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+/*! \internal \file
+ *
+ * \brief Implements the MD runner routine calling all integrators.
+ *
+ * \author David van der Spoel <david.vanderspoel@icm.uu.se>
+ * \ingroup module_mdrun
+ */
+#include "gmxpre.h"
+
+#include "runner.h"
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cinttypes>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "gromacs/commandline/filenm.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/builder.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/domdec.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/domdec_struct.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/gpuhaloexchange.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/localatomsetmanager.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/makebondedlinks.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/partition.h"
+#include "gromacs/domdec/reversetopology.h"
+#include "gromacs/ewald/ewald_utils.h"
+#include "gromacs/ewald/pme.h"
+#include "gromacs/ewald/pme_gpu_program.h"
+#include "gromacs/ewald/pme_only.h"
+#include "gromacs/ewald/pme_pp_comm_gpu.h"
+#include "gromacs/fileio/checkpoint.h"
+#include "gromacs/fileio/gmxfio.h"
+#include "gromacs/fileio/oenv.h"
+#include "gromacs/fileio/tpxio.h"
+#include "gromacs/gmxlib/network.h"
+#include "gromacs/gmxlib/nrnb.h"
+#include "gromacs/gpu_utils/device_stream_manager.h"
+#include "gromacs/hardware/cpuinfo.h"
+#include "gromacs/hardware/detecthardware.h"
+#include "gromacs/hardware/device_management.h"
+#include "gromacs/hardware/hardwaretopology.h"
+#include "gromacs/hardware/printhardware.h"
+#include "gromacs/imd/imd.h"
+#include "gromacs/listed_forces/disre.h"
+#include "gromacs/listed_forces/listed_forces_gpu.h"
+#include "gromacs/listed_forces/listed_forces.h"
+#include "gromacs/listed_forces/orires.h"
+#include "gromacs/math/functions.h"
+#include "gromacs/math/utilities.h"
+#include "gromacs/math/vec.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/boxdeformation.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/broadcaststructs.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/calc_verletbuf.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/dispersioncorrection.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/enerdata_utils.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/force.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/forcerec.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/gmx_omp_nthreads.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/gpuforcereduction.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/makeconstraints.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/md_support.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/mdatoms.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/sighandler.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/stophandler.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/tgroup.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/updategroups.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdlib/vsite.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrun/mdmodules.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrun/simulationcontext.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrun/simulationinput.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrun/simulationinputhandle.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrunutility/handlerestart.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrunutility/logging.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrunutility/multisim.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrunutility/printtime.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdrunutility/threadaffinity.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/checkpointdata.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/commrec.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/enerdata.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/fcdata.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/forcerec.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/group.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/inputrec.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/interaction_const.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/md_enums.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/mdatom.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/mdrunoptions.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/multipletimestepping.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/observableshistory.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/observablesreducer.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/simulation_workload.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/state.h"
+#include "gromacs/mdtypes/state_propagator_data_gpu.h"
+#include "gromacs/modularsimulator/modularsimulator.h"
+#include "gromacs/nbnxm/gpu_data_mgmt.h"
+#include "gromacs/nbnxm/nbnxm.h"
+#include "gromacs/nbnxm/pairlist_tuning.h"
+#include "gromacs/pbcutil/pbc.h"
+#include "gromacs/pulling/output.h"
+#include "gromacs/pulling/pull.h"
+#include "gromacs/pulling/pull_rotation.h"
+#include "gromacs/restraint/manager.h"
+#include "gromacs/restraint/restraintmdmodule.h"
+#include "gromacs/restraint/restraintpotential.h"
+#include "gromacs/swap/swapcoords.h"
+#include "gromacs/taskassignment/decidegpuusage.h"
+#include "gromacs/taskassignment/decidesimulationworkload.h"
+#include "gromacs/taskassignment/resourcedivision.h"
+#include "gromacs/taskassignment/taskassignment.h"
+#include "gromacs/taskassignment/usergpuids.h"
+#include "gromacs/timing/gpu_timing.h"
+#include "gromacs/timing/wallcycle.h"
+#include "gromacs/timing/wallcyclereporting.h"
+#include "gromacs/topology/mtop_util.h"
+#include "gromacs/trajectory/trajectoryframe.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/basenetwork.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/cstringutil.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/exceptions.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/fatalerror.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/filestream.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/gmxassert.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/gmxmpi.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/keyvaluetree.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/logger.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/loggerbuilder.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/mdmodulesnotifiers.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/physicalnodecommunicator.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/pleasecite.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/programcontext.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/smalloc.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/stringutil.h"
+#include "gromacs/utility/mpiinfo.h"
+
+#include "isimulator.h"
+#include "membedholder.h"
+#include "replicaexchange.h"
+#include "simulatorbuilder.h"
+
+/* PLUMED */
+#include "../../../Plumed.h"
+int    plumedswitch;
+plumed plumedmain; 
+/* END PLUMED */
+
+/* PLUMED HREX */
+int plumed_hrex;
+/* END PLUMED HREX */
+
+namespace gmx
+{
+
+
+/*! \brief Manage any development feature flag variables encountered
+ *
+ * The use of dev features indicated by environment variables is
+ * logged in order to ensure that runs with such features enabled can
+ * be identified from their log and standard output. Any cross
+ * dependencies are also checked, and if unsatisfied, a fatal error
+ * issued.
+ *
+ * Note that some development features overrides are applied already here:
+ * the GPU communication flags are set to false in non-tMPI and non-CUDA builds.
+ *
+ * \param[in]  mdlog                Logger object.
+ * \param[in]  useGpuForNonbonded   True if the nonbonded task is offloaded in this run.
+ * \param[in]  pmeRunMode   Run mode indicating what resource is PME execured on.
+ * \param[in]  numRanksPerSimulation   The number of ranks in each simulation.
+ * \param[in]  numPmeRanksPerSimulation   The number of PME ranks in each simulation, can be -1
+ * \returns                         The object populated with development feature flags.
+ */
+static DevelopmentFeatureFlags manageDevelopmentFeatures(const gmx::MDLogger& mdlog,
+                                                         const bool           useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                         const PmeRunMode     pmeRunMode,
+                                                         const int            numRanksPerSimulation,
+                                                         const int numPmeRanksPerSimulation)
+{
+    DevelopmentFeatureFlags devFlags;
+
+    devFlags.enableGpuBufferOps = (GMX_GPU_CUDA || GMX_GPU_SYCL) && useGpuForNonbonded
+                                  && (getenv("GMX_USE_GPU_BUFFER_OPS") != nullptr);
+    devFlags.forceGpuUpdateDefault = (getenv("GMX_FORCE_UPDATE_DEFAULT_GPU") != nullptr) || GMX_FAHCORE;
+
+    // Flag use to enable GPU-aware MPI depenendent features such PME GPU decomposition
+    // GPU-aware MPI is marked available if it has been detected by GROMACS or detection fails but
+    // user wants to force its use
+    devFlags.canUseGpuAwareMpi = false;
+
+    // Direct GPU comm path is being used with GPU-aware MPI
+    // make sure underlying MPI implementation is GPU-aware
+
+    if (GMX_LIB_MPI && GMX_GPU_CUDA)
+    {
+        // Allow overriding the detection for GPU-aware MPI
+        GpuAwareMpiStatus gpuAwareMpiStatus = checkMpiCudaAwareSupport();
+        const bool        forceGpuAwareMpi  = gpuAwareMpiStatus == GpuAwareMpiStatus::Forced;
+        const bool haveDetectedGpuAwareMpi  = gpuAwareMpiStatus == GpuAwareMpiStatus::Supported;
+        if (getenv("GMX_FORCE_CUDA_AWARE_MPI") != nullptr)
+        {
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendText(
+                            "GMX_FORCE_CUDA_AWARE_MPI environment variable is inactive. "
+                            "Please use GMX_FORCE_GPU_AWARE_MPI instead.");
+        }
+
+        devFlags.canUseGpuAwareMpi = haveDetectedGpuAwareMpi || forceGpuAwareMpi;
+        if (getenv("GMX_ENABLE_DIRECT_GPU_COMM") != nullptr)
+        {
+            if (!haveDetectedGpuAwareMpi && forceGpuAwareMpi)
+            {
+                // GPU-aware support not detected in MPI library but, user has forced it's use
+                GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                        .asParagraph()
+                        .appendText(
+                                "This run has forced use of 'GPU-aware MPI', ie. 'CUDA-aware MPI'. "
+                                "However, GROMACS cannot determine if underlying MPI is GPU-aware. "
+                                "GROMACS recommends use of latest OpenMPI version for GPU-aware "
+                                "support. If you observe failures at runtime, try unsetting the "
+                                "GMX_FORCE_GPU_AWARE_MPI environment variable.");
+            }
+
+            if (devFlags.canUseGpuAwareMpi)
+            {
+                GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                        .asParagraph()
+                        .appendText(
+                                "GMX_ENABLE_DIRECT_GPU_COMM environment variable detected, "
+                                "enabling direct GPU communication using GPU-aware MPI.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                        .asParagraph()
+                        .appendText(
+                                "GPU-aware MPI was not detected, will not use direct GPU "
+                                "communication. GROMACS recommends use of latest OpenMPI version "
+                                "for GPU-aware support. If you are certain about GPU-aware support "
+                                "in your MPI library, you can force its use by setting the "
+                                "GMX_FORCE_GPU_AWARE_MPI environment variable. Note that such "
+                                "support is often called \"CUDA-aware MPI.\"");
+            }
+        }
+        else if (haveDetectedGpuAwareMpi)
+        {
+            // GPU-aware MPI was detected, let the user know that using it may improve performance
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendText(
+                            "GPU-aware MPI detected, but by default GROMACS will not "
+                            "make use the direct GPU communication capabilities of MPI. "
+                            "For improved performance try enabling the feature by setting "
+                            "the GMX_ENABLE_DIRECT_GPU_COMM environment variable.");
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (getenv("GMX_FORCE_GPU_AWARE_MPI") != nullptr)
+        {
+            // Cannot force use of GPU-aware MPI in this build configuration
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.info)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendText(
+                            "A CUDA build with an external MPI library is required in order to "
+                            "benefit from GMX_FORCE_GPU_AWARE_MPI. That environment variable is "
+                            "being ignored because such a build is not in use.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (devFlags.enableGpuBufferOps)
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendTextFormatted(
+                        "This run uses the 'GPU buffer ops' feature, enabled by the "
+                        "GMX_USE_GPU_BUFFER_OPS environment variable.");
+    }
+
+    if (devFlags.forceGpuUpdateDefault)
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendTextFormatted(
+                        "This run will default to '-update gpu' as requested by the "
+                        "GMX_FORCE_UPDATE_DEFAULT_GPU environment variable.");
+    }
+
+    // PME decomposition is supported only with CUDA-backend in mixed mode
+    // CUDA-backend also needs GPU-aware MPI support for decomposition to work
+    const bool pmeGpuDecompositionRequested =
+            (pmeRunMode == PmeRunMode::GPU || pmeRunMode == PmeRunMode::Mixed)
+            && ((numRanksPerSimulation > 1 && numPmeRanksPerSimulation == 0)
+                || numPmeRanksPerSimulation > 1);
+    const bool pmeGpuDecompositionSupported =
+            (devFlags.canUseGpuAwareMpi && pmeRunMode == PmeRunMode::Mixed);
+
+    const bool forcePmeGpuDecomposition = getenv("GMX_GPU_PME_DECOMPOSITION") != nullptr;
+
+    if (pmeGpuDecompositionSupported && pmeGpuDecompositionRequested)
+    {
+        // PME decomposition is supported only when it is forced using GMX_GPU_PME_DECOMPOSITION
+        if (forcePmeGpuDecomposition)
+        {
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendTextFormatted(
+                            "This run has requested the 'GPU PME decomposition' feature, enabled "
+                            "by the GMX_GPU_PME_DECOMPOSITION environment variable. "
+                            "PME decomposition lacks substantial testing "
+                            "and should be used with caution.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                      "Multiple PME tasks were required to run on GPUs, "
+                      "but that is not supported. "
+                      "Use GMX_GPU_PME_DECOMPOSITION environment variable to enable it.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!pmeGpuDecompositionSupported && pmeGpuDecompositionRequested)
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                  "PME tasks were required to run on GPUs, but that is not implemented with "
+                  "more than one PME rank. Use a single rank simulation, or a separate PME rank, "
+                  "or permit PME tasks to be assigned to the CPU.");
+    }
+
+    devFlags.enableGpuPmeDecomposition =
+            forcePmeGpuDecomposition && pmeGpuDecompositionRequested && pmeGpuDecompositionSupported;
+
+    return devFlags;
+}
+
+/*! \brief Barrier for safe simultaneous thread access to mdrunner data
+ *
+ * Used to ensure that the master thread does not modify mdrunner during copy
+ * on the spawned threads. */
+static void threadMpiMdrunnerAccessBarrier()
+{
+#if GMX_THREAD_MPI
+    MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+#endif
+}
+
+Mdrunner Mdrunner::cloneOnSpawnedThread() const
+{
+    auto newRunner = Mdrunner(std::make_unique<MDModules>());
+
+    // All runners in the same process share a restraint manager resource because it is
+    // part of the interface to the client code, which is associated only with the
+    // original thread. Handles to the same resources can be obtained by copy.
