cpu: combine n_graph and n_threads into a single atomic update

Author: max-krasnyansky

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c

@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ typedef void * thread_ret_t;
 
 typedef pthread_t ggml_thread_t;
 
+#define GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_MASK (0xffffU)
+#define GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_BITS (16)
+
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <mach/mach.h>
@@ -449,20 +452,18 @@ struct ggml_threadpool {
     struct ggml_cplan  * cplan;
 
     // synchronization primitives
-    atomic_int n_graph;       // incremented when there is work to be done (i.e each graph)
+    atomic_int n_graph;       // updated when there is work to be done (i.e each graph) holds graph and active thread counts.
     atomic_int GGML_CACHE_ALIGN n_barrier;
     atomic_int GGML_CACHE_ALIGN n_barrier_passed;
     atomic_int GGML_CACHE_ALIGN current_chunk; // currently processing chunk during Mat_Mul, shared between all the threads.
 
     // these are atomic as an annotation for thread-sanitizer
     atomic_bool stop;         // Used for stopping the threadpool altogether
     atomic_bool pause;        // Used for pausing the threadpool or individual threads
-    atomic_int abort;         // Used for aborting processing of a graph
+    atomic_int  abort;        // Used for aborting processing of a graph
 
     struct ggml_compute_state * workers;   // per thread state
-    int          n_threads_max; // number of threads in the pool
-    atomic_int   n_threads_cur; // number of threads used in the current graph
-
+    int          n_threads;   // Number of threads in the pool
     int32_t      prio;        // Scheduling priority
     uint32_t     poll;        // Polling level (0 - no polling)
 
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ struct ggml_state {
 static struct ggml_state g_state = {0};
 
 void ggml_barrier(struct ggml_threadpool * tp) {
-    int n_threads = atomic_load_explicit(&tp->n_threads_cur, memory_order_relaxed);
+    int n_threads = atomic_load_explicit(&tp->n_graph, memory_order_relaxed) & GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_MASK;
     if (n_threads == 1) {
         return;
     }
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ void ggml_barrier(struct ggml_threadpool * tp) {
         // last thread
         atomic_store_explicit(&tp->n_barrier, 0, memory_order_relaxed);
 
-        // exit barrier (fill seq-cst fence)
+        // exit barrier (full seq-cst fence)
         atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&tp->n_barrier_passed, 1, memory_order_seq_cst);
         return;
     }
@@ -2619,7 +2620,7 @@ static void ggml_thread_cpumask_next(const bool * global_mask, bool * local_mask
 void ggml_threadpool_free(struct ggml_threadpool* threadpool) {
     if (!threadpool) return;
 
-    const int n_threads = threadpool->n_threads_max;
+    const int n_threads = threadpool->n_threads;
 
 #ifndef GGML_USE_OPENMP
     struct ggml_compute_state* workers = threadpool->workers;
@@ -2695,7 +2696,7 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(
         //GGML_PRINT_DEBUG("Threadpool is not specified. Will create a disposable threadpool : n_threads %d\n", n_threads);
     }
     if (n_threads <= 0) {
-        n_threads = threadpool ? threadpool->n_threads_max : GGML_DEFAULT_N_THREADS;
+        n_threads = threadpool ? threadpool->n_threads : GGML_DEFAULT_N_THREADS;
     }
 
     size_t work_size = 0;
@@ -2898,12 +2899,14 @@ static thread_ret_t ggml_graph_compute_thread(void * data) {
 
     struct ggml_compute_params params = {
         /*.ith       =*/ state->ith,
-        /*.nth       =*/ atomic_load_explicit(&tp->n_threads_cur, memory_order_relaxed),
+        /*.nth       =*/ atomic_load_explicit(&tp->n_graph, memory_order_relaxed) & GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_MASK,
         /*.wsize     =*/ cplan->work_size,
         /*.wdata     =*/ cplan->work_data,
         /*.threadpool=*/ tp,
     };
 
+    GGML_PRINT_DEBUG("thread #%d compute-start cplan %p last-graph %d \n", state->ith, cplan, state->last_graph);
+
     for (int node_n = 0; node_n < cgraph->n_nodes && atomic_load_explicit(&tp->abort, memory_order_relaxed) != node_n; node_n++) {
         struct ggml_tensor * node = cgraph->nodes[node_n];
 
@@ -2925,34 +2928,32 @@ static thread_ret_t ggml_graph_compute_thread(void * data) {
         }
     }
 
