1Support, Getting Involved, and FAQ 2================================== 3 4Please do not hesitate to reach out to us on the `Discourse forums (Runtimes - OpenMP) <https://discourse.llvm.org/c/runtimes/openmp/35>`_ or join 5one of our :ref:`regular calls <calls>`. Some common questions are answered in 6the :ref:`faq`. 7 8.. _calls: 9 10Calls 11----- 12 13OpenMP in LLVM Technical Call 14^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 15 16- Development updates on OpenMP (and OpenACC) in the LLVM Project, including Clang, optimization, and runtime work. 17- Join `OpenMP in LLVM Technical Call <https://bluejeans.com/544112769//webrtc>`__. 18- Time: Weekly call on every Wednesday 7:00 AM Pacific time. 19- Meeting minutes are `here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tz8WFN13n7yJ-SCE0Qjqf9LmjGUw0dWO9Ts1ss4YOdg/edit>`__. 20- Status tracking `page <https://openmp.llvm.org/docs>`__. 21 22 23OpenMP in Flang Technical Call 24^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 25- Development updates on OpenMP and OpenACC in the Flang Project. 26- Join `OpenMP in Flang Technical Call <https://bit.ly/39eQW3o>`_ 27- Time: Weekly call on every Thursdays 8:00 AM Pacific time. 28- Meeting minutes are `here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yA-MeJf6RYY-ZXpdol0t7YoDoqtwAyBhFLr5thu5pFI>`__. 29- Status tracking `page <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FvHPuSkGbl4mQZRAwCIndvQx9dQboffiD-xD0oqxgU0/edit#gid=0>`__. 30 31 32.. _faq: 33 34FAQ 35--- 36 37.. note:: 38 The FAQ is a work in progress and most of the expected content is not 39 yet available. While you can expect changes, we always welcome feedback and 40 additions. Please post on the `Discourse forums (Runtimes - OpenMP) <https://discourse.llvm.org/c/runtimes/openmp/35>`__. 41 42 43Q: How to contribute a patch to the webpage or any other part? 44^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 45 46All patches go through the regular `LLVM review process 47<https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html#how-to-submit-a-patch>`_. 48 49 50.. _build_offload_capable_compiler: 51 52Q: How to build an OpenMP GPU offload capable compiler? 53^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 54 55The easiest way to create an offload capable compiler is to use the provided 56CMake cache file. This will enable the projects and runtimes necessary for 57offloading as well as some extra options. 58 59.. code-block:: sh 60 61 $> cd llvm-project # The llvm-project checkout 62 $> mkdir build 63 $> cd build 64 $> cmake ../llvm -G Ninja \ 65 -C ../offload/cmake/caches/Offload.cmake \ # The preset cache file 66 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<Debug|Release> \ # Select build type 67 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<PATH> \ # Where the libraries will live 68 $> ninja install 69 70To manually build an *effective* OpenMP offload capable compiler, only one extra CMake 71option, ``LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="openmp;offload"``, is needed when building LLVM (Generic 72information about building LLVM is available `here 73<https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html>`__.). Make sure all backends that 74are targeted by OpenMP are enabled. That can be done by adjusting the CMake 75option ``LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD``. The corresponding targets for offloading to AMD 76and Nvidia GPUs are ``"AMDGPU"`` and ``"NVPTX"``, respectively. By default, 77Clang will be built with all backends enabled. When building with 78``LLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="openmp"`` OpenMP should not be enabled in 79``LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS`` because it is enabled by default. 80 81For Nvidia offload, please see :ref:`build_nvidia_offload_capable_compiler`. 82For AMDGPU offload, please see :ref:`build_amdgpu_offload_capable_compiler`. 83 84.. note:: 85 The compiler that generates the offload code should be the same (version) as 86 the compiler that builds the OpenMP device runtimes. The OpenMP host runtime 87 can be built by a different compiler. 88 89.. _advanced_builds: https://llvm.org//docs/AdvancedBuilds.html 90 91.. _build_nvidia_offload_capable_compiler: 92 93Q: How to build an OpenMP Nvidia offload capable compiler? 94^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 95The Cuda SDK is required on the machine that will execute the openmp application. 96 97If your build machine is not the target machine or automatic detection of the 98available GPUs failed, you should also set: 99 100- ``LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_ARCHITECTURES='sm_<xy>;...'`` where ``<xy>`` is the numeric 101 compute capability of your GPU. For instance, set 102 ``LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_ARCHITECTURES='sm_70;sm_80'`` to target the Nvidia Volta 103 and Ampere architectures. 104 105 106.. _build_amdgpu_offload_capable_compiler: 107 108Q: How to build an OpenMP AMDGPU offload capable compiler? 