VSS Challenge Problem: Verifying the Correctness of AllReduce Algorithms in the MPICH Implementation of MPI

We describe a challenge problem for verification based on the MPICH implementation of MPI.The MPICH implementation includes several algorithms for allreduce, all of which should be functionally equivalent to reduce followed by broadcast.We created standalone versions of three algorithms and verified two of them using CIVL.

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Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
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2025-10-14
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https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.432.10
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Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
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VSS Challenge Problem: Verifying the Correctness of AllReduce Algorithms in the MPICH Implementation of MPI

Paul Hovland
Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
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VSS Challenge Problem: Verifying the Correctness of AllReduce Algorithms in the MPICH Implementation of MPI

Paul Hovland
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Abstract

We describe a challenge problem for verification based on the MPICH implementation of MPI.The MPICH implementation includes several algorithms for allreduce, all of which should be functionally equivalent to reduce followed by broadcast.We created standalone versions of three algorithms and verified two of them using CIVL.

Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer ScienceVol. 432
Argonne National Laboratory (US)
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research
Openalex Percentile: Top 68%
Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
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