+    {
+        newRunner.restraintManager_ = std::make_unique<RestraintManager>(*restraintManager_);
+    }
+
+    // Copy members of master runner.
+    // \todo Replace with builder when Simulation context and/or runner phases are better defined.
+    // Ref https://gitlab.com/gromacs/gromacs/-/issues/2587 and https://gitlab.com/gromacs/gromacs/-/issues/2375
+    newRunner.hw_opt    = hw_opt;
+    newRunner.filenames = filenames;
+
+    newRunner.hwinfo_         = hwinfo_;
+    newRunner.oenv            = oenv;
+    newRunner.mdrunOptions    = mdrunOptions;
+    newRunner.domdecOptions   = domdecOptions;
+    newRunner.nbpu_opt        = nbpu_opt;
+    newRunner.pme_opt         = pme_opt;
+    newRunner.pme_fft_opt     = pme_fft_opt;
+    newRunner.bonded_opt      = bonded_opt;
+    newRunner.update_opt      = update_opt;
+    newRunner.nstlist_cmdline = nstlist_cmdline;
+    newRunner.replExParams    = replExParams;
+    newRunner.pforce          = pforce;
+    // Give the spawned thread the newly created valid communicator
+    // for the simulation.
+    newRunner.libraryWorldCommunicator = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+    newRunner.simulationCommunicator   = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+    newRunner.ms                       = ms;
+    newRunner.startingBehavior         = startingBehavior;
+    newRunner.stopHandlerBuilder_      = std::make_unique<StopHandlerBuilder>(*stopHandlerBuilder_);
+    newRunner.inputHolder_             = inputHolder_;
+
+    threadMpiMdrunnerAccessBarrier();
+
+    return newRunner;
+}
+
+/*! \brief The callback used for running on spawned threads.
+ *
+ * Obtains the pointer to the master mdrunner object from the one
+ * argument permitted to the thread-launch API call, copies it to make
+ * a new runner for this thread, reinitializes necessary data, and
+ * proceeds to the simulation. */
+static void mdrunner_start_fn(const void* arg)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        const auto* masterMdrunner = reinterpret_cast<const gmx::Mdrunner*>(arg);
+        /* copy the arg list to make sure that it's thread-local. This
+           doesn't copy pointed-to items, of course; fnm, cr and fplog
+           are reset in the call below, all others should be const. */
+        gmx::Mdrunner mdrunner = masterMdrunner->cloneOnSpawnedThread();
+        mdrunner.mdrunner();
+    }
+    GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+}
+
+
+void Mdrunner::spawnThreads(int numThreadsToLaunch)
+{
+#if GMX_THREAD_MPI
+    /* now spawn new threads that start mdrunner_start_fn(), while
+       the main thread returns. Thread affinity is handled later. */
+    if (tMPI_Init_fn(TRUE, numThreadsToLaunch, TMPI_AFFINITY_NONE, mdrunner_start_fn, static_cast<const void*>(this))
+        != TMPI_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::InternalError("Failed to spawn thread-MPI threads"));
+    }
+
+    // Give the master thread the newly created valid communicator for
+    // the simulation.
+    libraryWorldCommunicator = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+    simulationCommunicator   = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
+    threadMpiMdrunnerAccessBarrier();
+#else
+    GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(numThreadsToLaunch);
+    GMX_UNUSED_VALUE(mdrunner_start_fn);
+#endif
+}
+
+} // namespace gmx
+
+/*! \brief Initialize variables for Verlet scheme simulation */
+static void prepare_verlet_scheme(FILE*               fplog,
+                                  t_commrec*          cr,
+                                  t_inputrec*         ir,
+                                  int                 nstlist_cmdline,
+                                  const gmx_mtop_t&   mtop,
+                                  const matrix        box,
+                                  bool                makeGpuPairList,
+                                  const gmx::CpuInfo& cpuinfo)
+{
+    // We checked the cut-offs in grompp, but double-check here.
+    // We have PME+LJcutoff kernels for rcoulomb>rvdw.
+    if (EEL_PME_EWALD(ir->coulombtype) && ir->vdwtype == VanDerWaalsType::Cut)
+    {
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(ir->rcoulomb >= ir->rvdw,
+                           "With Verlet lists and PME we should have rcoulomb>=rvdw");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(ir->rcoulomb == ir->rvdw,
+                           "With Verlet lists and no PME rcoulomb and rvdw should be identical");
+    }
+    /* For NVE simulations, we will retain the initial list buffer */
+    if (EI_DYNAMICS(ir->eI) && ir->verletbuf_tol > 0
+        && !(EI_MD(ir->eI) && ir->etc == TemperatureCoupling::No))
+    {
+        /* Update the Verlet buffer size for the current run setup */
+
+        /* Here we assume SIMD-enabled kernels are being used. But as currently
+         * calc_verlet_buffer_size gives the same results for 4x8 and 4x4
+         * and 4x2 gives a larger buffer than 4x4, this is ok.
+         */
+        ListSetupType listType =
+                (makeGpuPairList ? ListSetupType::Gpu : ListSetupType::CpuSimdWhenSupported);
+        VerletbufListSetup listSetup = verletbufGetSafeListSetup(listType);
+
+        const real rlist_new =
+                calcVerletBufferSize(mtop, det(box), *ir, ir->nstlist, ir->nstlist - 1, -1, listSetup);
+
+        if (rlist_new != ir->rlist)
+        {
+            if (fplog != nullptr)
+            {
+                fprintf(fplog,
+                        "\nChanging rlist from %g to %g for non-bonded %dx%d atom kernels\n\n",
+                        ir->rlist,
+                        rlist_new,
+                        listSetup.cluster_size_i,
+                        listSetup.cluster_size_j);
+            }
+            ir->rlist = rlist_new;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (nstlist_cmdline > 0 && (!EI_DYNAMICS(ir->eI) || ir->verletbuf_tol <= 0))
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                  "Can not set nstlist without %s",
+                  !EI_DYNAMICS(ir->eI) ? "dynamics" : "verlet-buffer-tolerance");
+    }
+
+    if (EI_DYNAMICS(ir->eI))
+    {
+        /* Set or try nstlist values */
+        increaseNstlist(fplog, cr, ir, nstlist_cmdline, &mtop, box, makeGpuPairList, cpuinfo);
+    }
+}
+
+/*! \brief Override the nslist value in inputrec
+ *
+ * with value passed on the command line (if any)
+ */
+static void override_nsteps_cmdline(const gmx::MDLogger& mdlog, int64_t nsteps_cmdline, t_inputrec* ir)
+{
+    assert(ir);
+
+    /* override with anything else than the default -2 */
+    if (nsteps_cmdline > -2)
+    {
+        char sbuf_steps[STEPSTRSIZE];
+        char sbuf_msg[STRLEN];
+
+        ir->nsteps = nsteps_cmdline;
+        if (EI_DYNAMICS(ir->eI) && nsteps_cmdline != -1)
+        {
+            sprintf(sbuf_msg,
+                    "Overriding nsteps with value passed on the command line: %s steps, %.3g ps",
+                    gmx_step_str(nsteps_cmdline, sbuf_steps),
+                    fabs(nsteps_cmdline * ir->delta_t));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sprintf(sbuf_msg,
+                    "Overriding nsteps with value passed on the command line: %s steps",
+                    gmx_step_str(nsteps_cmdline, sbuf_steps));
+        }
+
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendText(sbuf_msg);
+    }
+    else if (nsteps_cmdline < -2)
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS, "Invalid nsteps value passed on the command line: %" PRId64, nsteps_cmdline);
+    }
+    /* Do nothing if nsteps_cmdline == -2 */
+}
+
+namespace gmx
+{
+
+/*! \brief Return whether GPU acceleration of nonbondeds is supported with the given settings.
+ *
+ * If not, and if a warning may be issued, logs a warning about
+ * falling back to CPU code. With thread-MPI, only the first
+ * call to this function should have \c issueWarning true. */
+static bool gpuAccelerationOfNonbondedIsUseful(const MDLogger&   mdlog,
+                                               const t_inputrec& ir,
+                                               const bool        issueWarning,
+                                               const bool        doRerun)
+{
+    bool        gpuIsUseful = true;
+    std::string warning;
+
+    if (ir.opts.ngener - ir.nwall > 1)
+    {
+        /* The GPU code does not support more than one energy group.
+         * If the user requested GPUs explicitly, a fatal error is given later.
+         */
+        gpuIsUseful = false;
+        if (!doRerun)
+        {
+            warning =
+                    "Multiple energy groups is not implemented for GPUs, falling back to the CPU. "
+                    "For better performance, run on the GPU without energy groups and then do "
+                    "gmx mdrun -rerun option on the trajectory with an energy group .tpr file.";
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* There are resource handling issues in the GPU code paths with MTS on anything else than only
+     * PME. Also those code paths need more testing.
+     */
+    MtsLevel mtsLevelOnlyPme;
+    mtsLevelOnlyPme.forceGroups.set(static_cast<int>(MtsForceGroups::LongrangeNonbonded));
+    if (ir.useMts && !(ir.mtsLevels.size() == 2 && ir.mtsLevels[1].forceGroups == mtsLevelOnlyPme.forceGroups))
+    {
+        gpuIsUseful = false;
+        warning     = gmx::formatString(
+                "Multiple time stepping is only supported with GPUs when MTS is only applied to %s "
+                "forces.",
+                mtsForceGroupNames[MtsForceGroups::LongrangeNonbonded].c_str());
+    }
+
+    if (EI_TPI(ir.eI))
+    {
+        gpuIsUseful = false;
+        warning     = "TPI is not implemented for GPUs.";
+    }
+
+    if (!gpuIsUseful && issueWarning)
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning).asParagraph().appendText(warning);
+    }
+
+    return gpuIsUseful;
+}
+
+//! Initializes the logger for mdrun.
+static gmx::LoggerOwner buildLogger(FILE* fplog, const bool isSimulationMasterRank)
+{
+    gmx::LoggerBuilder builder;
+    if (fplog != nullptr)
+    {
+        builder.addTargetFile(gmx::MDLogger::LogLevel::Info, fplog);
+    }
+    if (isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        builder.addTargetStream(gmx::MDLogger::LogLevel::Warning, &gmx::TextOutputFile::standardError());
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+}
+
+//! Make a TaskTarget from an mdrun argument string.
+static TaskTarget findTaskTarget(const char* optionString)
+{
+    TaskTarget returnValue = TaskTarget::Auto;
+
+    if (strncmp(optionString, "auto", 3) == 0)
+    {
+        returnValue = TaskTarget::Auto;
+    }
+    else if (strncmp(optionString, "cpu", 3) == 0)
+    {
+        returnValue = TaskTarget::Cpu;
+    }
+    else if (strncmp(optionString, "gpu", 3) == 0)
+    {
+        returnValue = TaskTarget::Gpu;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_ASSERT(false, "Option string should have been checked for sanity already");
+    }
+
+    return returnValue;
+}
+
+//! Finish run, aggregate data to print performance info.