109^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 110A subset of the `ROCm <https://github.com/radeonopencompute>`_ toolchain is 111required to build the LLVM toolchain and to execute the openmp application. 112Either install ROCm somewhere that cmake's find_package can locate it, or 113build the required subcomponents ROCt and ROCr from source. 114 115The two components used are ROCT-Thunk-Interface, roct, and ROCR-Runtime, rocr. 116Roct is the userspace part of the linux driver. It calls into the driver which 117ships with the linux kernel. It is an implementation detail of Rocr from 118OpenMP's perspective. Rocr is an implementation of `HSA 119<http://www.hsafoundation.com>`_. 120 121.. code-block:: text 122 123 SOURCE_DIR=same-as-llvm-source # e.g. the checkout of llvm-project, next to openmp 124 BUILD_DIR=somewhere 125 INSTALL_PREFIX=same-as-llvm-install 126 127 cd $SOURCE_DIR 128 git clone git@github.com:RadeonOpenCompute/ROCT-Thunk-Interface.git -b roc-4.2.x \ 129 --single-branch 130 git clone git@github.com:RadeonOpenCompute/ROCR-Runtime.git -b rocm-4.2.x \ 131 --single-branch 132 133 cd $BUILD_DIR && mkdir roct && cd roct 134 cmake $SOURCE_DIR/ROCT-Thunk-Interface/ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_PREFIX \ 135 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF 136 make && make install 137 138 cd $BUILD_DIR && mkdir rocr && cd rocr 139 cmake $SOURCE_DIR/ROCR-Runtime/src -DIMAGE_SUPPORT=OFF \ 140 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_PREFIX -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ 141 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON 142 make && make install 143 144``IMAGE_SUPPORT`` requires building rocr with clang and is not used by openmp. 145 146Provided cmake's find_package can find the ROCR-Runtime package, LLVM will 147build a tool ``bin/amdgpu-arch`` which will print a string like ``gfx906`` when 148run if it recognises a GPU on the local system. LLVM will also build a shared 149library, libomptarget.rtl.amdgpu.so, which is linked against rocr. 150 151With those libraries installed, then LLVM build and installed, try: 152 153.. code-block:: shell 154 155 clang -O2 -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa example.c -o example && ./example 156 157If your build machine is not the target machine or automatic detection of the 158available GPUs failed, you should also set: 159 160- ``LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_ARCHITECTURES='gfx<xyz>;...'`` where ``<xyz>`` is the 161 shader core instruction set architecture. For instance, set 162 ``LIBOMPTARGET_DEVICE_ARCHITECTURES='gfx906;gfx90a'`` to target AMD GCN5 163 and CDNA2 devices. 164 165Q: What are the known limitations of OpenMP AMDGPU offload? 166^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 167LD_LIBRARY_PATH or rpath/runpath are required to find libomp.so and libomptarget.so 168 169There is no libc. That is, malloc and printf do not exist. Libm is implemented in terms 170of the rocm device library, which will be searched for if linking with '-lm'. 171 172Some versions of the driver for the radeon vii (gfx906) will error unless the 173environment variable 'export HSA_IGNORE_SRAMECC_MISREPORT=1' is set. 174 175It is a recent addition to LLVM and the implementation differs from that which 176has been shipping in ROCm and AOMP for some time. Early adopters will encounter 177bugs. 178 179Q: What are the LLVM components used in offloading and how are they found? 180^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 181The libraries used by an executable compiled for target offloading are: 182 183- ``libomp.so`` (or similar), the host openmp runtime 184- ``libomptarget.so``, the target-agnostic target offloading openmp runtime 185- plugins loaded by libomptarget.so: 186 187 - ``libomptarget.rtl.amdgpu.so`` 188 - ``libomptarget.rtl.cuda.so`` 189 - ``libomptarget.rtl.x86_64.so`` 190 - ``libomptarget.rtl.ve.so`` 191 - and others 192 193- dependencies of those plugins, e.g. cuda/rocr for nvptx/amdgpu 194 195The compiled executable is dynamically linked against a host runtime, e.g. 196``libomp.so``, and against the target offloading runtime, ``libomptarget.so``. These 197are found like any other dynamic library, by setting rpath or runpath on the 198executable, by setting ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH``, or by adding them to the system search. 199 200``libomptarget.so`` is only supported to work with the associated ``clang`` 201compiler. On systems with globally installed ``libomptarget.so`` this can be 202problematic. For this reason it is recommended to use a `Clang configuration 203file <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html#configuration-files>`__ to 204automatically configure the environment. For example, store the following file 205as ``openmp.cfg`` next to your ``clang`` executable. 206 207.. code-block:: text 208 209 # Library paths for OpenMP offloading. 