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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+const int m_rows = 40000;
+const int m_cols = 40000;
+const int threads_to_use = 8;
+
+_Atomic int hv = 0;
+int **matrix;
+
+typedef struct{
+ int start;
+ int end;
+} thread_args;
+
+void* parallel_search_cols(void *arg){
+ thread_args *args = (thread_args *)arg;
+ int local_hv = 0;
+ for(int r = 0; r < m_rows; r++){
+ for(int c = args->start; c < args->end; c++){
+ if(matrix[r][c] > local_hv){
+ local_hv = matrix[r][c];
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if(local_hv > hv){
+ hv = local_hv;
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+void run_parallel_search(int num_threads) {
+ pthread_t *threads = malloc(num_threads * sizeof(pthread_t));
+ thread_args *args = malloc(num_threads * sizeof(thread_args));
+
+ if (threads == NULL || args == NULL) {
+ perror("Failed to allocate memory for threads");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ int chunk_size = m_cols / num_threads;
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
+ args[i].start = i * chunk_size;
+ if (i == num_threads - 1) {
+ args[i].end = m_cols;
+ } else {
+ args[i].end = (i + 1) * chunk_size;
+ }
+ if (pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, ¶llel_search_cols, &args[i]) != 0) {
+ perror("Failed to create thread");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; i++) {
+ pthread_join(threads[i], NULL);
+ }
+ free(threads);
+ free(args);
+}
+
+void init_parallel_matrix(int num_threads){
+ for(int r = 0; r < m_rows; r++){
+ for(int c = 0; c < m_cols; c++){
+ matrix[r][c] = r*m_cols+c;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+int main(void){
+ printf("1st --> Allocate memory\n");
+ clock_t t_t1; t_t1 = clock();
+ size_t rows_size = m_rows * sizeof(int*);
+ matrix = malloc(rows_size);
+ if(matrix == NULL){
+ perror("malloc failled");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ size_t data_size = (size_t)m_rows * m_cols * sizeof(int);
+ int *data;
+ if(posix_memalign((void**)&data, 64, data_size) != 0){
+ perror("not able to alocate memory");
+ free(matrix);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ t_t1 = clock() - t_t1;
+ double t1_ttaken = ((double)t_t1)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+ printf(" %f sec\n",t1_ttaken);
+
+ printf("2nd --> Populate the matrix\n");
+ clock_t t_t2; t_t2 = clock();
+ for(int r = 0; r<m_rows;r++){
+ matrix[r] = data + r * m_cols;
+ }
+ init_parallel_matrix(threads_to_use);
+ t_t2 = clock() - t_t2;
+ double t2_ttaken = ((double)t_t2)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+ printf(" %f sec\n",t2_ttaken);
+
+ printf("3rd --> Search matrix\n");
+ clock_t t_t3; t_t3 = clock();
+ run_parallel_search(threads_to_use);
+ t_t3 = clock() - t_t3;
+ double t3_ttaken = ((double)t_t3)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+ printf(" %f sec\n",t3_ttaken);
+
+ printf("Done\n The biggest value found is %d \n", hv);
+ free(data);
+ free(matrix);
+ return 0;
+}