+static void finish_run(FILE*                     fplog,
+                       const gmx::MDLogger&      mdlog,
+                       const t_commrec*          cr,
+                       const t_inputrec&         inputrec,
+                       t_nrnb                    nrnb[],
+                       gmx_wallcycle*            wcycle,
+                       gmx_walltime_accounting_t walltime_accounting,
+                       nonbonded_verlet_t*       nbv,
+                       const gmx_pme_t*          pme,
+                       gmx_bool                  bWriteStat)
+{
+    double delta_t = 0;
+    double nbfs = 0, mflop = 0;
+    double elapsed_time, elapsed_time_over_all_ranks, elapsed_time_over_all_threads,
+            elapsed_time_over_all_threads_over_all_ranks;
+    /* Control whether it is valid to print a report. Only the
+       simulation master may print, but it should not do so if the run
+       terminated e.g. before a scheduled reset step. This is
+       complicated by the fact that PME ranks are unaware of the
+       reason why they were sent a pmerecvqxFINISH. To avoid
+       communication deadlocks, we always do the communication for the
+       report, even if we've decided not to write the report, because
+       how long it takes to finish the run is not important when we've
+       decided not to report on the simulation performance.
+
+       Further, we only report performance for dynamical integrators,
+       because those are the only ones for which we plan to
+       consider doing any optimizations. */
+    bool printReport = EI_DYNAMICS(inputrec.eI) && SIMMASTER(cr);
+
+    if (printReport && !walltime_accounting_get_valid_finish(walltime_accounting))
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendText("Simulation ended prematurely, no performance report will be written.");
+        printReport = false;
+    }
+
+    t_nrnb*                 nrnb_tot;
+    std::unique_ptr<t_nrnb> nrnbTotalStorage;
+    if (cr->nnodes > 1)
+    {
+        nrnbTotalStorage = std::make_unique<t_nrnb>();
+        nrnb_tot         = nrnbTotalStorage.get();
+#if GMX_MPI
+        MPI_Allreduce(nrnb->n.data(), nrnb_tot->n.data(), eNRNB, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+#endif
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        nrnb_tot = nrnb;
+    }
+
+    elapsed_time = walltime_accounting_get_time_since_reset(walltime_accounting);
+    elapsed_time_over_all_threads =
+            walltime_accounting_get_time_since_reset_over_all_threads(walltime_accounting);
+    if (GMX_MPI && cr->nnodes > 1)
+    {
+#if GMX_MPI
+        /* reduce elapsed_time over all MPI ranks in the current simulation */
+        MPI_Allreduce(&elapsed_time, &elapsed_time_over_all_ranks, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+        elapsed_time_over_all_ranks /= cr->nnodes;
+        /* Reduce elapsed_time_over_all_threads over all MPI ranks in the
+         * current simulation. */
+        MPI_Allreduce(&elapsed_time_over_all_threads,
+                      &elapsed_time_over_all_threads_over_all_ranks,
+                      1,
+                      MPI_DOUBLE,
+                      MPI_SUM,
+                      cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+#endif
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        elapsed_time_over_all_ranks                  = elapsed_time;
+        elapsed_time_over_all_threads_over_all_ranks = elapsed_time_over_all_threads;
+    }
+
+    if (printReport)
+    {
+        print_flop(fplog, nrnb_tot, &nbfs, &mflop);
+    }
+
+    if (thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP) && haveDDAtomOrdering(*cr))
+    {
+        print_dd_statistics(cr, inputrec, fplog);
+    }
+
+    /* TODO Move the responsibility for any scaling by thread counts
+     * to the code that handled the thread region, so that there's a
+     * mechanism to keep cycle counting working during the transition
+     * to task parallelism. */
+    int nthreads_pp  = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Nonbonded);
+    int nthreads_pme = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Pme);
+    wallcycle_scale_by_num_threads(
+            wcycle, thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PME) && !thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP), nthreads_pp, nthreads_pme);
+    auto cycle_sum(wallcycle_sum(cr, wcycle));
+
+    if (printReport)
+    {
+        auto* nbnxn_gpu_timings =
+                (nbv != nullptr && nbv->useGpu()) ? Nbnxm::gpu_get_timings(nbv->gpu_nbv) : nullptr;
+        gmx_wallclock_gpu_pme_t pme_gpu_timings = {};
+
+        if (pme_gpu_task_enabled(pme))
+        {
+            pme_gpu_get_timings(pme, &pme_gpu_timings);
+        }
+        wallcycle_print(fplog,
+                        mdlog,
+                        cr->nnodes,
+                        cr->npmenodes,
+                        nthreads_pp,
+                        nthreads_pme,
+                        elapsed_time_over_all_ranks,
+                        wcycle,
+                        cycle_sum,
+                        nbnxn_gpu_timings,
+                        &pme_gpu_timings);
+
+        if (EI_DYNAMICS(inputrec.eI))
+        {
+            delta_t = inputrec.delta_t;
+        }
+
+        if (fplog)
+        {
+            print_perf(fplog,
+                       elapsed_time_over_all_threads_over_all_ranks,
+                       elapsed_time_over_all_ranks,
+                       walltime_accounting_get_nsteps_done_since_reset(walltime_accounting),
+                       delta_t,
+                       nbfs,
+                       mflop);
+        }
+        if (bWriteStat)
+        {
+            print_perf(stderr,
+                       elapsed_time_over_all_threads_over_all_ranks,
+                       elapsed_time_over_all_ranks,
+                       walltime_accounting_get_nsteps_done_since_reset(walltime_accounting),
+                       delta_t,
+                       nbfs,
+                       mflop);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int Mdrunner::mdrunner()
+{
+    matrix                      box;
+    std::unique_ptr<t_forcerec> fr;
+    real                        ewaldcoeff_q     = 0;
+    real                        ewaldcoeff_lj    = 0;
+    int                         nChargePerturbed = -1, nTypePerturbed = 0;
+    gmx_walltime_accounting_t   walltime_accounting = nullptr;
+    MembedHolder                membedHolder(filenames.size(), filenames.data());
+
+    /* CAUTION: threads may be started later on in this function, so
+       cr doesn't reflect the final parallel state right now */
+    gmx_mtop_t mtop;
+
+    /* TODO: inputrec should tell us whether we use an algorithm, not a file option */
+    const bool doEssentialDynamics = opt2bSet("-ei", filenames.size(), filenames.data());
+    const bool doRerun             = mdrunOptions.rerun;
+
+    // Handle task-assignment related user options.
+    EmulateGpuNonbonded emulateGpuNonbonded =
+            (getenv("GMX_EMULATE_GPU") != nullptr ? EmulateGpuNonbonded::Yes : EmulateGpuNonbonded::No);
+
+    std::vector<int> userGpuTaskAssignment;
+    try
+    {
+        userGpuTaskAssignment = parseUserTaskAssignmentString(hw_opt.userGpuTaskAssignment);
+    }
+    GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+    auto nonbondedTarget = findTaskTarget(nbpu_opt);
+    auto pmeTarget       = findTaskTarget(pme_opt);
+    auto pmeFftTarget    = findTaskTarget(pme_fft_opt);
+    auto bondedTarget    = findTaskTarget(bonded_opt);
+    auto updateTarget    = findTaskTarget(update_opt);
+
+    FILE* fplog = nullptr;
+    // If we are appending, we don't write log output because we need
+    // to check that the old log file matches what the checkpoint file
+    // expects. Otherwise, we should start to write log output now if
+    // there is a file ready for it.
+    if (logFileHandle != nullptr && startingBehavior != StartingBehavior::RestartWithAppending)
+    {
+        fplog = gmx_fio_getfp(logFileHandle);
+    }
+    const bool isSimulationMasterRank = findIsSimulationMasterRank(ms, simulationCommunicator);
+    gmx::LoggerOwner logOwner(buildLogger(fplog, isSimulationMasterRank));
+    gmx::MDLogger    mdlog(logOwner.logger());
+
+    gmx_print_detected_hardware(fplog, isSimulationMasterRank && isMasterSim(ms), mdlog, hwinfo_);
+
+    std::vector<int> availableDevices =
+            makeListOfAvailableDevices(hwinfo_->deviceInfoList, hw_opt.devicesSelectedByUser);
+    const int numAvailableDevices = gmx::ssize(availableDevices);
+
+    // Print citation requests after all software/hardware printing
+    pleaseCiteGromacs(fplog);
+
+    // Note: legacy program logic relies on checking whether these pointers are assigned.
+    // Objects may or may not be allocated later.
+    std::unique_ptr<t_inputrec> inputrec;
+    std::unique_ptr<t_state>    globalState;
+
+    auto partialDeserializedTpr = std::make_unique<PartialDeserializedTprFile>();
+
+    if (isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        // Allocate objects to be initialized by later function calls.
+        /* Only the master rank has the global state */
+        globalState = std::make_unique<t_state>();
+        inputrec    = std::make_unique<t_inputrec>();
+
+        /* Read (nearly) all data required for the simulation
+         * and keep the partly serialized tpr contents to send to other ranks later
+         */
+        applyGlobalSimulationState(
+                *inputHolder_.get(), partialDeserializedTpr.get(), globalState.get(), inputrec.get(), &mtop);
+    }
+
+    /* Check and update the hardware options for internal consistency */
+    checkAndUpdateHardwareOptions(
+            mdlog, &hw_opt, isSimulationMasterRank, domdecOptions.numPmeRanks, inputrec.get());
+
+    if (GMX_THREAD_MPI && isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        bool useGpuForNonbonded = false;
+        bool useGpuForPme       = false;
+        try
+        {
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(inputrec != nullptr, "Keep the compiler happy");
+
+            // If the user specified the number of ranks, then we must
+            // respect that, but in default mode, we need to allow for
+            // the number of GPUs to choose the number of ranks.
+            auto canUseGpuForNonbonded = buildSupportsNonbondedOnGpu(nullptr);
+            useGpuForNonbonded         = decideWhetherToUseGpusForNonbondedWithThreadMpi(
+                    nonbondedTarget,
+                    numAvailableDevices > 0,
+                    userGpuTaskAssignment,
+                    emulateGpuNonbonded,
+                    canUseGpuForNonbonded,
+                    gpuAccelerationOfNonbondedIsUseful(mdlog, *inputrec, GMX_THREAD_MPI, doRerun),
+                    hw_opt.nthreads_tmpi);
+            useGpuForPme = decideWhetherToUseGpusForPmeWithThreadMpi(useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                                     pmeTarget,
+                                                                     pmeFftTarget,
+                                                                     numAvailableDevices,
+                                                                     userGpuTaskAssignment,
+                                                                     *hwinfo_,
+                                                                     *inputrec,
+                                                                     hw_opt.nthreads_tmpi,
+                                                                     domdecOptions.numPmeRanks);
+        }
+        GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+
+        /* Determine how many thread-MPI ranks to start.
+         *
+         * TODO Over-writing the user-supplied value here does
+         * prevent any possible subsequent checks from working
+         * correctly. */
+        hw_opt.nthreads_tmpi = get_nthreads_mpi(hwinfo_,
+                                                &hw_opt,
+                                                numAvailableDevices,
+                                                useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                useGpuForPme,
+                                                inputrec.get(),
+                                                mtop,
+                                                mdlog,
+                                                membedHolder.doMembed());
+
+        // Now start the threads for thread MPI.
+        spawnThreads(hw_opt.nthreads_tmpi);
+        // The spawned threads enter mdrunner() and execution of
+        // master and spawned threads joins at the end of this block.
+    }
+
+    GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!GMX_MPI || ms || simulationCommunicator != MPI_COMM_NULL,
+                       "Must have valid communicator unless running a multi-simulation");
+    CommrecHandle crHandle = init_commrec(simulationCommunicator);
+    t_commrec*    cr       = crHandle.get();
+    GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(cr != nullptr, "Must have valid commrec");
+
+    PhysicalNodeCommunicator physicalNodeComm(libraryWorldCommunicator, gmx_physicalnode_id_hash());
+
+    if (PAR(cr))
+    {
+        /* now broadcast everything to the non-master nodes/threads: */
+        if (!isSimulationMasterRank)
+        {
+            // Until now, only the master rank has a non-null pointer.