210 -L '<CFGDIR>/../lib' 211 -Wl,-rpath='<CFGDIR>/../lib' 212 213The plugins will try to find their dependencies in plugin-dependent fashion. 214 215The cuda plugin is dynamically linked against libcuda if cmake found it at 216compiler build time. Otherwise it will attempt to dlopen ``libcuda.so``. It does 217not have rpath set. 218 219The amdgpu plugin is linked against ROCr if cmake found it at compiler build 220time. Otherwise it will attempt to dlopen ``libhsa-runtime64.so``. It has rpath 221set to ``$ORIGIN``, so installing ``libhsa-runtime64.so`` in the same directory is a 222way to locate it without environment variables. 223 224In addition to those, there is a compiler runtime library called deviceRTL. 225This is compiled from mostly common code into an architecture specific 226bitcode library, e.g. ``libomptarget-nvptx-sm_70.bc``. 227 228Clang and the deviceRTL need to match closely as the interface between them 229changes frequently. Using both from the same monorepo checkout is strongly 230recommended. 231 232Unlike the host side which lets environment variables select components, the 233deviceRTL that is located in the clang lib directory is preferred. Only if 234it is absent, the ``LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable is searched to find a 235bitcode file with the right name. This can be overridden by passing a clang 236flag, ``--libomptarget-nvptx-bc-path`` or ``--libomptarget-amdgcn-bc-path``. That 237can specify a directory or an exact bitcode file to use. 238 239 240Q: Does OpenMP offloading support work in pre-packaged LLVM releases? 241^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 242For now, the answer is most likely *no*. Please see :ref:`build_offload_capable_compiler`. 243 244Q: Does OpenMP offloading support work in packages distributed as part of my OS? 245^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 246For now, the answer is most likely *no*. Please see :ref:`build_offload_capable_compiler`. 247 248 249.. _math_and_complex_in_target_regions: 250 251Q: Does Clang support `<math.h>` and `<complex.h>` operations in OpenMP target on GPUs? 252^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 253 254Yes, LLVM/Clang allows math functions and complex arithmetic inside of OpenMP 255target regions that are compiled for GPUs. 256 257Clang provides a set of wrapper headers that are found first when `math.h` and 258`complex.h`, for C, `cmath` and `complex`, for C++, or similar headers are 259included by the application. These wrappers will eventually include the system 260version of the corresponding header file after setting up a target device 261specific environment. The fact that the system header is included is important 262because they differ based on the architecture and operating system and may 263contain preprocessor, variable, and function definitions that need to be 264available in the target region regardless of the targeted device architecture. 265However, various functions may require specialized device versions, e.g., 266`sin`, and others are only available on certain devices, e.g., `__umul64hi`. To 267provide "native" support for math and complex on the respective architecture, 268Clang will wrap the "native" math functions, e.g., as provided by the device 269vendor, in an OpenMP begin/end declare variant. These functions will then be 270picked up instead of the host versions while host only variables and function 271definitions are still available. Complex arithmetic and functions are support 272through a similar mechanism. It is worth noting that this support requires 273`extensions to the OpenMP begin/end declare variant context selector 274<https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#pragma-omp-declare-variant>`__ 275that are exposed through LLVM/Clang to the user as well. 276 277Q: What is a way to debug errors from mapping memory to a target device? 278^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 279 280An experimental way to debug these errors is to use :ref:`remote process 281offloading <remote_offloading_plugin>`. 282By using ``libomptarget.rtl.rpc.so`` and ``openmp-offloading-server``, it is 283possible to explicitly perform memory transfers between processes on the host 284CPU and run sanitizers while doing so in order to catch these errors. 285 286Q: Can I use dynamically linked libraries with OpenMP offloading? 287^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 288 289Dynamically linked libraries can be only used if there is no device code split 290between the library and application. Anything declared on the device inside the 291shared library will not be visible to the application when it's linked. 292 293Q: How to build an OpenMP offload capable compiler with an outdated host compiler? 294^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 295 296Enabling the OpenMP runtime will perform a two-stage build for you. 297If your host compiler is different from your system-wide compiler, you may need 298to set ``CMAKE_{C,CXX}_FLAGS`` like 299``--gcc-install-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12`` so that clang will be 300able to find the correct GCC toolchain in the second stage of the build. 