OMP For parallel thread ID hello world

5
votes

I'm trying to get started with using basic OpenMP functionality in C. My basic understanding of 'omp parallel for' leads me to believe the following should distribute the following iterations of the loop between threads and should execute concurrently. The output I am getting is as follows. Code Below. Is there something subtle I am missing in my hello world example?

Hello World from omp thread 0 Hello World from omp thread 0 Hello World from omp thread 0 Hello World from omp thread 0 Hello World from omp thread 0 Hello World from omp thread 0 etc..

 int HelloFunc()
{
    int i;
    int numthreads = 8;
#pragma omp parallel for default(none) num_threads(numthreads) private(i)
    for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        int tid = omp_get_thread_num();
        printf("Hello world from omp thread %d\n", tid);
    }
    return -1;
}

int main()
{
    int result = HelloFunc();
}
2
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Your computer is likely only using one thread to run this program. OMP doesn't force it to run with multiple threads, it just tells the compiler that it can and sets up the necessary environment to make it happen. – randomusername
I think I can make that an answer if you post it as one since it answers my question. There exist no ways to force this behavior I would gather from your answer? – Oliver
You can request that OpenMP use a specific number of threads by setting the OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable. The maximum number of threads can be queried from inside the code with omp_get_max_threads() – halfflat

2 Answers

6
votes
#include <omp.h>
#include <stdio.h>


 int HelloFunc()
{
    int i;
    int numthreads = 8;
#pragma omp parallel for default(none) num_threads(numthreads) private(i)
    for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        int tid = omp_get_thread_num();
        printf("Hello world from omp thread %d\n", tid);
    }
    return -1;
}

int main()
{
    HelloFunc();

  return 0;
}

then compile : 

gcc t.c -fopenmp -Wall

and run : 

./a.out

output : 

Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 7
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 3
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 0
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 6
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 5
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 1
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 4
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 2
Hello world from omp thread 2
2
votes

Your computer is likely only using one thread to run this program. OMP doesn't force it to run with multiple threads, it just tells the compiler that it can and sets up the necessary environment to make it happen.

There is no way to force OMP to do something in more threads than it would otherwise do. And you wouldn't want to since OMP automatically sets everything up to make run the fastest it can.