autotuner.hpp

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#ifndef OPM_AUTOTUNER_HPP
#define OPM_AUTOTUNER_HPP
 
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <functional>
#include <limits>
#include <opm/common/ErrorMacros.hpp>
#include <opm/common/OpmLog/OpmLog.hpp>
#include <opm/simulators/linalg/gpuistl/detail/gpu_safe_call.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
 
namespace Opm::gpuistl::detail
{
 
template <typename func>
int
tuneThreadBlockSize(func& f, std::string descriptionOfFunction)
{
    // This threadblock-tuner is very simple, it tests all valid block sizes divisble by 64
    // 64 is chosen so it is a multiple of the AMD wavefront size.
    // The maximum size of a threadblock is 1024, so an exhaustive search here will not be expensive
    // We time the kernel with each possible threadblock-size, and return the one
    // that gave the fastest invidivual run.
 
    // TODO: figure out a more rigorous way of deciding how many runs will suffice?
    constexpr const int runs = 2;
    cudaEvent_t events[runs + 1];
 
    // create the events
    for (int i = 0; i < runs + 1; ++i) {
        OPM_GPU_SAFE_CALL(cudaEventCreate(&events[i]));
    }
 
    // Initialize helper variables
    float bestTime = std::numeric_limits<float>::max();
    int bestBlockSize = -1;
    int interval = 64;
 
    // try each possible blocksize
    for (int thrBlockSize = interval; thrBlockSize <= 1024; thrBlockSize += interval) {
 
        // record a first event, and then an event after each kernel
        OPM_GPU_SAFE_CALL(cudaEventRecord(events[0]));
        for (int i = 0; i < runs; ++i) {
            f(thrBlockSize); // runs an arbitrary function with the provided arguments
            OPM_GPU_SAFE_CALL(cudaEventRecord(events[i + 1]));
        }
 
        // make suret he runs are over
        OPM_GPU_SAFE_CALL(cudaEventSynchronize(events[runs]));
 
        // kernel launch was valid
        if (cudaSuccess == cudaGetLastError()) {
            // check if we beat the record for the fastest kernel
            for (int i = 0; i < runs; ++i) {
                float candidateBlockSizeTime;
                OPM_GPU_SAFE_CALL(cudaEventElapsedTime(&candidateBlockSizeTime, events[i], events[i + 1]));
                if (candidateBlockSizeTime < bestTime) { // checks if this configuration beat the current best
                    bestTime = candidateBlockSizeTime;
                    bestBlockSize = thrBlockSize;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    OpmLog::info(
        fmt::format("{}: Tuned Blocksize: {} (fastest runtime: {}).", descriptionOfFunction, bestBlockSize, bestTime));
 
    return bestBlockSize;
}
 
} // end namespace Opm::gpuistl::detail
 
#endif