Пример #1
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void ADIOI_GEN_SetInfo(ADIO_File fd, MPI_Info users_info, int *error_code)
{
/* if fd->info is null, create a new info object.
   Initialize fd->info to default values.
   Initialize fd->hints to default values.
   Examine the info object passed by the user. If it contains values that
   ROMIO understands, override the default. */

    MPI_Info info;
    char *value;
    int flag, nprocs = 0, len;
    int ok_to_override_cb_nodes = 0;
    static char myname[] = "ADIOI_GEN_SETINFO";


    /* if we've already set up default hints and the user has not asked us to
     * process any hints (MPI_INFO_NULL), then we can short-circuit hint
     * processing */
    if (fd->hints->initialized && fd->info == MPI_INFO_NULL) {
        *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;
        return;
    }
    ad_get_env_vars();

    if (fd->info == MPI_INFO_NULL)
        MPI_Info_create(&(fd->info));
    info = fd->info;

    MPI_Comm_size(fd->comm, &nprocs);

    /* Note that fd->hints is allocated at file open time; thus it is
     * not necessary to allocate it, or check for allocation, here.
     */

    value = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc((MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL + 1) * sizeof(char));
    if (value == NULL) {
        *error_code = MPIO_Err_create_code(*error_code,
                                           MPIR_ERR_RECOVERABLE,
                                           myname, __LINE__, MPI_ERR_OTHER, "**nomem2", 0);
        return;
    }

    /* initialize info and hints to default values if they haven't been
     * previously initialized
     */
    if (!fd->hints->initialized) {

        /* buffer size for collective I/O */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_buffer_size", ADIOI_CB_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
        fd->hints->cb_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_CB_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);

        /* default is to let romio automatically decide when to use
         * collective buffering
         */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_read", "automatic");
        fd->hints->cb_read = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_write", "automatic");
        fd->hints->cb_write = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;

        fd->hints->cb_config_list = NULL;

        /* number of processes that perform I/O in collective I/O */
        MPL_snprintf(value, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL + 1, "%d", nprocs);
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_nodes", value);
        fd->hints->cb_nodes = nprocs;

        /* hint indicating that no indep. I/O will be performed on this file */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
        fd->hints->no_indep_rw = 0;

        /* hint instructing the use of persistent file realms */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_pfr", "disable");
        fd->hints->cb_pfr = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;

        /* hint guiding the assignment of persistent file realms */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_fr_types", "aar");
        fd->hints->cb_fr_type = ADIOI_FR_AAR;

        /* hint to align file realms with a certain byte value */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_fr_alignment", "1");
        fd->hints->cb_fr_alignment = 1;

        /* hint to set a threshold percentage for a datatype's size/extent at
         * which data sieving should be done in collective I/O */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_ds_threshold", "0");
        fd->hints->cb_ds_threshold = 0;

        /* hint to switch between point-to-point or all-to-all for two-phase */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_alltoall", "automatic");
        fd->hints->cb_alltoall = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;

        /* deferred_open derived from no_indep_rw and cb_{read,write} */
        fd->hints->deferred_open = 0;

        /* buffer size for data sieving in independent reads */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "ind_rd_buffer_size", ADIOI_IND_RD_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
        fd->hints->ind_rd_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_IND_RD_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);

        /* buffer size for data sieving in independent writes */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size", ADIOI_IND_WR_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
        fd->hints->ind_wr_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_IND_WR_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);

        /* default is to let romio automatically decide when to use data
         * sieving
         */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_read", "automatic");
        fd->hints->ds_read = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_write", "automatic");
        fd->hints->ds_write = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;

        /* still to do: tune this a bit for a variety of file systems. there's
         * no good default value so just leave it unset */
        fd->hints->min_fdomain_size = 0;
        fd->hints->striping_unit = 0;

        fd->hints->initialized = 1;

        /* ADIO_Open sets up collective buffering arrays.  If we are in this
         * path from say set_file_view, then we've don't want to adjust the
         * array: we'll get a segfault during collective i/o.  We only want to
         * look at the users cb_nodes if it's open time  */
        ok_to_override_cb_nodes = 1;

