io/ompio: turn accel. aggr. buffer off by default

performance measurements indicate that in most cases using a CPU host buffer for data aggregation will lead to better performance than using a GPU buffer. So turn the feature off by default. Signed-off-by: Edgar Gabriel <[email protected]>
open-mpi · Aug 12, 2024 · 0beeef3 · 0beeef3
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commit 0beeef3
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diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int mca_io_ompio_max_aggregators_ratio=8;
 int mca_io_ompio_aggregators_cutoff_threshold=3;
 int mca_io_ompio_overwrite_amode = 1;
 int mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing = 0;
-int mca_io_ompio_use_accelerator_buffers = 1;
+int mca_io_ompio_use_accelerator_buffers = 0;
 int mca_io_ompio_grouping_option=5;
 
 /*
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int register_component(void)
                                            MCA_BASE_VAR_SCOPE_READONLY,
                                            &mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing);
 
-    mca_io_ompio_use_accelerator_buffers = 1;
+    mca_io_ompio_use_accelerator_buffers = 0;
     (void) mca_base_component_var_register(&mca_io_ompio_component.io_version,
                                            "use_accelerator_buffers", "Allow using accelerator buffers"
                                            "for data aggregation in collective I/O if input buffer is device memory",