RMA WG 08 01 2019

Attendees:

• Jim, Dave, Wasi (Intel)
• Naveen (Cray)
• Manju (Mellanox)
• Akhil (NVIDIA)
• Nick

Proposal Status Update:

• Wait-and-test (Jim)
• Symmetric address clarification (Jim)
  • Naveen: Should put-with-signal include these changes?
    Jim/Dave: This will likely need to be fixed in section committee.
• Put-with-signal (Naveen)
  • Almost complete, based on latest feedback; fixing minor typos.
  • Will bring for vote on next formal meeting.
  • Future plans: Will add an example as a separate proposal.
• Nonblocking AMOs (Naveen)
  • Earlier feedback: Define how these operations are different from existing AMOs. Getting support from Manju.
  • Open questions on addressing nonblocking AMOs with shmem_fence and the relaxed ordering of gets proposed by Anshuman.
• Memory model (Akhil)
  • Akhil is taking over for Anshuman
• Vector-oriented wait_until/test
  • Successful reading; identified minor issues for special ballot.
  • Nick: Have we discussed adding variants compatible with put-with-signal?
    Dave: Not now, but it would be easy to add in the future if desire arises.
• Tools proposal (Wasi)
  • Currently identifying types of variables for performance tracking

Discussion