    }

    /* add in user's info if supplied */
    if (users_info != MPI_INFO_NULL) {
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "cb_buffer_size",
                                         &(fd->hints->cb_buffer_size), myname, error_code);

        /* aligning file realms to certain sizes (e.g. stripe sizes)
         * may benefit I/O performance */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_fr_alignment",
                                         &(fd->hints->cb_fr_alignment), myname, error_code);

        /* for collective I/O, try to be smarter about when to do data sieving
         * using a specific threshold for the datatype size/extent
         * (percentage 0-100%) */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_ds_threshold",
                                         &(fd->hints->cb_ds_threshold), myname, error_code);

        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_alltoall",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_alltoall), myname, error_code);

        /* new hints for enabling/disabling coll. buffering on
         * reads/writes
         */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_read",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_read), myname, error_code);
        if (fd->hints->cb_read == ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE) {
            /* romio_cb_read overrides no_indep_rw */
            ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
            fd->hints->no_indep_rw = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
        }

        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_write",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_write), myname, error_code);
        if (fd->hints->cb_write == ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE) {
            /* romio_cb_write overrides no_indep_rw */
            ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
            fd->hints->no_indep_rw = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
        }

        /* enable/disable persistent file realms for collective I/O */
        /* may want to check for no_indep_rdwr hint as well */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_pfr",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_pfr), myname, error_code);


        /* file realm assignment types ADIOI_FR_AAR(0),
         * ADIOI_FR_FSZ(-1), ADIOI_FR_USR_REALMS(-2), all others specify
         * a regular fr size in bytes. probably not the best way... */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_fr_type",
                                         &(fd->hints->cb_fr_type), myname, error_code);

        /* Has the user indicated all I/O will be done collectively? */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_true(fd, users_info, "romio_no_indep_rw",
                                          &(fd->hints->no_indep_rw), myname, error_code);
        if (fd->hints->no_indep_rw == 1) {
            /* if 'no_indep_rw' set, also hint that we will do
             * collective buffering: if we aren't doing independent io,
             * then we have to do collective  */
            ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_write", "enable");
            ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_read", "enable");
            fd->hints->cb_read = 1;
            fd->hints->cb_write = 1;
        }
        /* new hints for enabling/disabling data sieving on
         * reads/writes
         */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_ds_read",
                                             &(fd->hints->ds_read), myname, error_code);
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_ds_write",
                                             &(fd->hints->ds_write), myname, error_code);

        if (ok_to_override_cb_nodes) {
            /* MPI_File_open path sets up some data structrues that don't
             * get resized in the MPI_File_set_view path, so ignore
             * cb_nodes in the set_view case */
            ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "cb_nodes",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_nodes), myname, error_code);
            if ((fd->hints->cb_nodes <= 0) || (fd->hints->cb_nodes > nprocs)) {
                /* can't ask for more aggregators than mpi processes, though it
                 * might be interesting to think what such oversubscription
                 * might mean... someday */
                MPL_snprintf(value, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL + 1, "%d", nprocs);
                ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_nodes", value);
                fd->hints->cb_nodes = nprocs;
            }
        }
        /* if (ok_to_override_cb_nodes) */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "ind_wr_buffer_size",
                                         &(fd->hints->ind_wr_buffer_size), myname, error_code);
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "ind_rd_buffer_size",
                                         &(fd->hints->ind_rd_buffer_size), myname, error_code);

        if (fd->hints->cb_config_list == NULL) {
            /* only set cb_config_list if it isn't already set.  Note that
             * since we set it below, this ensures that the cb_config_list hint
             * will be set at file open time either by the user or to the
             * default */
            /* if it has been set already, we ignore it the second time.
             * otherwise we would get an error if someone used the same info
             * value with a cb_config_list value in it in a couple of calls,
             * which would be irritating. */
            ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_str(fd, users_info, "cb_config_list",
                                             &(fd->hints->cb_config_list), myname, error_code);

        }
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_min_fdomain_size",
                                         &(fd->hints->min_fdomain_size), myname, error_code);

        /* Now we use striping unit in common code so we should
         * process hints for it. */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "striping_unit",
                                         &(fd->hints->striping_unit), myname, error_code);
    }