+            // On non-master ranks, allocate the object that will receive data in the following call.
+            inputrec = std::make_unique<t_inputrec>();
+        }
+        init_parallel(cr->mpiDefaultCommunicator,
+                      MASTER(cr),
+                      inputrec.get(),
+                      &mtop,
+                      partialDeserializedTpr.get());
+    }
+    GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(inputrec != nullptr, "All ranks should have a valid inputrec now");
+    partialDeserializedTpr.reset(nullptr);
+
+    // Note that these variables describe only their own node.
+    //
+    // Note that when bonded interactions run on a GPU they always run
+    // alongside a nonbonded task, so do not influence task assignment
+    // even though they affect the force calculation workload.
+    bool useGpuForNonbonded = false;
+    bool useGpuForPme       = false;
+    bool useGpuForBonded    = false;
+    bool useGpuForUpdate    = false;
+    bool gpusWereDetected   = hwinfo_->ngpu_compatible_tot > 0;
+    try
+    {
+        // It's possible that there are different numbers of GPUs on
+        // different nodes, which is the user's responsibility to
+        // handle. If unsuitable, we will notice that during task
+        // assignment.
+        auto canUseGpuForNonbonded = buildSupportsNonbondedOnGpu(nullptr);
+        useGpuForNonbonded         = decideWhetherToUseGpusForNonbonded(
+                nonbondedTarget,
+                userGpuTaskAssignment,
+                emulateGpuNonbonded,
+                canUseGpuForNonbonded,
+                gpuAccelerationOfNonbondedIsUseful(mdlog, *inputrec, !GMX_THREAD_MPI, doRerun),
+                gpusWereDetected);
+        useGpuForPme    = decideWhetherToUseGpusForPme(useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                    pmeTarget,
+                                                    pmeFftTarget,
+                                                    userGpuTaskAssignment,
+                                                    *hwinfo_,
+                                                    *inputrec,
+                                                    cr->sizeOfDefaultCommunicator,
+                                                    domdecOptions.numPmeRanks,
+                                                    gpusWereDetected);
+        useGpuForBonded = decideWhetherToUseGpusForBonded(
+                useGpuForNonbonded, useGpuForPme, bondedTarget, *inputrec, mtop, domdecOptions.numPmeRanks, gpusWereDetected);
+    }
+    GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+
+    const PmeRunMode pmeRunMode = determinePmeRunMode(useGpuForPme, pmeFftTarget, *inputrec);
+
+    // Initialize development feature flags that enabled by environment variable
+    // and report those features that are enabled.
+    const DevelopmentFeatureFlags devFlags = manageDevelopmentFeatures(
+            mdlog, useGpuForNonbonded, pmeRunMode, cr->sizeOfDefaultCommunicator, domdecOptions.numPmeRanks);
+
+    const bool useModularSimulator = checkUseModularSimulator(false,
+                                                              inputrec.get(),
+                                                              doRerun,
+                                                              mtop,
+                                                              ms,
+                                                              replExParams,
+                                                              nullptr,
+                                                              doEssentialDynamics,
+                                                              membedHolder.doMembed() && (plumedswitch==0) /* PLUMED */);
+
+    // Now the number of ranks is known to all ranks, and each knows
+    // the inputrec read by the master rank. The ranks can now all run
+    // the task-deciding functions and will agree on the result
+    // without needing to communicate.
+    // The LBFGS minimizer, test-particle insertion, normal modes and shell dynamics don't support DD
+    const bool canUseDomainDecomposition =
+            !(inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::LBFGS || EI_TPI(inputrec->eI)
+              || inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::NM
+              || gmx_mtop_particletype_count(mtop)[ParticleType::Shell] > 0);
+    GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!PAR(cr) || canUseDomainDecomposition,
+                       "A parallel run should not arrive here without DD support");
+
+    int useDDWithSingleRank = -1;
+    if (const char* ddSingleRankEnv = getenv("GMX_DD_SINGLE_RANK"))
+    {
+        useDDWithSingleRank = std::strtol(ddSingleRankEnv, nullptr, 10);
+    }
+
+    // The overhead of DD partitioning is only compensated when we have both non-bondeds and PME on the CPU
+    const bool useDomainDecomposition =
+            canUseDomainDecomposition
+            && (PAR(cr)
+                || (!useGpuForNonbonded && EEL_FULL(inputrec->coulombtype) && useDDWithSingleRank != 0)
+                || useDDWithSingleRank == 1);
+
+    ObservablesReducerBuilder observablesReducerBuilder;
+
+    // Build restraints.
+    // TODO: hide restraint implementation details from Mdrunner.
+    // There is nothing unique about restraints at this point as far as the
+    // Mdrunner is concerned. The Mdrunner should just be getting a sequence of
+    // factory functions from the SimulationContext on which to call mdModules_->add().
+    // TODO: capture all restraints into a single RestraintModule, passed to the runner builder.
+    for (auto&& restraint : restraintManager_->getRestraints())
+    {
+        auto module = RestraintMDModule::create(restraint, restraint->sites());
+        mdModules_->add(std::move(module));
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Error handling
+    mdModules_->assignOptionsToModules(*inputrec->params, nullptr);
+    // now that the MDModules know their options, they know which callbacks to sign up to
+    mdModules_->subscribeToSimulationSetupNotifications();
+    const auto& setupNotifier = mdModules_->notifiers().simulationSetupNotifier_;
+
+    // Notify MdModules of existing logger
+    setupNotifier.notify(mdlog);
+
+    // Notify MdModules of internal parameters, saved into KVT
+    if (inputrec->internalParameters != nullptr)
+    {
+        setupNotifier.notify(*inputrec->internalParameters);
+    }
+
+    // Let MdModules know the .tpr filename
+    {
+        gmx::MdRunInputFilename mdRunInputFilename = { ftp2fn(efTPR, filenames.size(), filenames.data()) };
+        setupNotifier.notify(mdRunInputFilename);
+    }
+
+    if (fplog != nullptr)
+    {
+        pr_inputrec(fplog, 0, "Input Parameters", inputrec.get(), FALSE);
+        fprintf(fplog, "\n");
+    }
+
+    if (SIMMASTER(cr))
+    {
+        /* In rerun, set velocities to zero if present */
+        if (doRerun && ((globalState->flags & enumValueToBitMask(StateEntry::V)) != 0))
+        {
+            // rerun does not use velocities
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.info)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendText(
+                            "Rerun trajectory contains velocities. Rerun does only evaluate "
+                            "potential energy and forces. The velocities will be ignored.");
+            for (int i = 0; i < globalState->natoms; i++)
+            {
+                clear_rvec(globalState->v[i]);
+            }
+            globalState->flags &= ~enumValueToBitMask(StateEntry::V);
+        }
+
+        /* now make sure the state is initialized and propagated */
+        set_state_entries(globalState.get(), inputrec.get(), useModularSimulator);
+    }
+
+    /* NM and TPI parallelize over force/energy calculations, not atoms,
+     * so we need to initialize and broadcast the global state.
+     */
+    if (inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::NM || inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::TPI)
+    {
+        if (!MASTER(cr))
+        {
+            globalState = std::make_unique<t_state>();
+        }
+        broadcastStateWithoutDynamics(
+                cr->mpiDefaultCommunicator, haveDDAtomOrdering(*cr), PAR(cr), globalState.get());
+    }
+
+    /* A parallel command line option consistency check that we can
+       only do after any threads have started. */
+    if (!PAR(cr)
+        && (domdecOptions.numCells[XX] > 1 || domdecOptions.numCells[YY] > 1
+            || domdecOptions.numCells[ZZ] > 1 || domdecOptions.numPmeRanks > 0))
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                  "The -dd or -npme option request a parallel simulation, "
+#if !GMX_MPI
+                  "but %s was compiled without threads or MPI enabled",
+                  output_env_get_program_display_name(oenv));
+#elif GMX_THREAD_MPI
+                  "but the number of MPI-threads (option -ntmpi) is not set or is 1");
+#else
+                  "but %s was not started through mpirun/mpiexec or only one rank was requested "
+                  "through mpirun/mpiexec",
+                  output_env_get_program_display_name(oenv));
+#endif
+    }
+
+    if (doRerun && (EI_ENERGY_MINIMIZATION(inputrec->eI) || IntegrationAlgorithm::NM == inputrec->eI))
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                  "The .mdp file specified an energy mininization or normal mode algorithm, and "
+                  "these are not compatible with mdrun -rerun");
+    }
+
+    /* NMR restraints must be initialized before load_checkpoint,
+     * since with time averaging the history is added to t_state.
+     * For proper consistency check we therefore need to extend
+     * t_state here.
+     * So the PME-only nodes (if present) will also initialize
+     * the distance restraints.
+     */
+
+    /* This needs to be called before read_checkpoint to extend the state */
+    t_disresdata* disresdata;
+    snew(disresdata, 1);
+    init_disres(fplog,
+                mtop,
+                inputrec.get(),
+                DisResRunMode::MDRun,
+                MASTER(cr) ? DDRole::Master : DDRole::Agent,
+                PAR(cr) ? NumRanks::Multiple : NumRanks::Single,
+                cr->mpi_comm_mysim,
+                ms,
+                disresdata,
+                globalState.get(),
+                replExParams.exchangeInterval > 0);
+
+    if (gmx_mtop_ftype_count(mtop, F_ORIRES) > 0 && isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        extendStateWithOriresHistory(mtop, *inputrec, globalState.get());
+    }
+
+#if GMX_FAHCORE
+    /* We have to remember the generation's first step before reading checkpoint.
+       This way, we can report to the F@H core both the generation's first step
+       and the restored first step, thus making it able to distinguish between
+       an interruption/resume and start of the n-th generation simulation.
+       Having this information, the F@H core can correctly calculate and report
+       the progress.
+     */
+    int gen_first_step = 0;
+    if (MASTER(cr))
+    {
+        gen_first_step = inputrec->init_step;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    ObservablesHistory observablesHistory = {};
+
+    auto modularSimulatorCheckpointData = std::make_unique<ReadCheckpointDataHolder>();
+    if (startingBehavior != StartingBehavior::NewSimulation)
+    {
+        /* Check if checkpoint file exists before doing continuation.
+         * This way we can use identical input options for the first and subsequent runs...
+         */
+        if (mdrunOptions.numStepsCommandline > -2)
+        {
+            /* Temporarily set the number of steps to unlimited to avoid
+             * triggering the nsteps check in load_checkpoint().
+             * This hack will go away soon when the -nsteps option is removed.
+             */
+            inputrec->nsteps = -1;
+        }
+
+        // Finish applying initial simulation state information from external sources on all ranks.
+        // Reconcile checkpoint file data with Mdrunner state established up to this point.
+        applyLocalState(*inputHolder_.get(),
+                        logFileHandle,
+                        cr,
+                        domdecOptions.numCells,
+                        inputrec.get(),
+                        globalState.get(),
+                        &observablesHistory,
+                        mdrunOptions.reproducible,
+                        mdModules_->notifiers(),
+                        modularSimulatorCheckpointData.get(),
+                        useModularSimulator);
+        // TODO: (#3652) Synchronize filesystem state, SimulationInput contents, and program
+        //  invariants
+        //  on all code paths.
+        // Write checkpoint or provide hook to update SimulationInput.
+        // If there was a checkpoint file, SimulationInput contains more information
+        // than if there wasn't. At this point, we have synchronized the in-memory
+        // state with the filesystem state only for restarted simulations. We should
+        // be calling applyLocalState unconditionally and expect that the completeness
+        // of SimulationInput is not dependent on its creation method.
+
+        if (startingBehavior == StartingBehavior::RestartWithAppending && logFileHandle)
+        {
+            // Now we can start normal logging to the truncated log file.