301 302For example, if your system-wide GCC installation is too old to build LLVM and 303you would like to use a newer GCC, set ``--gcc-install-dir=`` 304to inform clang of the GCC installation you would like to use in the second stage. 305 306Q: How can I include OpenMP offloading support in my CMake project? 307^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 308 309Currently, there is an experimental CMake find module for OpenMP target 310offloading provided by LLVM. It will attempt to find OpenMP target offloading 311support for your compiler. The flags necessary for OpenMP target offloading will 312be loaded into the ``OpenMPTarget::OpenMPTarget_<device>`` target or the 313``OpenMPTarget_<device>_FLAGS`` variable if successful. Currently supported 314devices are ``AMDGPU`` and ``NVPTX``. 315 316To use this module, simply add the path to CMake's current module path and call 317``find_package``. The module will be installed with your OpenMP installation by 318default. Including OpenMP offloading support in an application should now only 319require a few additions. 320 321.. code-block:: cmake 322 323 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20.0) 324 project(offloadTest VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES CXX) 325 326 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PATH_TO_OPENMP_INSTALL}/lib/cmake/openmp") 327 328 find_package(OpenMPTarget REQUIRED NVPTX) 329 330 add_executable(offload) 331 target_link_libraries(offload PRIVATE OpenMPTarget::OpenMPTarget_NVPTX) 332 target_sources(offload PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/Main.cpp) 333 334Using this module requires at least CMake version 3.20.0. Supported languages 335are C and C++ with Fortran support planned in the future. Compiler support is 336best for Clang but this module should work for other compiler vendors such as 337IBM, GNU. 338 339Q: What does 'Stack size for entry function cannot be statically determined' mean? 340^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 341 342This is a warning that the Nvidia tools will sometimes emit if the offloading 343region is too complex. Normally, the CUDA tools attempt to statically determine 344how much stack memory each thread. This way when the kernel is launched each 345thread will have as much memory as it needs. If the control flow of the kernel 346is too complex, containing recursive calls or nested parallelism, this analysis 347can fail. If this warning is triggered it means that the kernel may run out of 348stack memory during execution and crash. The environment variable 349``LIBOMPTARGET_STACK_SIZE`` can be used to increase the stack size if this 350occurs. 351 352Q: Can OpenMP offloading compile for multiple architectures? 353^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 354 355Since LLVM version 15.0, OpenMP offloading supports offloading to multiple 356architectures at once. This allows for executables to be run on different 357targets, such as offloading to AMD and NVIDIA GPUs simultaneously, as well as 358multiple sub-architectures for the same target. Additionally, static libraries 359will only extract archive members if an architecture is used, allowing users to 360create generic libraries. 361 362The architecture can either be specified manually using ``--offload-arch=``. If 363``--offload-arch=`` is present no ``-fopenmp-targets=`` flag is present then the 364targets will be inferred from the architectures. Conversely, if 365``--fopenmp-targets=`` is present with no ``--offload-arch`` then the target 366architecture will be set to a default value, usually the architecture supported 367by the system LLVM was built on. 368 369For example, an executable can be built that runs on AMDGPU and NVIDIA hardware 370given that the necessary build tools are installed for both. 371 372.. code-block:: shell 373 374 clang example.c -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a --offload-arch=sm_80 375 376If just given the architectures we should be able to infer the triples, 377otherwise we can specify them manually. 378 379.. code-block:: shell 380 381 clang example.c -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa,nvptx64-nvidia-cuda \ 382 -Xopenmp-target=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa --offload-arch=gfx90a \ 383 -Xopenmp-target=nvptx64-nvidia-cuda --offload-arch=sm_80 384 385When linking against a static library that contains device code for multiple 386architectures, only the images used by the executable will be extracted. 387 388.. code-block:: shell 389 390 clang example.c -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a,gfx90a,sm_70,sm_80 -c 391 llvm-ar rcs libexample.a example.o 392 clang app.c -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a -o app 393 394The supported device images can be viewed using the ``--offloading`` option with 395``llvm-objdump``. 