    /* Begin hint post-processig: some hints take precidence over or conflict
     * with others, or aren't supported by some file systems */

    /* handle cb_config_list default value here; avoids an extra
     * free/alloc and insures it is always set
     */
    if (fd->hints->cb_config_list == NULL) {
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_config_list", ADIOI_CB_CONFIG_LIST_DFLT);
        len = (strlen(ADIOI_CB_CONFIG_LIST_DFLT) + 1) * sizeof(char);
        fd->hints->cb_config_list = ADIOI_Malloc(len);
        if (fd->hints->cb_config_list == NULL) {
            ADIOI_Free(value);
            *error_code = MPIO_Err_create_code(*error_code,
                                               MPIR_ERR_RECOVERABLE,
                                               myname, __LINE__, MPI_ERR_OTHER, "**nomem2", 0);
            return;
        }
        ADIOI_Strncpy(fd->hints->cb_config_list, ADIOI_CB_CONFIG_LIST_DFLT, len);
    }
    /* deferred_open won't be set by callers, but if the user doesn't
     * explicitly disable collecitve buffering (two-phase) and does hint that
     * io w/o independent io is going on, we'll set this internal hint as a
     * convenience */
    if (((fd->hints->cb_read != ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE)
         && (fd->hints->cb_write != ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE)
         && fd->hints->no_indep_rw)) {
        fd->hints->deferred_open = 1;
    } else {
        /* setting romio_no_indep_rw enable and romio_cb_{read,write}
         * disable at the same time doesn't make sense. honor
         * romio_cb_{read,write} and force the no_indep_rw hint to
         * 'disable' */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
        fd->hints->no_indep_rw = 0;
        fd->hints->deferred_open = 0;
    }

    if (ADIO_Feature(fd, ADIO_DATA_SIEVING_WRITES) == 0) {
        /* disable data sieving for fs that do not
         * support file locking */
        ADIOI_Info_get(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
        if (flag) {
            /* get rid of this value if it is set */
            ADIOI_Info_delete(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size");
        }
        /* note: leave ind_wr_buffer_size alone; used for other cases
         * as well. -- Rob Ross, 04/22/2003
         */
        ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_write", "disable");
        fd->hints->ds_write = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
    }

    ADIOI_Free(value);

    *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;
}
Пример #2
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void ADIOI_LUSTRE_SetInfo(ADIO_File fd, MPI_Info users_info, int *error_code)
{
    char *value;
    int flag;
    ADIO_Offset stripe_val[3], str_factor = -1, str_unit = 0, start_iodev = -1;
    int myrank;
    static char myname[] = "ADIOI_LUSTRE_SETINFO";


#ifdef HAVE_LUSTRE_LOCKAHEAD
    /* Set lock ahead default hints */
    fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_read = 0;
    fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_write = 0;
    fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_num_extents = 500;
    fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_flags = 0;
#endif

    value = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc((MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL + 1) * sizeof(char));
    if ((fd->info) == MPI_INFO_NULL) {
        /* This must be part of the open call. can set striping parameters
         * if necessary. */
        MPI_Info_create(&(fd->info));

        ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "direct_read", "false");
        ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "direct_write", "false");
        fd->direct_read = fd->direct_write = 0;
        /* initialize lustre hints */
        ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "romio_lustre_co_ratio", "1");
        fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.co_ratio = 1;
        ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "romio_lustre_coll_threshold", "0");
        fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.coll_threshold = 0;
        ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "romio_lustre_ds_in_coll", "enable");
        fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.ds_in_coll = ADIOI_HINT_ENABLE;

        /* has user specified striping or server buffering parameters
         * and do they have the same value on all processes? */
        if (users_info != MPI_INFO_NULL) {
            /* striping information */
            ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "striping_unit", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
            if (flag) {
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "striping_unit", value);
                str_unit = atoll(value);
            }

            ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "striping_factor", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
            if (flag) {
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "striping_factor", value);
                str_factor = atoll(value);
            }

            ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "romio_lustre_start_iodevice",
                           MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
            if (flag) {
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "romio_lustre_start_iodevice", value);
                start_iodev = atoll(value);
            }


