Description:
When targeting OpenMP with Devito, we're seeing compilation-time warnings on some older systems:
ignoring #pragma omp simd
This is expected behavior when compiling with an OpenMP version < 4.0, as #pragma omp simd was only introduced in OpenMP 4.0 (released July 2013). In particular, the macro _OPENMP is not sufficient for this use case unless its value is ≥ 201307.
Option 1:
We should add a check in the Devito compiler pipeline to conditionally emit #pragma omp simd only if _OPENMP >= 201307.
Option 2:
We update the writing out pragma omp simd to include preprocessor guards in the generated code, e.g.:
#if defined(_OPENMP) && _OPENMP >= 201307
#pragma omp simd
#endif
The disadvantage is that this will reduce the readability of the generated code.
Option 3:
Alternative considered: Adding -Wno-unknown-pragmas to the compiler flags to silence the warning. However, this is fragile and may suppress legitimate warnings from other unintended or misspelled pragmas.
Description:
When targeting OpenMP with Devito, we're seeing compilation-time warnings on some older systems:
ignoring #pragma omp simdThis is expected behavior when compiling with an OpenMP version < 4.0, as
#pragma omp simdwas only introduced in OpenMP 4.0 (released July 2013). In particular, the macro_OPENMPis not sufficient for this use case unless its value is ≥ 201307.Option 1:
We should add a check in the Devito compiler pipeline to conditionally emit
#pragma omp simdonly if_OPENMP >= 201307.Option 2:
We update the writing out pragma omp simd to include preprocessor guards in the generated code, e.g.:
The disadvantage is that this will reduce the readability of the generated code.
Option 3:
Alternative considered: Adding
-Wno-unknown-pragmasto the compiler flags to silence the warning. However, this is fragile and may suppress legitimate warnings from other unintended or misspelled pragmas.