Implementing PARALLEL construct#

#pragma omp parallel
{
  body;
}

becomes

void subfunction (void *data)
{
  use data;
  body;
}

setup data;
GOMP_parallel_start (subfunction, &data, num_threads);
subfunction (&data);
GOMP_parallel_end ();
void GOMP_parallel_start (void (*fn)(void *), void *data, unsigned num_threads)

The FN argument is the subfunction to be run in parallel.

The DATA argument is a pointer to a structure used to communicate data in and out of the subfunction, as discussed above with respect to FIRSTPRIVATE et al.

The NUM_THREADS argument is 1 if an IF clause is present and false, or the value of the NUM_THREADS clause, if present, or 0.

The function needs to create the appropriate number of threads and/or launch them from the dock. It needs to create the team structure and assign team ids.

void GOMP_parallel_end (void)

Tears down the team and returns us to the previous omp_in_parallel() state.