            /* direct read and write */
            ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "direct_read", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
            if (flag && (!strcmp(value, "true") || !strcmp(value, "TRUE"))) {
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "direct_read", "true");
                fd->direct_read = 1;
            }
            ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "direct_write", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, value, &flag);
            if (flag && (!strcmp(value, "true") || !strcmp(value, "TRUE"))) {
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "direct_write", "true");
                fd->direct_write = 1;
            }
#ifdef HAVE_LUSTRE_LOCKAHEAD
            /* Get lock ahead hints */

            ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info,
                                             "romio_lustre_cb_lock_ahead_write",
                                             &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_write),
                                             myname, error_code);
            ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info,
                                             "romio_lustre_cb_lock_ahead_read",
                                             &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_read),
                                             myname, error_code);

            /* If, and only if, we're using lock ahead,
             * process/set the number of extents to pre-lock and the flags */
            if (fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_read ||
                fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_write) {
                /* Get user's number of extents */
                ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info,
                                                 "romio_lustre_cb_lock_ahead_num_extents",
                                                 &(fd->hints->fs_hints.
                                                   lustre.lock_ahead_num_extents), myname,
                                                 error_code);

                /* ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int doesn't set the
                 * value in fd unless it was in user_info, but knowing
                 * the value - default or explicit - is useful.
                 * Set the final number of extents in the fd->info */
                MPL_snprintf(value, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL + 1, "%d",
                             fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_num_extents);
                ADIOI_Info_set(fd->info, "romio_lustre_cb_lock_ahead_num_extents", value);

                /* Get user's flags */
                ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info,
                                                 "romio_lustre_cb_lock_ahead_flags",
                                                 &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.lock_ahead_flags),
                                                 myname, error_code);
            }
#endif
        }



        /* set striping information with ioctl */
        MPI_Comm_rank(fd->comm, &myrank);
        if (myrank == 0) {
            stripe_val[0] = str_factor;
            stripe_val[1] = str_unit;
            stripe_val[2] = start_iodev;
        }
        MPI_Bcast(stripe_val, 3, MPI_OFFSET, 0, fd->comm);

        /* do not open file in hint processing.   Open file in open routines,
         * where we can better deal with EXCL flag .  Continue to check the
         * "all processors set a value" condition holds.  */
        if (stripe_val[0] != str_factor
            || stripe_val[1] != str_unit || stripe_val[2] != start_iodev) {
            MPIO_ERR_CREATE_CODE_INFO_NOT_SAME("ADIOI_LUSTRE_SetInfo",
                                               "str_factor or str_unit or start_iodev", error_code);
            ADIOI_Free(value);
            return;
        }
    }

    /* get other hint */
    if (users_info != MPI_INFO_NULL) {
        /* CO: IO Clients/OST,
         * to keep the load balancing between clients and OSTs */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_lustre_co_ratio",
                                         &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.co_ratio), myname,
                                         error_code);

        /* coll_threshold:
         * if the req size is bigger than this, collective IO may not be performed.
         */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "romio_lustre_coll_threshold",
                                         &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.coll_threshold), myname,
                                         error_code);

        /* ds_in_coll: disable data sieving in collective IO */
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_lustre_ds_in_coll",
                                             &(fd->hints->fs_hints.lustre.ds_in_coll), myname,
                                             error_code);

    }
    /* set the values for collective I/O and data sieving parameters */
    ADIOI_GEN_SetInfo(fd, users_info, error_code);

    /* generic hints might step on striping_unit */
    if (users_info != MPI_INFO_NULL) {
        ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "striping_unit", NULL, myname, error_code);
    }

    if (ADIOI_Direct_read)
        fd->direct_read = 1;
    if (ADIOI_Direct_write)
        fd->direct_write = 1;

    ADIOI_Free(value);

    *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;
}
Пример #3
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void ADIOI_GPFS_SetInfo(ADIO_File fd, MPI_Info users_info, int *error_code)
{
/* if fd->info is null, create a new info object.
   Initialize fd->info to default values.
   Initialize fd->hints to default values.
   Examine the info object passed by the user. If it contains values that
   ROMIO understands, override the default. */