396 397.. code-block:: shell 398 399 clang example.c -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a --offload-arch=sm_80 -o example 400 llvm-objdump --offloading example 401 402 a.out: file format elf64-x86-64 403 404 OFFLOADING IMAGE [0]: 405 kind elf 406 arch gfx90a 407 triple amdgcn-amd-amdhsa 408 producer openmp 409 410 OFFLOADING IMAGE [1]: 411 kind elf 412 arch sm_80 413 triple nvptx64-nvidia-cuda 414 producer openmp 415 416Q: Can I link OpenMP offloading with CUDA or HIP? 417^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 418 419OpenMP offloading files can currently be experimentally linked with CUDA and HIP 420files. This will allow OpenMP to call a CUDA device function or vice-versa. 421However, the global state will be distinct between the two images at runtime. 422This means any global variables will potentially have different values when 423queried from OpenMP or CUDA. 424 425Linking CUDA and HIP currently requires enabling a different compilation mode 426for CUDA / HIP with ``--offload-new-driver`` and to link using 427``--offload-link``. Additionally, ``-fgpu-rdc`` must be used to create a 428linkable device image. 429 430.. code-block:: shell 431 432 clang++ openmp.cpp -fopenmp --offload-arch=sm_80 -c 433 clang++ cuda.cu --offload-new-driver --offload-arch=sm_80 -fgpu-rdc -c 434 clang++ openmp.o cuda.o --offload-link -o app 435 436Q: Are libomptarget and plugins backward compatible? 437^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 438 439No. libomptarget and plugins are now built as LLVM libraries starting from LLVM 44015. Because LLVM libraries are not backward compatible, libomptarget and plugins 441are not as well. Given that fact, the interfaces between 1) the Clang compiler 442and libomptarget, 2) the Clang compiler and device runtime library, and 4433) libomptarget and plugins are not guaranteed to be compatible with an earlier 444version. Users are responsible for ensuring compatibility when not using the 445Clang compiler and runtime libraries from the same build. Nevertheless, in order 446to better support third-party libraries and toolchains that depend on existing 447libomptarget entry points, contributors are discouraged from making 448modifications to them. 449 450Q: Can I use libc functions on the GPU? 451^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 452 453LLVM provides basic ``libc`` functionality through the LLVM C Library. For 454building instructions, refer to the associated `LLVM libc documentation 455<https://libc.llvm.org/gpu/using.html#building-the-gpu-library>`_. Once built, 456this provides a static library called ``libcgpu.a``. See the documentation for a 457list of `supported functions <https://libc.llvm.org/gpu/support.html>`_ as well. 458To utilize these functions, simply link this library as any other when building 459with OpenMP. 460 461.. code-block:: shell 462 463 clang++ openmp.cpp -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx90a -lcgpu 464 465For more information on how this is implemented in LLVM/OpenMP's offloading 466runtime, refer to the `runtime documentation <libomptarget_libc>`_. 467 468Q: What command line options can I use for OpenMP? 469^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 470We recommend taking a look at the OpenMP 471:doc:`command line argument reference <CommandLineArgumentReference>` page. 472 473Q: Can I build the offloading runtimes without CUDA or HSA? 474^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 475By default, the offloading runtime will load the associated vendor runtime 476during initialization rather than directly linking against them. This allows the 477program to be built and run on many machine. If you wish to directly link 478against these libraries, use the ``LIBOMPTARGET_DLOPEN_PLUGINS=""`` option to 479suppress it for each plugin. The default value is every plugin enabled with 480``LIBOMPTARGET_PLUGINS_TO_BUILD``. 481 482Q: Why is my build taking a long time? 483^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 484When installing OpenMP and other LLVM components, the build time on multicore 485systems can be significantly reduced with parallel build jobs. As suggested in 486*LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices*, one could consider using ``ninja`` as the 487generator. This can be done with the CMake option ``cmake -G Ninja``. Afterward, 488use ``ninja install`` and specify the number of parallel jobs with ``-j``. The build 489time can also be reduced by setting the build type to ``Release`` with the 490``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`` option. Recompilation can also be sped up by caching previous 491compilations. Consider enabling ``Ccache`` with 492``CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache``. 493 494Q: Did this FAQ not answer your question? 495^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 496Feel free to post questions or browse old threads at 497`LLVM Discourse <https://discourse.llvm.org/c/runtimes/openmp/>`__. 498