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type 'a task = unit -> 'a

Type of task

type !'a promise

Type of promises

type pool

Type of task pool

val setup_pool : ?name:string -> num_domains:int -> unit -> pool

Sets up a task execution pool with num_domains new domains. If name is provided, the pool is mapped to name which can be looked up later with lookup_pool name.

When num_domains is 0, the new pool will be empty, and when an empty pool is in use, every function in this module will run effectively sequentially, using the calling domain as the only available domain.

Raises Invalid_argument when num_domains is less than 0.

val teardown_pool : pool -> unit

Tears down the task execution pool.

val lookup_pool : string -> pool option

lookup_pool name returns Some pool if pool is associated to name or returns None if no value is associated to it.

val get_num_domains : pool -> int

get_num_domains pool returns the total number of domains in pool including the parent domain.

val run : pool -> 'a task -> 'a

run p t runs the task t synchronously with the calling domain and the domains in the pool p. If the task t blocks on a promise, then tasks from the pool p are executed until the promise blocking t is resolved.

This function should be used at the top level to enclose the calls to other functions that may await on promises. This includes await, parallel_for and its variants. Otherwise, those functions will raise Unhandled exception.

val async : pool -> 'a task -> 'a promise

async p t runs the task t asynchronously in the pool p. The function returns a promise r in which the result of the task t will be stored.

val await : pool -> 'a promise -> 'a

await p r waits for the promise r to be resolved. During the resolution, other tasks in the pool p might be run using the calling domain and/or the domains in the pool p. If the task associated with the promise have completed successfully, then the result of the task will be returned. If the task have raised an exception, then await raises the same exception.

Must be called with a call to run in the dynamic scope to handle the internal algebraic effects for task synchronization.

val parallel_for : ?chunk_size:int -> start:int -> finish:int -> body:(int -> unit) -> pool -> unit

parallel_for c s f b p behaves similar to for i=s to f do b i done, but runs the for loop in parallel with the calling domain and/or the domains in the pool p. The chunk size c determines the number of body applications done in one task; this will default to max(1, (finish-start + 1) / (8 * num_domains)). Individual iterations may be run in any order. Tasks are distributed to the participating domains using a divide-and-conquer scheme.

Must be called with a call to run in the dynamic scope to handle the internal algebraic effects for task synchronization.

val parallel_for_reduce : ?chunk_size:int -> start:int -> finish:int -> body:(int -> 'a) -> pool -> ('a -> 'a -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'a

parallel_for_reduce c s f b p r i is similar to parallel_for except that the result returned by each iteration is reduced with r with initial value i. The reduce operations are performed in an arbitrary order and the reduce function needs to be associative in order to obtain a deterministic result.

Must be called with a call to run in the dynamic scope to handle the internal algebraic effects for task synchronization.

val parallel_scan : pool -> ('a -> 'a -> 'a) -> 'a array -> 'a array

parallel_scan p op a computes the scan of the array a in parallel with binary operator op and returns the result array, using the calling domain and/or the domains in the pool p. Scan is similar to Array.fold_left but returns an array of reduced intermediate values. The reduce operations are performed in an arbitrary order and the reduce function needs to be associative in order to obtain a deterministic result.

Must be called with a call to run in the dynamic scope to handle the internal algebraic effects for task synchronization.