TL: added second MPI implementation for parallel SDC

pySDC/playgrounds/dedalus/sdc.py

@@ -955,3 +955,47 @@ def step(self, dt, wall_time):
         # Only last rank (i.e node) will be allowed to (eventually) write outputs
         if self.rank != self.M-1:
             self.firstEval = False
+
+
+class SDCIMEX_MPI2(SDCIMEX_MPI):
+
+    def _broadcastState(self):
+        state = self.solver.state
+        sizes = [f.data.size for f in state]
+        buffer = np.empty(sum(sizes), dtype=state[0].data.dtype)
+        rank, M = self.rank, self.M
+
+        if rank == M-1: # copy last rank state into buffer
+            pos = 0
+            for f, size in zip(state, sizes):
+                np.copyto(buffer[pos:size], f.data.flat)
+                pos += size
+
+        self.comm.Bcast(buffer, root=self.M-1)
+
+        if rank != M-1: # copy buffer data into state
+            pos = 0
+            for f, size in zip(state, sizes):
+                np.copyto(f.data, buffer[pos:size].reshape(f.data.shape))
+                pos += size
+
+    def _computeMX0(self, MX0:CoeffSystem):
+        """
+        Compute MX0 term used in RHS of both initStep and sweep methods
+
+        Update the MX0 attribute of the timestepper object.
+        """
+        super(SDCIMEX_MPI, self)._computeMX0(MX0)
+
+    def _initSweep(self):
+        t0, dt, wall_time = self.solver.sim_time, self.dt, self.wall_time
+        Fk, LXk = self.F[0], self.LX[0]
+        if self.initSweep == 'COPY':
+            self._evalLX(LXk)
+            self._evalF(Fk, t0, dt, wall_time)
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def step(self, dt, wall_time):
+        super().step(dt, wall_time)
+        self._broadcastState()