critical
Specifies that code is only be executed on one thread at a time.
Syntax
#pragma omp critical [(name)]
{
code_block
}
Remarks
where,
(name) (optional)
A name to identify the critical code. Note that name must be enclosed in parentheses.
Remarks
The critical directive supports no OpenMP clauses.
For more information, see 2.6.2 critical Construct.
Example
// omp_critical.cpp
// compile with: /openmp
#include <omp.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define SIZE 10
int main()
{
int i;
int max;
int a[SIZE];
for (i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
{
a[i] = rand();
printf_s("%d\n", a[i]);
}
max = a[0];
#pragma omp parallel for num_threads(4)
for (i = 1; i < SIZE; i++)
{
if (a[i] > max)
{
#pragma omp critical
{
// compare a[i] and max again because max
// could have been changed by another thread after
// the comparison outside the critical section
if (a[i] > max)
max = a[i];
}
}
}
printf_s("max = %d\n", max);
}
41
18467
6334
26500
19169
15724
11478
29358
26962
24464
max = 29358