is to find an optimal domain decomposition for a given application. For regular domain problems (such as simple matrix manipulations), this task may seem trivial. However, communication costs in message passing programs often significantly depend on the memory layout of data blocks to be transmitted. As a consequence, straightforward domain decompositions may be nonoptimal. In this paper, we introduce a new point-to-point communication model (called P-3PC, or the “Parameterized model based on the Three Paths of Communication”) that is specifically designed to overcome this problem. In comparison with related models (e.g., LogGP) P-3PC is similar in complexity, but more accurate in many situations. Although the model is aimed at MPI's standard point-to-point operations, it is applicable to similar message passing definitions as well. The effectiveness of the model is tested in a framework for automatic parallelization of low level image processing applications. Experiments are performed on two Beowulf-type systems, each having a different interconnection network, and a different MPI implementation. Results show that, where other models frequently fail, P-3PC correctly predicts the communication costs related to any type of domain decomposition.

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Index Terms:
MPI, point-to-point communication, performance optimization, performance modeling, automatic domain decomposition.
Citation:
F.J. Seinstra, D. Koelma, "P-3PC: A Point-to-Point Communication Model for Automatic and Optimal Decomposition of Regular Domain Problems," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 758-768, July 2002, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2002.1019863