+            fplog = gmx_fio_getfp(logFileHandle);
+            prepareLogAppending(fplog);
+            logOwner = buildLogger(fplog, MASTER(cr));
+            mdlog    = logOwner.logger();
+        }
+    }
+
+#if GMX_FAHCORE
+    if (MASTER(cr))
+    {
+        fcRegisterSteps(inputrec->nsteps + inputrec->init_step, gen_first_step);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (mdrunOptions.numStepsCommandline > -2)
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.info)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendText(
+                        "The -nsteps functionality is deprecated, and may be removed in a future "
+                        "version. "
+                        "Consider using gmx convert-tpr -nsteps or changing the appropriate .mdp "
+                        "file field.");
+    }
+    /* override nsteps with value set on the commandline */
+    override_nsteps_cmdline(mdlog, mdrunOptions.numStepsCommandline, inputrec.get());
+
+    if (isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        copy_mat(globalState->box, box);
+    }
+
+    if (PAR(cr))
+    {
+        gmx_bcast(sizeof(box), box, cr->mpiDefaultCommunicator);
+    }
+
+    if (inputrec->cutoff_scheme != CutoffScheme::Verlet)
+    {
+        gmx_fatal(FARGS,
+                  "This group-scheme .tpr file can no longer be run by mdrun. Please update to the "
+                  "Verlet scheme, or use an earlier version of GROMACS if necessary.");
+    }
+    /* Update rlist and nstlist. */
+    /* Note: prepare_verlet_scheme is calling increaseNstlist(...), which (while attempting to
+     * increase rlist) tries to check if the newly chosen value fits with the DD scheme. As this is
+     * run before any DD scheme is set up, this check is never executed. See #3334 for more details.
+     */
+    prepare_verlet_scheme(fplog,
+                          cr,
+                          inputrec.get(),
+                          nstlist_cmdline,
+                          mtop,
+                          box,
+                          useGpuForNonbonded || (emulateGpuNonbonded == EmulateGpuNonbonded::Yes),
+                          *hwinfo_->cpuInfo);
+
+    // We need to decide on update groups early, as this affects
+    // inter-domain communication distances.
+    auto       updateGroupingsPerMoleculeType = makeUpdateGroupingsPerMoleculeType(mtop);
+    const real maxUpdateGroupRadius           = computeMaxUpdateGroupRadius(
+            mtop, updateGroupingsPerMoleculeType, maxReferenceTemperature(*inputrec));
+    const real   cutoffMargin = std::sqrt(max_cutoff2(inputrec->pbcType, box)) - inputrec->rlist;
+    UpdateGroups updateGroups = makeUpdateGroups(mdlog,
+                                                 std::move(updateGroupingsPerMoleculeType),
+                                                 maxUpdateGroupRadius,
+                                                 useDomainDecomposition,
+                                                 systemHasConstraintsOrVsites(mtop),
+                                                 cutoffMargin);
+
+    try
+    {
+        const bool haveFrozenAtoms = inputrecFrozenAtoms(inputrec.get());
+
+        useGpuForUpdate = decideWhetherToUseGpuForUpdate(useDomainDecomposition,
+                                                         updateGroups.useUpdateGroups(),
+                                                         pmeRunMode,
+                                                         domdecOptions.numPmeRanks > 0,
+                                                         useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                         updateTarget,
+                                                         gpusWereDetected,
+                                                         *inputrec,
+                                                         mtop,
+                                                         doEssentialDynamics,
+                                                         gmx_mtop_ftype_count(mtop, F_ORIRES) > 0,
+                                                         haveFrozenAtoms,
+                                                         doRerun,
+                                                         devFlags,
+                                                         mdlog);
+    }
+    GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+
+    const bool canUseDirectGpuComm = decideWhetherDirectGpuCommunicationCanBeUsed(
+            devFlags, inputrec->useMts, (inputrec->eSwapCoords != SwapType::No), mdlog);
+
+    bool useGpuDirectHalo = false;
+
+    if (useGpuForNonbonded)
+    {
+        // cr->npmenodes is not yet initialized.
+        // domdecOptions.numPmeRanks == -1 results in 0 separate PME ranks when useGpuForNonbonded is true.
+        // Todo: remove this assumption later once auto mode has support for separate PME rank
+        const int numPmeRanks = domdecOptions.numPmeRanks > 0 ? domdecOptions.numPmeRanks : 0;
+        bool      havePPDomainDecomposition = (cr->sizeOfDefaultCommunicator - numPmeRanks) > 1;
+        useGpuDirectHalo = decideWhetherToUseGpuForHalo(havePPDomainDecomposition,
+                                                        useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                        canUseDirectGpuComm,
+                                                        useModularSimulator,
+                                                        doRerun,
+                                                        EI_ENERGY_MINIMIZATION(inputrec->eI),
+                                                        mdlog);
+    }
+
+    // This builder is necessary while we have multi-part construction
+    // of DD. Before DD is constructed, we use the existence of
+    // the builder object to indicate that further construction of DD
+    // is needed.
+    std::unique_ptr<DomainDecompositionBuilder> ddBuilder;
+    if (useDomainDecomposition)
+    {
+        // The DD builder will disable useGpuDirectHalo if the Y or Z component of any domain is
+        // smaller than twice the communication distance, since GPU-direct communication presently
+        // only works with a single pulse in these dimensions, and we want to avoid box scaling
+        // resulting in fatal errors far into the simulation. Such small systems will not
+        // perform well on multiple GPUs in any case, but it is important that our core functionality
+        // (in particular for testing) does not break depending on GPU direct communication being enabled.
+        ddBuilder = std::make_unique<DomainDecompositionBuilder>(
+                mdlog,
+                cr,
+                domdecOptions,
+                mdrunOptions,
+                mtop,
+                *inputrec,
+                mdModules_->notifiers(),
+                box,
+                updateGroups.updateGroupingPerMoleculeType(),
+                updateGroups.useUpdateGroups(),
+                updateGroups.maxUpdateGroupRadius(),
+                positionsFromStatePointer(globalState.get()),
+                useGpuForNonbonded,
+                useGpuForPme,
+                useGpuForUpdate,
+                &useGpuDirectHalo,
+                devFlags.enableGpuPmeDecomposition);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* PME, if used, is done on all nodes with 1D decomposition */
+        cr->nnodes     = cr->sizeOfDefaultCommunicator;
+        cr->sim_nodeid = cr->rankInDefaultCommunicator;
+        cr->nodeid     = cr->rankInDefaultCommunicator;
+        cr->npmenodes  = 0;
+        cr->duty       = (DUTY_PP | DUTY_PME);
+
+        if (inputrec->pbcType == PbcType::Screw)
+        {
+            gmx_fatal(FARGS, "pbc=screw is only implemented with domain decomposition");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Produce the task assignment for all ranks on this node - done after DD is constructed
+    GpuTaskAssignments gpuTaskAssignments = GpuTaskAssignmentsBuilder::build(
+            availableDevices,
+            userGpuTaskAssignment,
+            *hwinfo_,
+            simulationCommunicator,
+            physicalNodeComm,
+            nonbondedTarget,
+            pmeTarget,
+            bondedTarget,
+            updateTarget,
+            useGpuForNonbonded,
+            useGpuForPme,
+            thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP),
+            // TODO cr->duty & DUTY_PME should imply that a PME
+            // algorithm is active, but currently does not.
+            EEL_PME(inputrec->coulombtype) && thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PME));
+
+    // Get the device handle for the modules on this rank, nullptr
+    // when no task is assigned.
+    int                deviceId   = -1;
+    DeviceInformation* deviceInfo = gpuTaskAssignments.initDevice(&deviceId);
+
+    // TODO Currently this is always built, yet DD partition code
+    // checks if it is built before using it. Probably it should
+    // become an MDModule that is made only when another module
+    // requires it (e.g. pull, CompEl, density fitting), so that we
+    // don't update the local atom sets unilaterally every step.
+    LocalAtomSetManager atomSets;
+
+    // Local state and topology are declared (and perhaps constructed)
+    // now, because DD needs them for the LocalTopologyChecker, but
+    // they do not contain valid data until after the first DD
+    // partition.
+    std::unique_ptr<t_state> localStateInstance;
+    t_state*                 localState;
+    gmx_localtop_t           localTopology(mtop.ffparams);
+
+    if (ddBuilder)
+    {
+        localStateInstance = std::make_unique<t_state>();
+        localState         = localStateInstance.get();
+        // TODO Pass the GPU streams to ddBuilder to use in buffer
+        // transfers (e.g. halo exchange)
+        cr->dd = ddBuilder->build(&atomSets, localTopology, *localState, &observablesReducerBuilder);
+        // The builder's job is done, so destruct it
+        ddBuilder.reset(nullptr);
+        // Note that local state still does not exist yet.
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Without DD, the local state is merely an alias to the global state,
+        // so we don't need to allocate anything.
+        localState = globalState.get();
+    }
+
+    // Ensure that all atoms within the same update group are in the
+    // same periodic image. Otherwise, a simulation that did not use
+    // update groups (e.g. a single-rank simulation) cannot always be
+    // correctly restarted in a way that does use update groups
+    // (e.g. a multi-rank simulation).
+    if (isSimulationMasterRank)
+    {
+        const bool useUpdateGroups = cr->dd ? ddUsesUpdateGroups(*cr->dd) : false;
+        if (useUpdateGroups)
+        {
+            putUpdateGroupAtomsInSamePeriodicImage(*cr->dd, mtop, globalState->box, globalState->x);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const bool disableNonbondedCalculation = (getenv("GMX_NO_NONBONDED") != nullptr);
+    if (disableNonbondedCalculation)
+    {
+        /* turn off non-bonded calculations */
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendText(
+                        "Found environment variable GMX_NO_NONBONDED.\n"
+                        "Disabling nonbonded calculations.");
+    }
+
+    const NumPmeDomains numPmeDomains = getNumPmeDomains(cr->dd);
+    const bool useGpuPmeDecomposition = numPmeDomains.x * numPmeDomains.y > 1 && useGpuForPme;
+    GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!useGpuPmeDecomposition || devFlags.enableGpuPmeDecomposition,
+                       "GPU PME decomposition works only in the cases where it is supported");
+
+    MdrunScheduleWorkload runScheduleWork;
+
+    // Also populates the simulation constant workload description.
+    // Note: currently the default duty is DUTY_PP | DUTY_PME for all simulations, including those without PME,
+    // so this boolean is sufficient on all ranks to determine whether separate PME ranks are used,
+    // but this will no longer be the case if cr->duty is changed for !EEL_PME(fr->ic->eeltype).
+    const bool haveSeparatePmeRank = (!thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP) || !thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PME));
+    runScheduleWork.simulationWork = createSimulationWorkload(*inputrec,
+                                                              disableNonbondedCalculation,
+                                                              devFlags,
+                                                              havePPDomainDecomposition(cr),
+                                                              haveSeparatePmeRank,
+                                                              useGpuForNonbonded,
+                                                              pmeRunMode,
+                                                              useGpuForBonded,
+                                                              useGpuForUpdate,
+                                                              useGpuDirectHalo,
+                                                              canUseDirectGpuComm,
+                                                              useGpuPmeDecomposition);
+
+
+    if (isSimulationMasterRank && GMX_GPU_SYCL)
+    {
+        const SimulationWorkload& simWorkload    = runScheduleWork.simulationWork;
+        bool                      haveAnyGpuWork = simWorkload.useGpuPme || simWorkload.useGpuBonded
+                              || simWorkload.useGpuNonbonded || simWorkload.useGpuUpdate;
+        if (haveAnyGpuWork)
+        {
+            GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                    .asParagraph()
+                    .appendText(
+                            "\nNOTE: SYCL GPU support in GROMACS is still new and less tested than "
+                            "other backends.\n"
+                            "Please, pay extra attention to the correctness of your results.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    const bool printHostName = (cr->nnodes > 1);
+    gpuTaskAssignments.reportGpuUsage(mdlog, printHostName, pmeRunMode, runScheduleWork.simulationWork);
+
+    std::unique_ptr<DeviceStreamManager> deviceStreamManager = nullptr;
+
+    if (deviceInfo != nullptr)
+    {
+        if (runScheduleWork.simulationWork.havePpDomainDecomposition && thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP))
+        {
+            dd_setup_dlb_resource_sharing(cr, deviceId);
+        }
+        const bool useGpuTiming = decideGpuTimingsUsage();
+        deviceStreamManager     = std::make_unique<DeviceStreamManager>(
+                *deviceInfo, havePPDomainDecomposition(cr), runScheduleWork.simulationWork, useGpuTiming);
+    }
+
+    // If the user chose a task assignment, give them some hints
+    // where appropriate.
