[LLVMdev] libiomp, not libgomp as default library linked with -fopenmp

[Chandler Carruth]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 6:52 AM Andrey Bokhanko <andreybokhanko at gmail.com>
wrote:

> All,
>
> I'd like to resurrect the discussion on replacing libgomp with libiomp as
> the default OpenMP runtime library linked with -fopenmp.
>

Just for the record, I'm really excited to see this. =]


> We are very close to getting *full* OpenMP 3.1 specification supported in
> clang (only one (!) clause is not implemented yet, and the patch is already
> sent for review today: http://reviews.llvm.org/D9370). This
> implementation generates Intel API library calls; thus, it can't be used
> with libgomp and it is simply logical to link a compatible runtime
> (libiomp) instead.
>

Is there no way to support libgomp here as well? I don't say this to hold
up changing the defaults in any way, just curious. =]

Also, for the record, I'm really excited to see the progress here as well.


> Chandler?
>

Hi! ;]

I totally agree, I think things are way better now. I generally support the
direction. I think there are a few things I'd suggest we do as part of the
process, but I think these are really small and just about "how" we switch.

1) I completely agree with the comments some others have made about us
needing to make it clear that this isn't some Intel-only thing, its the
LLVM OpenMP runtime. Some suggestions that I think would make sense to help
here:
- I agree with finding some non-Intel folks to add as explicit code owners.
I don't know who has been sufficiently involved, but if Hal makes sense,
awesome.
- Clearly updating the readme and such would be appropriate.
- I suspect we should change the name of the installed library. 'libiomp'
is pretty clearly the Intel library. We could continue in the grand
tradition of LLVM naming conventions and use 'libllomp'? Of course, we
should install symlinks under the name 'libiomp' if needed for existing
users to not be broken.
- Any other changes?

2) I think we need to update the instructions for checking out LLVM and all
the tools to include checking out the openmp project. I'm planning to try
it out in a bit.

3) It would be nice to get at least one boring benchmark into the
test-suite that uses OpenMP just so there's more coverage that the basic
stuff all works. In particular, if we could get the benchmark that Phoronix
and others keep pointing at, that'd be nice.


Speaking of which, have you checked the performance of some of the basic
benchmarks using OpenMP with the two runtimes? Or looked at Clang vs GCC
there? I'd be interested to see the numbers.


>
> Yours,
> Andrey Bokhanko
> ==============
> Software Engineer
> Intel Compiler Team
> Intel
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