OMP 2.0 Nested For Loops

Question

As I'm unable to use omp tasks (using visual studio 2015) I'm trying to find a workaround for a nested loop task. The code is as follows:

#pragma omp parallel
    {
        for (i = 0; i < largeNum; i++)
        {
#pragma omp single
        {
            //Some code to be run by a single thread
            memset(results, 0, num * sizeof(results[0]));
        }
#pragma omp for
            for (n = 0; n < num; n++) {
                //Call to my function
                largeFunc(params[n], &resulsts[n])
            }
        }
#pragma omp barrier
    }

I want all my threads to execute largeNum times, but wait for the memset to be set to zero, and then i want the largeFunc be performed by each thread. There are no data dependencies that I have found.

I've got what the omp directives all jumbled in my head at this point. Does this solution work? Is there a better way to do without tasks?

Thanks!

Answer 1

What about just this code?

#pragma omp parallel private( i, n )
for ( i = 0; i < largeNum; i++ ) {
    #pragma omp for
    for ( n = 0; n < num; n++ ) {
        results[n] = 0;
        largeFunc( param[n], &results[n] );
    }
}

As far as I understand your problem, the intialisation part should be taken care of without the need of the single directive, provided the actual type of results supports the assignment to 0. Moreover, your initial code was lacking of the private( i ) declaration. Finally, the barrier shouldn't be needed .