    MPI_Info info;
    char *value;
    int flag, intval, nprocs=0, nprocs_is_valid = 0;
    static char myname[] = "ADIOI_GPFS_SETINFO";

    int did_anything = 0;

    if (fd->info == MPI_INFO_NULL) MPI_Info_create(&(fd->info));
    info = fd->info;

    /* Note that fd->hints is allocated at file open time; thus it is
     * not necessary to allocate it, or check for allocation, here.
     */

    value = (char *) ADIOI_Malloc((MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL+1)*sizeof(char));
    ADIOI_Assert ((value != NULL));

    /* initialize info and hints to default values if they haven't been
     * previously initialized
     */
    if (!fd->hints->initialized) {

	ad_get_env_vars();
	ad_gpfs_get_env_vars();
	did_anything = 1;

	/* buffer size for collective I/O */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_buffer_size", ADIOI_GPFS_CB_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
	fd->hints->cb_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_GPFS_CB_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);

	/* default is to let romio automatically decide when to use
	 * collective buffering
	 */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_read", "enable");
	fd->hints->cb_read = ADIOI_HINT_ENABLE;
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_write", "enable");
	fd->hints->cb_write = ADIOI_HINT_ENABLE;

   	if ( fd->hints->cb_config_list != NULL ) ADIOI_Free (fd->hints->cb_config_list);
	fd->hints->cb_config_list = NULL;

	/* number of processes that perform I/O in collective I/O */
	MPI_Comm_size(fd->comm, &nprocs);
	nprocs_is_valid = 1;
	MPL_snprintf(value, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL+1, "%d", nprocs);
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "cb_nodes", value);
	fd->hints->cb_nodes = -1;

	/* hint indicating that no indep. I/O will be performed on this file */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
	fd->hints->no_indep_rw = 0;

	/* gpfs is not implementing file realms (ADIOI_IOStridedColl),
	   initialize to disabled it. 	   */
	/* hint instructing the use of persistent file realms */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_pfr", "disable");
	fd->hints->cb_pfr = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;

	/* hint guiding the assignment of persistent file realms */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_fr_types", "aar");
	fd->hints->cb_fr_type = ADIOI_FR_AAR;

	/* hint to align file realms with a certain byte value */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_fr_alignment", "1");
	fd->hints->cb_fr_alignment = 1;

	/* hint to set a threshold percentage for a datatype's size/extent at
	 * which data sieving should be done in collective I/O */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_ds_threshold", "0");
	fd->hints->cb_ds_threshold = 0;

	/* hint to switch between point-to-point or all-to-all for two-phase */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_alltoall", "automatic");
	fd->hints->cb_alltoall = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;

	 /* deferred_open derived from no_indep_rw and cb_{read,write} */
	fd->hints->deferred_open = 0;

	/* buffer size for data sieving in independent reads */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "ind_rd_buffer_size", ADIOI_GPFS_IND_RD_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
	fd->hints->ind_rd_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_GPFS_IND_RD_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);

	/* buffer size for data sieving in independent writes */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size", ADIOI_GPFS_IND_WR_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);
	fd->hints->ind_wr_buffer_size = atoi(ADIOI_GPFS_IND_WR_BUFFER_SIZE_DFLT);


    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_read", "automatic");
    fd->hints->ds_read = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;
    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_write", "automatic");
    fd->hints->ds_write = ADIOI_HINT_AUTO;

    /* still to do: tune this a bit for a variety of file systems. there's
	 * no good default value so just leave it unset */
    fd->hints->min_fdomain_size = 0;
    fd->hints->striping_unit = 0;

