TEMANEJO - a debugger for task based parallel programming models

Abstract

We present the program Temanejo, a debugger for task based parallelisation models such as StarSs. The challenge in debugging StarSs applications lies in the fact that tasks are scheduled at runtime, i.e dynamically in accordance to the data dependencies between them. Our tool assists the programmer in the debugging process by visualising the task dependency graph and allowing to control the scheduling of tasks. The toolset consists of the library Ayudame which communicates with the StarSs runtime on one side and of the debugger Temanejo on the other side which communicates with Ayudame. Temanejo provides a graphical user interface with which the application can be analysed and controlled.