Intel® C++ Compiler Classic Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 12/16/2022
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GAP Message (Diagnostic ID 30513)

Message

Insert a "%s ivdep" statement right before the loop at line %d to vectorize the loop.

Advice

Add "#pragma ivdep" before the specified loop. This pragma enables the vectorization of the loop at the specified line by ignoring some of the assumed cross-iteration data dependencies.

Example

Consider the following:

void foo(float *a, int x, int n) {
  int i;
  for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
    a[i] = a[i+x]+1;
  }
  return; 
}

In this case, the compiler is unable to vectorize the loop because x could be -1, where each iteration is dependent on the previous iteration. If x is known to be positive, you can vectorize this loop.

If you determine it is safe to do so, you can add the pragma as follows:

void foo(float *a, int x, int n) {
  int i; 
#pragma ivdep
  for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
    a[i] = a[i+x]+1;
  }
  return; 
}

Verify

Confirm that any arrays in the loop do not have unsafe cross-iteration dependencies. A cross-iteration dependency exists if a memory location is modified in an iteration of the loop and accessed by a read or a write statement in another iteration of the loop. Make sure that there are no such dependencies, or that any cross-iteration dependencies can be safely ignored.