VTK-m now offers a more GPU aware set of defaults for kernel scheduling.
When VTK-m first launches a kernel we do system introspection and determine
what GPU's are on the machine and than match this information to a preset
table of values. The implementation is designed in a way that allows for
VTK-m to offer both specific presets for a given GPU ( V100 ) or for
an entire generation of cards ( Pascal ).
Currently VTK-m offers preset tables for the following GPU's:
- Tesla V100
- Tesla P100
If the hardware doesn't match a specific GPU card we than try to find the
nearest know hardware generation and use those defaults. Currently we offer
defaults for
- Older than Pascal Hardware
- Pascal Hardware
- Volta+ Hardware
Some users have workloads that don't align with the defaults provided by
VTK-m. When that is the cause, it is possible to override the defaults
by binding a custom function to `vtkm::cont::cuda::InitScheduleParameters`.
As shown below:
```cpp
ScheduleParameters CustomScheduleValues(char const* name,
int major,
int minor,
int multiProcessorCount,
int maxThreadsPerMultiProcessor,
int maxThreadsPerBlock)
{
ScheduleParameters params {
64 * multiProcessorCount, //1d blocks
64, //1d threads per block
64 * multiProcessorCount, //2d blocks
{ 8, 8, 1 }, //2d threads per block
64 * multiProcessorCount, //3d blocks
{ 4, 4, 4 } }; //3d threads per block
return params;
}
vtkm::cont::cuda::InitScheduleParameters(&CustomScheduleValues);
```
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