loop pragma

Controls how loop code is to be considered by the auto-parallelizer, or excludes a loop from consideration by the auto-vectorizer.

Syntax

#pragma loop( hint_parallel( n ) )
#pragma loop( no_vector )
#pragma loop( ivdep )

Parameters

hint_parallel( n )
A hint to the compiler that this loop should be parallelized across n threads, where n is a positive integer literal or zero. If n is zero, the maximum number of threads is used at run time. It's a hint to the compiler, not a command. There's no guarantee that the loop will be parallelized. If the loop has data dependencies, or structural issues, then it won't be parallelized. For example, it isn't parallelized if it stores to a scalar that's used beyond the loop body.

The compiler ignores this option unless the /Qpar compiler switch is specified.

no_vector
By default, the auto-vectorizer attempts to vectorize all loops that it evaluates may benefit from it. Specify this pragma to disable the auto-vectorizer for the loop that follows.

ivdep
A hint to the compiler to ignore vector dependencies for this loop.

Remarks

To use the loop pragma, place it immediately before, not in, a loop definition. The pragma takes effect for the scope of the loop that follows it. You can apply multiple pragma directives to a loop, in any order, but you must state each one in a separate pragma statement.

See also

Auto-parallelization and auto-vectorization
Pragma directives and the __pragma and _Pragma keywords