Intel® oneAPI Data Analytics Library Developer Guide and Reference

Developer Guide and Reference

  • 2021.6
  • 04/11/2022
  • Public Content
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Communicators

Programming interface

All types and functions in this section are declared in the
oneapi::dal::spmd::preview
 namespace and are available via inclusion of the header file from specified backend.
Communicator
A base implementation of the communicator concept. The communicator type and all of its subtypes are reference-counted:
  1. The instance stores a pointer to the communicator implementation that holds all property values and data.
  2. The reference count indicates how many communicator objects refer to the same implementation.
  3. The communicator increments the reference count for it to be equal to the number of communicator objects sharing the same implementation.
  4. The communicator decrements the reference count when the communicator goes out of the scope. If the reference count is zero, the communicator frees its implementation.
USM and non-USM memory usage
There are two types of memory access:
  • USM memory access (both USM and non-USM pointers can be used)
  • Host, or non-USM, memory access (only non-USM pointers can be used)
Use one of the following tags to select a memory access type:
device_memory_access::none
Assumes only non-USM pointers are used for a collective operation.
device_memory_access::usm
Both USM and non-USM can be used. Pointer type is controlled by the use of
sycl::queue
 object as a first parameter for collective operations. The use of
sycl::queue
 object is obligatory for USM pointers.
Request
Request is an object to control asynchronous communication.
Reducion operations
The following reduction operations are supported:
  • Max
  • Min
  • Sum

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