+    if (!userGpuTaskAssignment.empty())
+    {
+        gpuTaskAssignments.logPerformanceHints(mdlog, numAvailableDevices);
+    }
+
+    if (PAR(cr))
+    {
+        /* After possible communicator splitting in make_dd_communicators.
+         * we can set up the intra/inter node communication.
+         */
+        gmx_setup_nodecomm(fplog, cr);
+    }
+
+#if GMX_MPI
+    if (isMultiSim(ms))
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendTextFormatted(
+                        "This is simulation %d out of %d running as a composite GROMACS\n"
+                        "multi-simulation job. Setup for this simulation:\n",
+                        ms->simulationIndex_,
+                        ms->numSimulations_);
+    }
+    GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+            .appendTextFormatted("Using %d MPI %s\n",
+                                 cr->nnodes,
+#    if GMX_THREAD_MPI
+                                 cr->nnodes == 1 ? "thread" : "threads"
+#    else
+                                 cr->nnodes == 1 ? "process" : "processes"
+#    endif
+            );
+    fflush(stderr);
+#endif
+
+    // If mdrun -pin auto honors any affinity setting that already
+    // exists. If so, it is nice to provide feedback about whether
+    // that existing affinity setting was from OpenMP or something
+    // else, so we run this code both before and after we initialize
+    // the OpenMP support.
+    gmx_check_thread_affinity_set(mdlog, &hw_opt, hwinfo_->hardwareTopology->maxThreads(), FALSE);
+    /* Check and update the number of OpenMP threads requested */
+    checkAndUpdateRequestedNumOpenmpThreads(
+            &hw_opt, *hwinfo_, cr, ms, physicalNodeComm.size_, pmeRunMode, mtop, *inputrec);
+
+    gmx_omp_nthreads_init(mdlog,
+                          cr,
+                          hwinfo_->hardwareTopology->maxThreads(),
+                          physicalNodeComm.size_,
+                          hw_opt.nthreads_omp,
+                          hw_opt.nthreads_omp_pme,
+                          !thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP));
+
+    const bool bEnableFPE = gmxShouldEnableFPExceptions();
+    // FIXME - reconcile with gmx_feenableexcept() call from CommandLineModuleManager::run()
+    if (bEnableFPE)
+    {
+        gmx_feenableexcept();
+    }
+
+    /* Now that we know the setup is consistent, check for efficiency */
+    check_resource_division_efficiency(hwinfo_, gpuTaskAssignments.thisRankHasAnyGpuTask(), cr, mdlog);
+
+    /* getting number of PP/PME threads on this MPI / tMPI rank.
+       PME: env variable should be read only on one node to make sure it is
+       identical everywhere;
+     */
+    const int numThreadsOnThisRank = thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP)
+                                             ? gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Nonbonded)
+                                             : gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Pme);
+    checkHardwareOversubscription(
+            numThreadsOnThisRank, cr->nodeid, *hwinfo_->hardwareTopology, physicalNodeComm, mdlog);
+
+    // Enable Peer access between GPUs where available
+    // Only for DD, only master PP rank needs to perform setup, and only if thread MPI plus
+    // any of the GPU communication features are active.
+    if (haveDDAtomOrdering(*cr) && MASTER(cr) && thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP) && GMX_THREAD_MPI
+        && (runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuHaloExchange
+            || runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPmePpCommunication))
+    {
+        setupGpuDevicePeerAccess(gpuTaskAssignments.deviceIdsAssigned(), mdlog);
+    }
+
+    if (hw_opt.threadAffinity != ThreadAffinity::Off)
+    {
+        /* Before setting affinity, check whether the affinity has changed
+         * - which indicates that probably the OpenMP library has changed it
+         * since we first checked).
+         */
+        gmx_check_thread_affinity_set(mdlog, &hw_opt, hwinfo_->hardwareTopology->maxThreads(), TRUE);
+
+        int numThreadsOnThisNode, intraNodeThreadOffset;
+        analyzeThreadsOnThisNode(
+                physicalNodeComm, numThreadsOnThisRank, &numThreadsOnThisNode, &intraNodeThreadOffset);
+
+        /* Set the CPU affinity */
+        gmx_set_thread_affinity(mdlog,
+                                cr,
+                                &hw_opt,
+                                *hwinfo_->hardwareTopology,
+                                numThreadsOnThisRank,
+                                numThreadsOnThisNode,
+                                intraNodeThreadOffset,
+                                nullptr);
+    }
+
+    if (mdrunOptions.timingOptions.resetStep > -1)
+    {
+        GMX_LOG(mdlog.info)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendText(
+                        "The -resetstep functionality is deprecated, and may be removed in a "
+                        "future version.");
+    }
+    std::unique_ptr<gmx_wallcycle> wcycle =
+            wallcycle_init(fplog, mdrunOptions.timingOptions.resetStep, cr);
+
+    if (PAR(cr))
+    {
+        /* Master synchronizes its value of reset_counters with all nodes
+         * including PME only nodes */
+        int64_t reset_counters = wcycle_get_reset_counters(wcycle.get());
+        gmx_bcast(sizeof(reset_counters), &reset_counters, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+        wcycle_set_reset_counters(wcycle.get(), reset_counters);
+    }
+
+    // Membrane embedding must be initialized before we call init_forcerec()
+    membedHolder.initializeMembed(fplog,
+                                  filenames.size(),
+                                  filenames.data(),
+                                  &mtop,
+                                  inputrec.get(),
+                                  globalState.get(),
+                                  cr,
+                                  &mdrunOptions.checkpointOptions.period);
+
+    const bool thisRankHasPmeGpuTask = gpuTaskAssignments.thisRankHasPmeGpuTask();
+    std::unique_ptr<BoxDeformation>      deform;
+    std::unique_ptr<MDAtoms>             mdAtoms;
+    std::unique_ptr<VirtualSitesHandler> vsite;
+
+    t_nrnb nrnb;
+    if (thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP))
+    {
+        setupNotifier.notify(*cr);
+        setupNotifier.notify(&atomSets);
+        setupNotifier.notify(mtop);
+        setupNotifier.notify(inputrec->pbcType);
+        setupNotifier.notify(SimulationTimeStep{ inputrec->delta_t });
+        /* Initiate forcerecord */
+        fr                 = std::make_unique<t_forcerec>();
+        fr->forceProviders = mdModules_->initForceProviders();
+        init_forcerec(fplog,
+                      mdlog,
+                      runScheduleWork.simulationWork,
+                      fr.get(),
+                      *inputrec,
+                      mtop,
+                      cr,
+                      box,
+                      opt2fn("-table", filenames.size(), filenames.data()),
+                      opt2fn("-tablep", filenames.size(), filenames.data()),
+                      opt2fns("-tableb", filenames.size(), filenames.data()),
+                      pforce);
+        // Dirty hack, for fixing disres and orires should be made mdmodules
+        fr->fcdata->disres = disresdata;
+        if (gmx_mtop_ftype_count(mtop, F_ORIRES) > 0)
+        {
+            fr->fcdata->orires = std::make_unique<t_oriresdata>(
+                    fplog, mtop, *inputrec, ms, globalState.get(), &atomSets);
+        }
+
+        deform = prepareBoxDeformation(globalState != nullptr ? globalState->box : box,
+                                       MASTER(cr) ? DDRole::Master : DDRole::Agent,
+                                       PAR(cr) ? NumRanks::Multiple : NumRanks::Single,
+                                       cr->mpi_comm_mygroup,
+                                       *inputrec);
+
+        // Save a handle to device stream manager to use elsewhere in the code
+        // TODO: Forcerec is not a correct place to store it.
+        fr->deviceStreamManager = deviceStreamManager.get();
+
+        if (runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPmePpCommunication && !thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PME))
+        {
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(
+                    deviceStreamManager != nullptr,
+                    "GPU device stream manager should be valid in order to use PME-PP direct "
+                    "communications.");
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(
+                    deviceStreamManager->streamIsValid(DeviceStreamType::PmePpTransfer),
+                    "GPU PP-PME stream should be valid in order to use GPU PME-PP direct "
+                    "communications.");
+            fr->pmePpCommGpu = std::make_unique<gmx::PmePpCommGpu>(
+                    cr->mpi_comm_mysim,
+                    cr->dd->pme_nodeid,
+                    &cr->dd->pmeForceReceiveBuffer,
+                    deviceStreamManager->context(),
+                    deviceStreamManager->stream(DeviceStreamType::PmePpTransfer));
+        }
+
+        fr->nbv = Nbnxm::init_nb_verlet(mdlog,
+                                        *inputrec,
+                                        *fr,
+                                        cr,
+                                        *hwinfo_,
+                                        runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuNonbonded,
+                                        deviceStreamManager.get(),
+                                        mtop,
+                                        box,
+                                        wcycle.get());
+        // TODO: Move the logic below to a GPU bonded builder
+        if (runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuBonded)
+        {
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(deviceStreamManager != nullptr,
+                               "GPU device stream manager should be valid in order to use GPU "
+                               "version of bonded forces.");
+            fr->listedForcesGpu = std::make_unique<ListedForcesGpu>(
+                    mtop.ffparams,
+                    fr->ic->epsfac * fr->fudgeQQ,
+                    deviceStreamManager->context(),
+                    deviceStreamManager->bondedStream(havePPDomainDecomposition(cr)),
+                    wcycle.get());
+        }
+        fr->longRangeNonbondeds = std::make_unique<CpuPpLongRangeNonbondeds>(fr->n_tpi,
+                                                                             fr->ic->ewaldcoeff_q,
+                                                                             fr->ic->epsilon_r,
+                                                                             fr->qsum,
+                                                                             fr->ic->eeltype,
+                                                                             fr->ic->vdwtype,
+                                                                             *inputrec,
+                                                                             &nrnb,
+                                                                             wcycle.get(),
+                                                                             fplog);
+
+        /* Initialize the mdAtoms structure.
+         * mdAtoms is not filled with atom data,
+         * as this can not be done now with domain decomposition.
+         */
+        mdAtoms = makeMDAtoms(fplog, mtop, *inputrec, thisRankHasPmeGpuTask);
+        if (globalState && thisRankHasPmeGpuTask)
+        {
+            // The pinning of coordinates in the global state object works, because we only use
+            // PME on GPU without DD or on a separate PME rank, and because the local state pointer
+            // points to the global state object without DD.
+            // FIXME: MD and EM separately set up the local state - this should happen in the same
+            // function, which should also perform the pinning.
+            changePinningPolicy(&globalState->x, pme_get_pinning_policy());
+        }
+
+        /* Initialize the virtual site communication */
+        vsite = makeVirtualSitesHandler(
+                mtop, cr, fr->pbcType, updateGroups.updateGroupingPerMoleculeType());
+
+        calc_shifts(box, fr->shift_vec);
+
+        /* With periodic molecules the charge groups should be whole at start up
+         * and the virtual sites should not be far from their proper positions.
+         */
+        if (!inputrec->bContinuation && MASTER(cr)
+            && !(inputrec->pbcType != PbcType::No && inputrec->bPeriodicMols))
+        {
+            /* Make molecules whole at start of run */
+            if (fr->pbcType != PbcType::No)
+            {
+                do_pbc_first_mtop(fplog, inputrec->pbcType, box, &mtop, globalState->x.rvec_array());
+            }
+            if (vsite)
+            {
+                /* Correct initial vsite positions are required
+                 * for the initial distribution in the domain decomposition
+                 * and for the initial shell prediction.
