From 51d31fae40b296f4c1ccb19f29c63263fd08e3be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Noah S. Elliott" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 15:16:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add release notes content --- RELEASE-NOTES | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 74453be91..773ee758d 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ has been added. Summary of what's changed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -1) +1) The "minimum_patch_load" optional input parameter in load balancing classes +CascadePartitioner and TreeLoadBalance has been changed to +"artificial_minimum_load". ***************************************************************************** @@ -75,7 +77,20 @@ has been added. Caliper can be used for code annotations to enable performance Details about what's changed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -3) +1) The "minimum_patch_load" optional input parameter in load balancing classes +CascadePartitioner and TreeLoadBalance has been changed to +"artificial_minimum_load". This parameter, if used, sets a value that +gives an artificially larger load value to small boxes that are provided +to or created by the load balancer classes. If a box's size is less than +the value given by this parameter, the load balancer algorithm will treat +it as if its size is the artificial minimum load value. + +The purpose of this parameter is to reduce the likelihood of gathering large +numbers of small patches on individual ranks. A user may use this parameter +in situations when they may prefer a more equal balance of the patch count +across ranks and are willing to create an unequal balance of the zone count +to achieve that goal. + =============================================================================