Compiler Error C3020

'var' : index variable of OpenMP 'for' loop cannot be modified in loop body

An OpenMP for loop may not modify the index (loop counter) in the body of the for loop.

The following sample generates C3020:

// C3020.cpp
// compile with: /openmp
int main() {
   int i = 0, n = 3;

   #pragma omp parallel
   {
      #pragma omp for
      for (i = 0; i < 10; i += n)
         i *= 2;   // C3020
         // try the following line instead
         // n++;
   }
}

A variable declared with lastprivate cannot be used as the index inside a parallelized loop.

The following sample will give C3020 for the second lastprivate because that lastprivate will trigger a write to idx_a within the outermost for loop. The first lastprivate doesn't give an error because that lastprivate triggers a write to idx_a outside the outermost for loop (technically, at the very end of the last iteration). The following sample generates C3020.

// C3020b.cpp
// compile with: /openmp /c
float a[100][100];
int idx_a, idx_b;
void test(int first, int last)
{
   #pragma omp parallel for lastprivate(idx_a)
   for (idx_a = first; idx_a <= last; ++idx_a) {
      #pragma omp parallel for lastprivate(idx_a)   // C3020
      for (idx_b = first; idx_b <= last; ++idx_b) {
         a[idx_a][idx_b] += 1.0f;
      }
   }
}

The following sample demonstrates a possible resolution:

// C3020c.cpp
// compile with: /openmp /c
float a[100][100];
int idx_a, idx_b;
void test(int first, int last)
{
   #pragma omp parallel for lastprivate(idx_a)
   for (idx_a = first; idx_a <= last; ++idx_a) {
      #pragma omp parallel for lastprivate(idx_b)
      for (idx_b = first; idx_b <= last; ++idx_b) {
         a[idx_a][idx_b] += 1.0f;
      }
   }
}