MPI Application Binary Interface Standardization

Jeff Hammond; Lisandro Dalcin; Erik Schnetter; Marc Pérache; Jean Baptiste Besnard; Jed Brown; Gonzalo Brito Gadeschi; Simon Byrne; Joseph Schuchart; Hui Zhou

doi:10.1145/3615318.3615319

MPI Application Binary Interface Standardization

Jeff Hammond
, Lisandro Dalcin
, Erik Schnetter
, Marc Pérache
, Jean Baptiste Besnard
, Jed Brown
, Gonzalo Brito Gadeschi
, Simon Byrne
, Joseph Schuchart
, Hui Zhou

Institute for Advanced Computational Science

NVIDIA
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
ParaTools SAS
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Tennessee
Argonne National Laboratory

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Abstract

MPI is the most widely used interface for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Its success lies in its embrace of libraries and ability to evolve while maintaining backward compatibility for older codes, enabling them to run on new architectures for many years. In this paper, we propose a new level of MPI compatibility: A standard Application Binary Interface (ABI). We review the history of MPI implementation ABIs, identify the constraints from the MPI standard and ISO C, and summarize recent efforts to develop a standard ABI for MPI. We provide the current proposal from the MPI Forum's ABI working group, which has been prototyped both within MPICH and as an independent abstraction layer called Mukautuva. We also list several use cases that would benefit from the definition of an ABI while outlining the remaining constraints.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 30th European MPI Users'' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2023
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400709135
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3615318.3615319
State	Published - Nov 19 2023
Event	30th European MPI Users'' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2023 - Bristol, United Kingdom Duration: Sep 11 2023 → Sep 13 2023

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Conference	30th European MPI Users'' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2023
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bristol
Period	09/11/23 → 09/13/23

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MPI

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Hammond, J., Dalcin, L., Schnetter, E., Pérache, M., Besnard, J. B., Brown, J., Gadeschi, G. B., Byrne, S., Schuchart, J., & Zhou, H. (2023). MPI Application Binary Interface Standardization. In Proceedings of the 30th European MPI Users'' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2023 Article 1 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3615318.3615319

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Proceedings of the 30th European MPI Users'' Group Meeting, EuroMPI 2023. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 1 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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