Can I use the struct as the share variable in the #omp for

[wssddtc]

Can I use the struct as the share variable in the #omp for loop? If it is possible, then how can I do that.
For example, a structure looks like this.
typedef struct
{
lda_suffstats * thread_lda_ss;
char filename[100];
int start_doc;
int end_doc;
double likelihood;
corpus * corpus;
double ** var_gamma;
double ** phi;
lda_model * model;
} thread_info ;

[MarkB]

Yes, no problem, though you cannot explicitly declare variables as shared on a for directive.

The typical usage would be:

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struct thread_info foo;

// initialise foo

#pragma omp parallel shared(foo)
{

// foo is shared here

#pragma omp for
for (...){
/// foo is shared here too
}


}

If you need to allocate foo inside the parallel region, then you can use a shared pointer:

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struct thread_info *pfoo;



#pragma omp parallel shared(pfoo)
{

#pragma omp single
{
pfoo =  malloc(...)
// initialise structure contents
}


#pragma omp for
for (...){
// pfoo points to the same struct for all threads
}


}