+                 */
+                constructVirtualSitesGlobal(mtop, globalState->x);
+            }
+        }
+        // Make the DD reverse topology, now that any vsites that are present are available
+        if (haveDDAtomOrdering(*cr))
+        {
+            dd_make_reverse_top(fplog, cr->dd, mtop, vsite.get(), *inputrec, domdecOptions.ddBondedChecking);
+        }
+
+        if (EEL_PME(fr->ic->eeltype) || EVDW_PME(fr->ic->vdwtype))
+        {
+            ewaldcoeff_q  = fr->ic->ewaldcoeff_q;
+            ewaldcoeff_lj = fr->ic->ewaldcoeff_lj;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* This is a PME only node */
+
+        GMX_ASSERT(globalState == nullptr,
+                   "We don't need the state on a PME only rank and expect it to be unitialized");
+
+        ewaldcoeff_q  = calc_ewaldcoeff_q(inputrec->rcoulomb, inputrec->ewald_rtol);
+        ewaldcoeff_lj = calc_ewaldcoeff_lj(inputrec->rvdw, inputrec->ewald_rtol_lj);
+    }
+
+    gmx_pme_t* sepPmeData = nullptr;
+    // This reference hides the fact that PME data is owned by runner on PME-only ranks and by forcerec on other ranks
+    GMX_ASSERT(thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP) == (fr != nullptr),
+               "Double-checking that only PME-only ranks have no forcerec");
+    gmx_pme_t*& pmedata = fr ? fr->pmedata : sepPmeData;
+
+    // TODO should live in ewald module once its testing is improved
+    //
+    // Later, this program could contain kernels that might be later
+    // re-used as auto-tuning progresses, or subsequent simulations
+    // are invoked.
+    PmeGpuProgramStorage pmeGpuProgram;
+    if (thisRankHasPmeGpuTask)
+    {
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(
+                (deviceStreamManager != nullptr),
+                "GPU device stream manager should be initialized in order to use GPU for PME.");
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT((deviceInfo != nullptr),
+                           "GPU device should be initialized in order to use GPU for PME.");
+        pmeGpuProgram = buildPmeGpuProgram(deviceStreamManager->context());
+    }
+
+    /* Initiate PME if necessary,
+     * either on all nodes or on dedicated PME nodes only. */
+    if (EEL_PME(inputrec->coulombtype) || EVDW_PME(inputrec->vdwtype))
+    {
+        if (mdAtoms && mdAtoms->mdatoms())
+        {
+            nChargePerturbed = mdAtoms->mdatoms()->nChargePerturbed;
+            if (EVDW_PME(inputrec->vdwtype))
+            {
+                nTypePerturbed = mdAtoms->mdatoms()->nTypePerturbed;
+            }
+        }
+        if (cr->npmenodes > 0)
+        {
+            /* The PME only nodes need to know nChargePerturbed(FEP on Q) and nTypePerturbed(FEP on LJ)*/
+            gmx_bcast(sizeof(nChargePerturbed), &nChargePerturbed, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+            gmx_bcast(sizeof(nTypePerturbed), &nTypePerturbed, cr->mpi_comm_mysim);
+        }
+
+        if (thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PME))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // TODO: This should be in the builder.
+                GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(!runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPme
+                                           || (deviceStreamManager != nullptr),
+                                   "Device stream manager should be valid in order to use GPU "
+                                   "version of PME.");
+                GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(
+                        !runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPme
+                                || deviceStreamManager->streamIsValid(DeviceStreamType::Pme),
+                        "GPU PME stream should be valid in order to use GPU version of PME.");
+
+                const DeviceContext* deviceContext = runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPme
+                                                             ? &deviceStreamManager->context()
+                                                             : nullptr;
+                const DeviceStream*  pmeStream =
+                        runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPme
+                                 ? &deviceStreamManager->stream(DeviceStreamType::Pme)
+                                 : nullptr;
+
+                const t_inputrec* ir = inputrec.get();
+                /* For each atom we allow a relative (cut-off) error of up to ewald_rtol.
+                 * Thus we can also tolerate an error of an order of magnitude less due to
+                 * atoms being slightly outside the halo extent. This will only cause a fraction
+                 * of the charge to be missing on the grid. So we pass ewald_rtol as the allowed
+                 * chance per atom (ChanceTarget::Atom) to be outside the halo extent.
+                 */
+                const real haloExtentForAtomDisplacement =
+                        updateGroups.maxUpdateGroupRadius()
+                        + minCellSizeForAtomDisplacement(mtop,
+                                                         *ir,
+                                                         updateGroups.updateGroupingPerMoleculeType(),
+                                                         ir->ewald_rtol,
+                                                         ChanceTarget::Atom);
+                pmedata = gmx_pme_init(cr,
+                                       getNumPmeDomains(cr->dd),
+                                       ir,
+                                       box,
+                                       haloExtentForAtomDisplacement,
+                                       nChargePerturbed != 0,
+                                       nTypePerturbed != 0,
+                                       mdrunOptions.reproducible,
+                                       ewaldcoeff_q,
+                                       ewaldcoeff_lj,
+                                       gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Pme),
+                                       pmeRunMode,
+                                       nullptr,
+                                       deviceContext,
+                                       pmeStream,
+                                       pmeGpuProgram.get(),
+                                       mdlog);
+            }
+            GMX_CATCH_ALL_AND_EXIT_WITH_FATAL_ERROR
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    if (EI_DYNAMICS(inputrec->eI))
+    {
+        /* Turn on signal handling on all nodes */
+        /*
+         * (A user signal from the PME nodes (if any)
+         * is communicated to the PP nodes.
+         */
+        signal_handler_install();
+    }
+
+    pull_t* pull_work = nullptr;
+    if (thisRankHasDuty(cr, DUTY_PP))
+    {
+        /* Assumes uniform use of the number of OpenMP threads */
+        walltime_accounting = walltime_accounting_init(gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Default));
+
+        if (inputrec->bPull)
+        {
+            /* Initialize pull code */
+            pull_work = init_pull(fplog,
+                                  inputrec->pull.get(),
+                                  inputrec.get(),
+                                  mtop,
+                                  cr,
+                                  &atomSets,
+                                  inputrec->fepvals->init_lambda);
+            if (inputrec->pull->bXOutAverage || inputrec->pull->bFOutAverage)
+            {
+                initPullHistory(pull_work, &observablesHistory);
+            }
+            if (EI_DYNAMICS(inputrec->eI) && MASTER(cr))
+            {
+                init_pull_output_files(pull_work, filenames.size(), filenames.data(), oenv, startingBehavior);
+            }
+        }
+
+        std::unique_ptr<EnforcedRotation> enforcedRotation;
+        if (inputrec->bRot)
+        {
+            /* Initialize enforced rotation code */
+            enforcedRotation = init_rot(fplog,
+                                        inputrec.get(),
+                                        filenames.size(),
+                                        filenames.data(),
+                                        cr,
+                                        &atomSets,
+                                        globalState.get(),
+                                        mtop,
+                                        oenv,
+                                        mdrunOptions,
+                                        startingBehavior);
+        }
+
+        t_swap* swap = nullptr;
+        if (inputrec->eSwapCoords != SwapType::No)
+        {
+            /* Initialize ion swapping code */
+            swap = init_swapcoords(fplog,
+                                   inputrec.get(),
+                                   opt2fn_master("-swap", filenames.size(), filenames.data(), cr),
+                                   mtop,
+                                   globalState.get(),
+                                   &observablesHistory,
+                                   cr,
+                                   &atomSets,
+                                   oenv,
+                                   mdrunOptions,
+                                   startingBehavior);
+        }
+
+        /* Let makeConstraints know whether we have essential dynamics constraints. */
+        auto constr = makeConstraints(mtop,
+                                      *inputrec,
+                                      pull_work,
+                                      doEssentialDynamics,
+                                      fplog,
+                                      cr,
+                                      updateGroups.useUpdateGroups(),
+                                      ms,
+                                      &nrnb,
+                                      wcycle.get(),
+                                      fr->bMolPBC,
+                                      PAR(cr) ? &observablesReducerBuilder : nullptr);
+
+        /* Energy terms and groups */
+        gmx_enerdata_t enerd(mtop.groups.groups[SimulationAtomGroupType::EnergyOutput].size(),
+                             inputrec->fepvals->n_lambda);
+
+        // cos acceleration is only supported by md, but older tpr
+        // files might still combine it with other integrators
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(inputrec->cos_accel == 0.0 || inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::MD,
+                           "cos_acceleration is only supported by integrator=md");
+
+        /* Kinetic energy data */
+        gmx_ekindata_t ekind(inputrec->opts.ngtc,
+                             inputrec->cos_accel,
+                             gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Update));
+
+        /* Set up interactive MD (IMD) */
+        auto imdSession = makeImdSession(inputrec.get(),
+                                         cr,
+                                         wcycle.get(),
+                                         &enerd,
+                                         ms,
+                                         mtop,
+                                         mdlog,
+                                         MASTER(cr) ? globalState->x : gmx::ArrayRef<gmx::RVec>(),
+                                         filenames.size(),
+                                         filenames.data(),
+                                         oenv,
+                                         mdrunOptions.imdOptions,
+                                         startingBehavior);
+
+        if (haveDDAtomOrdering(*cr))
+        {
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(fr, "fr was NULL while cr->duty was DUTY_PP");
+            /* This call is not included in init_domain_decomposition
+             * because fr->atomInfoForEachMoleculeBlock is set later.
+             */
+            makeBondedLinks(cr->dd, mtop, fr->atomInfoForEachMoleculeBlock);
+        }
+
+        if (runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuFBufferOps)
+        {
+            fr->gpuForceReduction[gmx::AtomLocality::Local] = std::make_unique<gmx::GpuForceReduction>(
+                    deviceStreamManager->context(),
+                    deviceStreamManager->stream(gmx::DeviceStreamType::NonBondedLocal),
+                    wcycle.get());
+            fr->gpuForceReduction[gmx::AtomLocality::NonLocal] = std::make_unique<gmx::GpuForceReduction>(
+                    deviceStreamManager->context(),
+                    deviceStreamManager->stream(gmx::DeviceStreamType::NonBondedNonLocal),
+                    wcycle.get());
+        }
+
+        std::unique_ptr<gmx::StatePropagatorDataGpu> stateGpu;
+        if (gpusWereDetected && gmx::needStateGpu(runScheduleWork.simulationWork))
+        {
+            GpuApiCallBehavior transferKind =
+                    (inputrec->eI == IntegrationAlgorithm::MD && !doRerun && !useModularSimulator)
+                            ? GpuApiCallBehavior::Async
+                            : GpuApiCallBehavior::Sync;
+            GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(deviceStreamManager != nullptr,
+                               "GPU device stream manager should be initialized to use GPU.");
+            stateGpu = std::make_unique<gmx::StatePropagatorDataGpu>(
+                    *deviceStreamManager, transferKind, pme_gpu_get_block_size(fr->pmedata), wcycle.get());
+            fr->stateGpu = stateGpu.get();
+        }
+
+        GMX_ASSERT(stopHandlerBuilder_, "Runner must provide StopHandlerBuilder to simulator.");
+        SimulatorBuilder simulatorBuilder;
+
+        simulatorBuilder.add(SimulatorStateData(
+                globalState.get(), localState, &observablesHistory, &enerd, &ekind));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(std::move(membedHolder));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(std::move(stopHandlerBuilder_));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(SimulatorConfig(mdrunOptions, startingBehavior, &runScheduleWork));
+
+
+        simulatorBuilder.add(SimulatorEnv(fplog, cr, ms, mdlog, oenv, &observablesReducerBuilder));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(Profiling(&nrnb, walltime_accounting, wcycle.get()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(ConstraintsParam(
+                constr.get(), enforcedRotation ? enforcedRotation->getLegacyEnfrot() : nullptr, vsite.get()));
+        // TODO: Separate `fr` to a separate add, and make the `build` handle the coupling sensibly.
