Threads WG Meeting 09 04 2018

(Thanks Swaroop for Notes)

Jim’s update on “request- wait” operation. Will enable a local quiet that can indicate if buffers are ready for re-use

• Not sure what the advantages are for communication architectures other than OMNI-Path.
• Action item : Manju will investigate for Mellanox hardware

Min’s presentation on interoperability

• Atomicity guarantees between MPI and SHMEM operations will not be part of the Spec - user responsibility.
• Removed section on data allocation by one programming model and used by the other.
• Open Question : How to interpret SHMEM_PROGRESS_UNIFIED and SHMEM_PROGRESS_SEPARATE
• Current focus OSH + MPI, other programming models will be added later when we have more information.