+    GGML_PRINT_DEBUG("thread #%d compute-done cplan %p last-graph %d \n", state->ith, cplan, state->last_graph);
+
     ggml_barrier(state->threadpool);
 
     return 0;
 }
 
 #ifndef GGML_USE_OPENMP
 
-// check if thread is active
-static inline bool ggml_graph_compute_thread_active(struct ggml_compute_state * state) {
-    struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = state->threadpool;
-    int n_threads = atomic_load_explicit(&threadpool->n_threads_cur, memory_order_relaxed);
-    return (state->ith < n_threads);
-}
-
 // check if thread is ready to proceed (exit from polling or sleeping)
+// returns true if loops should exit, sets state->pending to indicate new work
 static inline bool ggml_graph_compute_thread_ready(struct ggml_compute_state * state) {
     struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = state->threadpool;
 
     if (state->pending || threadpool->stop || threadpool->pause) { return true; }
 
     // check for new graph/work
-    int new_graph = atomic_load_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, memory_order_relaxed);
-    if (new_graph != state->last_graph) {
-        state->pending    = ggml_graph_compute_thread_active(state);
-        state->last_graph = new_graph;
+    int n_graph   = atomic_load_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, memory_order_relaxed);
+    int n_threads = n_graph & GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_MASK;
+    if (n_graph != state->last_graph) {
+        state->pending    = (state->ith < n_threads);
+        state->last_graph = n_graph;
+        return true;
     }
 
-    return state->pending;
+    return false;
 }
 
 // sync thread state after polling
@@ -2969,11 +2970,6 @@ static inline void ggml_graph_compute_thread_sync(struct ggml_compute_state * st
 static inline bool ggml_graph_compute_poll_for_work(struct ggml_compute_state * state) {
     struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool = state->threadpool;
 
-    // Skip polling for unused threads
-    if (!ggml_graph_compute_thread_active(state)) {
-        return state->pending;
-    }
-
     // This seems to make 0 ... 100 a decent range for polling level across modern processors.
     // Perhaps, we can adjust it dynamically based on load and things.
     const uint64_t n_rounds = 1024UL * 128 * threadpool->poll;
@@ -3035,7 +3031,6 @@ static thread_ret_t ggml_graph_compute_secondary_thread(void* data) {
         ggml_graph_compute_check_for_work(state);
         if (state->pending) {
             state->pending = false;
-
             ggml_graph_compute_thread(state);
         }
     }
@@ -3050,14 +3045,15 @@ static void ggml_graph_compute_kickoff(struct ggml_threadpool * threadpool, int
 
     ggml_mutex_lock(&threadpool->mutex);
 
-    GGML_PRINT_DEBUG("threadpool: n_threads_cur %d n_threads %d\n", threadpool->n_threads_cur, n_threads);
+    // Update the number of active threads and the graph count
+    int n_graph = atomic_load_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, memory_order_relaxed) >> GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_BITS;
+    n_graph = ((n_graph + 1) << GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_BITS) | (n_threads & GGML_THREADPOOL_N_THREADS_MASK);
 
-    // Update the number of active threads
-    atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_threads_cur, n_threads, memory_order_relaxed);
+    GGML_PRINT_DEBUG("compute-kickoff: n_threads %d n_graph %d\n", n_threads, n_graph);
 
     // Indicate the graph is ready to be processed
     // We need the full seq-cst fence here because of the polling threads (used in thread_sync)
-    atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, 1, memory_order_seq_cst);
+    atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, n_graph, memory_order_seq_cst);
 
     if (threadpool->pause) {
        // Update main thread prio and affinity to match the threadpool settings
@@ -3095,8 +3091,7 @@ static struct ggml_threadpool * ggml_threadpool_new_impl(
         threadpool->pause            = tpp->paused;
         threadpool->abort            = -1;
         threadpool->workers          = NULL;
-        threadpool->n_threads_max    = tpp->n_threads;
-        threadpool->n_threads_cur    = tpp->n_threads;
+        threadpool->n_threads        = tpp->n_threads;
         threadpool->poll             = tpp->poll;
         threadpool->prio             = tpp->prio;
         threadpool->ec               = GGML_STATUS_SUCCESS;
@@ -3191,7 +3186,7 @@ enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, struct ggml_cpl
             {
                 // update the number of threads from the actual number of threads that we got from OpenMP
                 n_threads = omp_get_num_threads();
-                atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_threads_cur, n_threads, memory_order_relaxed);
+                atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, n_threads, memory_order_relaxed);
             }
 
             // Apply thread CPU mask and priority
@@ -3204,13 +3199,13 @@ enum ggml_status ggml_graph_compute(struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, struct ggml_cpl
             ggml_graph_compute_thread(&threadpool->workers[ith]);
         }
     } else {
-        atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_threads_cur, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
+        atomic_store_explicit(&threadpool->n_graph, 1, memory_order_relaxed);
         ggml_graph_compute_thread(&threadpool->workers[0]);
     }
 #else
-    if (n_threads > threadpool->n_threads_max) {
-        GGML_LOG_WARN("cplan requested more threads (%d) than available (%d)\n", n_threads, threadpool->n_threads_max);
-        n_threads = threadpool->n_threads_max;
+    if (n_threads > threadpool->n_threads) {
+        GGML_LOG_WARN("cplan requested more threads (%d) than available (%d)\n", n_threads, threadpool->n_threads);
+        n_threads = threadpool->n_threads;
     }
 
     // Kick all threads to start the new graph

tests/test-barrier.cpp

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void test_active(int n_threads, int n_rounds) {
               << "\n";
     // ggml_graph_print(gf);
 
-    // In this test we keep changing number of threads every 4th iteration
+    // In this test we keep changing the number of threads every 4th iteration
     // to test for race conditions in that path
 
     for (int i=0; i < n_rounds; i++) {