TOP-C (Task Oriented Parallel C/C++)

A Package for Easily Writing Parallel Applications

for both Distributed and Shared Memory Architectures

Version 2.3.0, February, 2001

• `TOP-C' Copying Conditions
• Quick Start: Installation and Test Run
• Overview of `TOP-C/C++'
  • Programmer's Model
    • Structure of a TOP-C Program
    • Four Callback Functions
    • The `TOP-C' Algorithm
    • SMP Compatibility
  • Three Key Concepts for TOP-C
  • Task Input and Task Output Buffers
• Writing `TOP-C' Applications
  • The Main TOP-C Library Calls
  • Callback Functions for TOPC_master_slave()
  • Actions Returned by CheckTaskResult()
  • TOP-C Utilities
  • Miscellaneous Issues in Writing TOP-C Applications
    • TOPC_MSG(): Memory Allocation of TOP-C Message Buffers
    • Local Shared Data
    • Marshalling Indirect Pointers into `TOP-C' Task Buffers
    • Caveats
  • Optimizing TOP-C Code for the Shared Memory Model
    • Reader-Writer Synchronization
    • Thread-Private Global Variables
    • SMP Performance
  • Optimizing TOP-C Code for the Sequential Memory Model
• Compiling and Invoking TOP-C Applications
  • Compiling TOP-C Applications
  • Command Line Parameters in TOP-C Applications
  • Invoking a TOP-C Application in Sequential Memory
  • Invoking a TOP-C Application in Distributed Memory
  • Invoking a TOP-C Application in Shared Memory
• Debugging and Tracing
  • Debugging by Incrementally Increasing the Parallelism
  • Debugging with --TOPC_safety
  • Tracing Messages
  • Stepping Through a Slave Process with `gdb'
  • Segmentation faults and other memory problems
• Performance and Long Jobs
  • Strategies for Greater Concurrency
  • Aborting Tasks
  • Improving Performance
  • Long Jobs and Courtesy to Others
• `TOP-C' Raw Interface: TOPC_raw_XXX
  • TOPC-C raw functions
  • Parallelizing `for' Loops
  • Parallelizing `while' Loops
• Acknowledgements
• Example TOP-C Application
• Summary of TOP-C Commands
• Function Index
• Variable Index
• Concept Index

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