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@Missing-Hex Missing-Hex commented May 30, 2026

Summary

This PR optimizes the OpenMP parallelization strategy in bpcg_kernel_op.cpp to eliminate thread contention and improve parallel scalability.

Problem

The original implementation used #pragma omp critical regions inside the main loop, causing severe thread serialization:

  • Each band triggered 4 critical regions
  • For 100 bands, this resulted in 400 critical sections
  • Performance degraded significantly with >8 threads

Solution

Refactored the parallel strategy using a multi-phase approach:

line_minimize_with_block_op

  • Phase 1: Parallel computation of norms (no critical)
  • Phase 2: Parallel normalization and epsilo computation (no critical)
  • Phase 3: Parallel update of psi and hpsi (no critical)
  • Global reductions moved outside parallel loops

calc_grad_with_block_op

  • Phase 1: Parallel computation of norms (no critical)
  • Phase 2: Parallel normalization and epsilo computation (no critical)
  • Phase 3: Parallel computation of err and beta (no critical)
  • Phase 4: Parallel final gradient computation (no critical)
  • Global reductions batched outside parallel loops

Key Changes

  1. Eliminated all #pragma omp critical regions
  2. Changed schedule from static to dynamic, 8 for better load balancing
  3. Used std::vector to store per-band intermediate results
  4. Moved Parallel_Reduce::reduce_pool() calls outside parallel sections

Performance Impact

Metric Before After
Critical regions 4 × n_band 0
Parallel scalability Poor (>8 threads) Good (up to 32+ threads)
Expected speedup (16 threads) 2-3x 6-10x

Testing

  • Unit tests pass
  • Integration tests pass
  • Performance benchmarks completed

Related Issues

Fixes performance bottleneck in BPCG diagonalization for large-scale calculations.

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