ABT-IO

Executing I/O operations (read, write, etc.) from an Argobots execution stream blocks this ES until the I/O operation has completed. This is problematic if the ES is used to run a Mercury progress loop, or to execute Mercury RPC handlers, since it prevents any progress on network activities or the execution of other RPC handlers. ABT-IO was developed specifically to address this problem. It creates one or more ES to which I/O operations can be pushed, hence blocking these ES on I/O activities rather than the ES the operations originate from. This section gives a list of tutorials on how to use ABT-IO.