null-message-mpi-interface.h

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/*
 *  Copyright 2013. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Steven Smith <smith84@llnl.gov>
 */
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup mpi
 * Declaration of classes ns3::NullMessageSentBuffer and ns3::NullMessageMpiInterface.
 */
 
#ifndef NS3_NULLMESSAGE_MPI_INTERFACE_H
#define NS3_NULLMESSAGE_MPI_INTERFACE_H
 
#include "parallel-communication-interface.h"
 
#include <ns3/buffer.h>
#include <ns3/nstime.h>
 
#include <list>
#include <mpi.h>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class NullMessageSimulatorImpl;
class NullMessageSentBuffer;
class RemoteChannelBundle;
class Packet;
 
/**
 * \ingroup mpi
 *
 * \brief Interface between ns-3 and MPI for the Null Message
 * distributed simulation implementation.
 */
class NullMessageMpiInterface : public ParallelCommunicationInterface, Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * Register this type.
     * \return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    NullMessageMpiInterface();
    ~NullMessageMpiInterface() override;
 
    // Inherited
    void Destroy() override;
    uint32_t GetSystemId() override;
    uint32_t GetSize() override;
    bool IsEnabled() override;
    void Enable(int* pargc, char*** pargv) override;
    void Enable(MPI_Comm communicator) override;
    void Disable() override;
    void SendPacket(Ptr<Packet> p, const Time& rxTime, uint32_t node, uint32_t dev) override;
    MPI_Comm GetCommunicator() override;
 
  private:
    /*
     * The null message implementation is a collaboration of several
     * classes.  Methods that should be invoked only by the
     * collaborators are private to restrict use.
     * It is not intended for state to be shared.
     */
    friend ns3::RemoteChannelBundle;
    friend ns3::NullMessageSimulatorImpl;
 
    /**
     * \brief Send a Null Message to across the specified bundle.
     *
     * Null Messages are sent when a packet has not been sent across
     * this bundle in order to allow time advancement on the remote
     * MPI task.
     *
     * \param [in] guaranteeUpdate Lower bound time on the next
     * possible event from this MPI task to the remote MPI task across
     * the bundle.  Remote task may execute events up to this time.
     *
     * \param [in] bundle The bundle of links between two ranks.
     *
     * \internal The Null Message MPI buffer format uses the same packet
     * metadata format as sending a normal packet with the time,
     * destination node, and destination device set to zero.  Using the
     * same packet metadata simplifies receive logic.
     */
    static void SendNullMessage(const Time& guaranteeUpdate, Ptr<RemoteChannelBundle> bundle);
    /**
     * Non-blocking check for received messages complete.  Will
     * receive all messages that are queued up locally.
     */
    static void ReceiveMessagesNonBlocking();
    /**
     * Blocking message receive.  Will block until at least one message
     * has been received.
     */
    static void ReceiveMessagesBlocking();
    /**
     * Check for completed sends
     */
    static void TestSendComplete();
 
    /**
     * \brief Initialize send and receive buffers.
     *
     * This method should be called after all links have been added to the RemoteChannelBundle
     * manager to setup any required send and receive buffers.
     */
    static void InitializeSendReceiveBuffers();
 
    /**
     * Check for received messages complete.  Will block until message
     * has been received if blocking flag is true.  When blocking will
     * return after the first message is received.   Non-blocking mode will
     * only check for received messages complete, and return
     * all messages that are queued up locally.
     *
     * \param [in] blocking Whether this call should block.
     */
    static void ReceiveMessages(bool blocking = false);
 
    /** System ID (rank) for this task. */
    static uint32_t g_sid;
 
    /** Size of the MPI COM_WORLD group. */
    static uint32_t g_size;
 
    /** Number of neighbor tasks, tasks that this task shares a link with. */
    static uint32_t g_numNeighbors;
 
    /** Has this interface been enabled. */
    static bool g_enabled;
 
    /**
     * Has MPI Init been called by this interface.
     * Alternatively user supplies a communicator.
     */
    static bool g_mpiInitCalled;
 
    /** Pending non-blocking receives. */
    static MPI_Request* g_requests;
 
    /** Data buffers for non-blocking receives. */
    static char** g_pRxBuffers;
 
    /** List of pending non-blocking sends. */
    static std::list<NullMessageSentBuffer> g_pendingTx;
 
    /** MPI communicator being used for ns-3 tasks. */
    static MPI_Comm g_communicator;
 
    /** Did we create the communicator?  Have to free it. */
    static bool g_freeCommunicator;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* NS3_NULL_MESSAGE_MPI_INTERFACE_H */