    fd->hints->initialized = 1;
    }

    /* add in user's info if supplied */
    if (users_info != MPI_INFO_NULL) {
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "cb_buffer_size",
		&(fd->hints->cb_buffer_size), myname, error_code);
	/* new hints for enabling/disabling coll. buffering on
	 * reads/writes
	 */
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_read",
		&(fd->hints->cb_read), myname, error_code);
	if (fd->hints->cb_read == ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE) {
	    /* romio_cb_read overrides no_indep_rw */
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
	    fd->hints->no_indep_rw = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
	}
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_cb_write",
		&(fd->hints->cb_write), myname, error_code);
	if (fd->hints->cb_write == ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE) {
	    /* romio_cb_write overrides no_indep_rw */
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
	    fd->hints->no_indep_rw = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
	}
	/* Has the user indicated all I/O will be done collectively? */
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_true(fd, users_info, "romio_no_indep_rw",
		&(fd->hints->no_indep_rw), myname, error_code);
	if (fd->hints->no_indep_rw == 1) {
	    /* if 'no_indep_rw' set, also hint that we will do
	     * collective buffering: if we aren't doing independent io,
	     * then we have to do collective  */
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_write", "enable");
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_cb_read", "enable");
	    fd->hints->cb_read = 1;
	    fd->hints->cb_write = 1;
	}

	/* new hints for enabling/disabling data sieving on
	 * reads/writes
	 */
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_ds_read",
		&(fd->hints->ds_read), myname, error_code);
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_enabled(fd, users_info, "romio_ds_write",
		&(fd->hints->ds_write), myname, error_code);

	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "ind_wr_buffer_size",
		&(fd->hints->ind_wr_buffer_size), myname, error_code);
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "ind_rd_buffer_size",
		&(fd->hints->ind_rd_buffer_size), myname, error_code);

	memset( value, 0, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL+1 );
	ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, "romio_min_fdomain_size", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL,
			value, &flag);
	if ( flag && ((intval = atoi(value)) > 0) ) {
		ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_min_fdomain_size", value);
		fd->hints->min_fdomain_size = intval;
	}
  /* Now we use striping unit in common code so we should
     process hints for it. */
	ADIOI_Info_check_and_install_int(fd, users_info, "striping_unit",
		&(fd->hints->striping_unit), myname, error_code);

#ifdef BGQPLATFORM
	memset( value, 0, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL+1 );
        ADIOI_Info_get(users_info, ADIOI_BG_NAGG_IN_PSET_HINT_NAME, MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL,
		     value, &flag);
	if (flag && ((intval = atoi(value)) > 0)) {

	    did_anything = 1;
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, ADIOI_BG_NAGG_IN_PSET_HINT_NAME, value);
	    fd->hints->cb_nodes = intval;
	}
#endif
    }

    /* special CB aggregator assignment */
    if (did_anything) {
#ifdef BGQPLATFORM
	ADIOI_BG_gen_agg_ranklist(fd, fd->hints->cb_nodes);
#elif PEPLATFORM
	ADIOI_PE_gen_agg_ranklist(fd);
#endif
    }

    /* deferred_open won't be set by callers, but if the user doesn't
     * explicitly disable collecitve buffering (two-phase) and does hint that
     * io w/o independent io is going on, we'll set this internal hint as a
     * convenience */
    if ( ( (fd->hints->cb_read != ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE) \
			    && (fd->hints->cb_write != ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE)\
			    && fd->hints->no_indep_rw ) ) {
	    fd->hints->deferred_open = 1;
    } else {
	    /* setting romio_no_indep_rw enable and romio_cb_{read,write}
	     * disable at the same time doesn't make sense. honor
	     * romio_cb_{read,write} and force the no_indep_rw hint to
	     * 'disable' */
	    ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_no_indep_rw", "false");
	    fd->hints->no_indep_rw = 0;
	    fd->hints->deferred_open = 0;
    }

    /* BobC commented this out, but since hint processing runs on both bg and
     * bglockless, we need to keep DS writes enabled on gpfs and disabled on
     * PVFS */
    if (ADIO_Feature(fd, ADIO_DATA_SIEVING_WRITES) == 0) {
    /* disable data sieving for fs that do not
       support file locking */
       	ADIOI_Info_get(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL,
		     value, &flag);
	if (flag) {
	    /* get rid of this value if it is set */
	    ADIOI_Info_delete(info, "ind_wr_buffer_size");
	}
	/* note: leave ind_wr_buffer_size alone; used for other cases
	 * as well. -- Rob Ross, 04/22/2003
	 */
	ADIOI_Info_set(info, "romio_ds_write", "disable");
	fd->hints->ds_write = ADIOI_HINT_DISABLE;
    }

    ADIOI_Free(value);

    *error_code = MPI_SUCCESS;
}