+        simulatorBuilder.add(LegacyInput(
+                static_cast<int>(filenames.size()), filenames.data(), inputrec.get(), fr.get()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(ReplicaExchangeParameters(replExParams));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(InteractiveMD(imdSession.get()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(SimulatorModules(mdModules_->outputProvider(), mdModules_->notifiers()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(CenterOfMassPulling(pull_work));
+        // Todo move to an MDModule
+        simulatorBuilder.add(IonSwapping(swap));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(TopologyData(mtop, &localTopology, mdAtoms.get()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(BoxDeformationHandle(deform.get()));
+        simulatorBuilder.add(std::move(modularSimulatorCheckpointData));
+
+        /* PLUMED */
+        if(plumedswitch){
+          if(useModularSimulator) gmx_fatal(FARGS, "PLUMED is not yet compatible with GROMACS new modular simulator");
+          /* detect plumed API version */
+          int pversion=0;
+          plumed_cmd(plumedmain,"getApiVersion",&pversion);
+          if(pversion>5) {
+             int nth = gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Default);
+             plumed_cmd(plumedmain,"setNumOMPthreads",&nth);
+          }
+          /* set GPU device id */
+          if(pversion>9) {
+             plumed_cmd(plumedmain,"setGpuDeviceId", &deviceId);
+          }
+          if(useGpuForUpdate) {
+             GMX_LOG(mdlog.warning)
+                .asParagraph()
+                .appendTextFormatted(
+                        "This simulation is resident on GPU (-update gpu)\n"
+                        "but also runs PLUMED (-plumed ). Unless plumed actions are performed\n" 
+                        "only on neighbour list search and/or file writing steps, this will lead to WRONG RESULTS.\n" 
+                        "Stop it and run it again with -update cpu.\n");
+          } 
+        }
+        /* END PLUMED */
+
+        // build and run simulator object based on user-input
+        auto simulator = simulatorBuilder.build(useModularSimulator);
+        simulator->run();
+
+        if (fr->pmePpCommGpu)
+        {
+            // destroy object since it is no longer required. (This needs to be done while the GPU context still exists.)
+            fr->pmePpCommGpu.reset();
+        }
+
+        if (inputrec->bPull)
+        {
+            finish_pull(pull_work);
+        }
+        finish_swapcoords(swap);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_RELEASE_ASSERT(pmedata, "pmedata was NULL while cr->duty was not DUTY_PP");
+        /* do PME only */
+        walltime_accounting = walltime_accounting_init(gmx_omp_nthreads_get(ModuleMultiThread::Pme));
+        gmx_pmeonly(pmedata,
+                    cr,
+                    &nrnb,
+                    wcycle.get(),
+                    walltime_accounting,
+                    inputrec.get(),
+                    pmeRunMode,
+                    runScheduleWork.simulationWork.useGpuPmePpCommunication,
+                    deviceStreamManager.get());
+    }
+
+    wallcycle_stop(wcycle.get(), WallCycleCounter::Run);
+
+    /* Finish up, write some stuff
+     * if rerunMD, don't write last frame again
+     */
+    finish_run(fplog,
+               mdlog,
+               cr,
+               *inputrec,
+               &nrnb,
+               wcycle.get(),
+               walltime_accounting,
+               fr ? fr->nbv.get() : nullptr,
+               pmedata,
+               EI_DYNAMICS(inputrec->eI) && !isMultiSim(ms));
+
+
+    deviceStreamManager.reset(nullptr);
+    // Free PME data
+    if (pmedata)
+    {
+        gmx_pme_destroy(pmedata);
+        pmedata = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    // FIXME: this is only here to manually unpin mdAtoms->chargeA_ and state->x,
+    // before we destroy the GPU context(s)
+    // Pinned buffers are associated with contexts in CUDA.
+    // As soon as we destroy GPU contexts after mdrunner() exits, these lines should go.
+    mdAtoms.reset(nullptr);
+    globalState.reset(nullptr);
+    localStateInstance.reset(nullptr);
+    mdModules_.reset(nullptr); // destruct force providers here as they might also use the GPU
+    fr.reset(nullptr);         // destruct forcerec before gpu
+    // TODO convert to C++ so we can get rid of these frees
+    sfree(disresdata);
+
+    if (!hwinfo_->deviceInfoList.empty())
+    {
+        /* stop the GPU profiler (only CUDA) */
+        stopGpuProfiler();
+    }
+
+    /* With tMPI we need to wait for all ranks to finish deallocation before
+     * destroying the CUDA context as some tMPI ranks may be sharing
+     * GPU and context.
+     *
+     * This is not a concern in OpenCL where we use one context per rank.
+     *
+     * Note: it is safe to not call the barrier on the ranks which do not use GPU,
+     * but it is easier and more futureproof to call it on the whole node.
+     *
+     * Note that this function needs to be called even if GPUs are not used
+     * in this run because the PME ranks have no knowledge of whether GPUs
+     * are used or not, but all ranks need to enter the barrier below.
+     * \todo Remove this physical node barrier after making sure
+     * that it's not needed anymore (with a shared GPU run).
+     */
+    if (GMX_THREAD_MPI)
+    {
+        physicalNodeComm.barrier();
+    }
+
+    const bool haveDetectedOrForcedCudaAwareMpi =
+            (gmx::checkMpiCudaAwareSupport() == gmx::GpuAwareMpiStatus::Supported
+             || gmx::checkMpiCudaAwareSupport() == gmx::GpuAwareMpiStatus::Forced);
+    if (!haveDetectedOrForcedCudaAwareMpi)
+    {
+        // Don't reset GPU in case of GPU-AWARE MPI
+        // UCX creates GPU buffers which are cleaned-up as part of MPI_Finalize()
+        // resetting the device before MPI_Finalize() results in crashes inside UCX
+        // This can also cause issues in tests that invoke mdrunner() multiple
+        // times in the same process; ref #3952.
+        releaseDevice(deviceInfo);
+    }
+
+    /* Does what it says */
+    print_date_and_time(fplog, cr->nodeid, "Finished mdrun", gmx_gettime());
+    walltime_accounting_destroy(walltime_accounting);
+
+    /* PLUMED */
+    if(plumedswitch){
+      plumed_finalize(plumedmain);
+    }
+    /* END PLUMED */
+
+    // Ensure log file content is written
+    if (logFileHandle)
+    {
+        gmx_fio_flush(logFileHandle);
+    }
+
+    /* Reset FPEs (important for unit tests) by disabling them. Assumes no
+     * exceptions were enabled before function was called. */
+    if (bEnableFPE)
+    {
+        gmx_fedisableexcept();
+    }
+
+    auto rc = static_cast<int>(gmx_get_stop_condition());
+
+#if GMX_THREAD_MPI
+    /* we need to join all threads. The sub-threads join when they
+       exit this function, but the master thread needs to be told to
+       wait for that. */
+    if (MASTER(cr))
+    {
+        tMPI_Finalize();
+    }
+#endif
+    return rc;
+} // namespace gmx
+
+Mdrunner::~Mdrunner()
+{
+    // Clean up of the Manager.
+    // This will end up getting called on every thread-MPI rank, which is unnecessary,
+    // but okay as long as threads synchronize some time before adding or accessing
+    // a new set of restraints.
+    if (restraintManager_)
+    {
+        restraintManager_->clear();
+        GMX_ASSERT(restraintManager_->countRestraints() == 0,
+                   "restraints added during runner life time should be cleared at runner "
+                   "destruction.");
+    }
+};
+
+void Mdrunner::addPotential(std::shared_ptr<gmx::IRestraintPotential> puller, const std::string& name)
+{
+    GMX_ASSERT(restraintManager_, "Mdrunner must have a restraint manager.");
+    // Not sure if this should be logged through the md logger or something else,
+    // but it is helpful to have some sort of INFO level message sent somewhere.
+    //    std::cout << "Registering restraint named " << name << std::endl;
+
+    // When multiple restraints are used, it may be wasteful to register them separately.
+    // Maybe instead register an entire Restraint Manager as a force provider.
+    restraintManager_->addToSpec(std::move(puller), name);
+}
+
+Mdrunner::Mdrunner(std::unique_ptr<MDModules> mdModules) : mdModules_(std::move(mdModules)) {}
+
+Mdrunner::Mdrunner(Mdrunner&&) noexcept = default;
+
+//NOLINTNEXTLINE(performance-noexcept-move-constructor) working around GCC bug 58265 in CentOS 7
+Mdrunner& Mdrunner::operator=(Mdrunner&& /*handle*/) noexcept(BUGFREE_NOEXCEPT_STRING) = default;
+
+class Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation
+{
+public:
+    BuilderImplementation() = delete;
+    BuilderImplementation(std::unique_ptr<MDModules> mdModules, compat::not_null<SimulationContext*> context);
+    ~BuilderImplementation();
+
+    BuilderImplementation& setExtraMdrunOptions(const MdrunOptions& options,
+                                                real                forceWarningThreshold,
+                                                StartingBehavior    startingBehavior);
+
+    void addHardwareDetectionResult(const gmx_hw_info_t* hwinfo);
+
+    void addDomdec(const DomdecOptions& options);
+
+    void addInput(SimulationInputHandle inputHolder);
+
+    void addVerletList(int nstlist);
+
+    void addReplicaExchange(const ReplicaExchangeParameters& params);
+
+    void addNonBonded(const char* nbpu_opt);
+
+    void addPME(const char* pme_opt_, const char* pme_fft_opt_);
+
+    void addBondedTaskAssignment(const char* bonded_opt);
+
+    void addUpdateTaskAssignment(const char* update_opt);
+
+    void addHardwareOptions(const gmx_hw_opt_t& hardwareOptions);
+
+    void addFilenames(ArrayRef<const t_filenm> filenames);
+
+    void addOutputEnvironment(gmx_output_env_t* outputEnvironment);
+
+    void addLogFile(t_fileio* logFileHandle);
+
+    void addStopHandlerBuilder(std::unique_ptr<StopHandlerBuilder> builder);
+
+    Mdrunner build();
+
+private:
+    // Default parameters copied from runner.h
+    // \todo Clarify source(s) of default parameters.
+
+    const char* nbpu_opt_    = nullptr;
+    const char* pme_opt_     = nullptr;
+    const char* pme_fft_opt_ = nullptr;
+    const char* bonded_opt_  = nullptr;
+    const char* update_opt_  = nullptr;
+
+    MdrunOptions mdrunOptions_;
+
+    DomdecOptions domdecOptions_;
+
+    ReplicaExchangeParameters replicaExchangeParameters_;
+
+    //! Command-line override for the duration of a neighbor list with the Verlet scheme.
+    int nstlist_ = 0;
+
+    //! World communicator, used for hardware detection and task assignment
+    MPI_Comm libraryWorldCommunicator_ = MPI_COMM_NULL;
+
+    //! Multisim communicator handle.
+    gmx_multisim_t* multiSimulation_;
+
+    //! mdrun communicator
+    MPI_Comm simulationCommunicator_ = MPI_COMM_NULL;
+
+    //! Print a warning if any force is larger than this (in kJ/mol nm).
+    real forceWarningThreshold_ = -1;
+
+    //! Whether the simulation will start afresh, or restart with/without appending.
+    StartingBehavior startingBehavior_ = StartingBehavior::NewSimulation;
+
+    //! The modules that comprise the functionality of mdrun.
+    std::unique_ptr<MDModules> mdModules_;
+
+    //! Detected hardware.
+    const gmx_hw_info_t* hwinfo_ = nullptr;
+
+    //! \brief Parallelism information.
+    gmx_hw_opt_t hardwareOptions_;
+
+    //! filename options for simulation.
+    ArrayRef<const t_filenm> filenames_;
+
+    /*! \brief Handle to output environment.
+     *
+     * \todo gmx_output_env_t needs lifetime management.
+     */
+    gmx_output_env_t* outputEnvironment_ = nullptr;
+
+    /*! \brief Non-owning handle to MD log file.
+     *
+     * \todo Context should own output facilities for client.
+     * \todo Improve log file handle management.
+     * \internal
+     * Code managing the FILE* relies on the ability to set it to
+     * nullptr to check whether the filehandle is valid.
+     */
+    t_fileio* logFileHandle_ = nullptr;
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Builder for simulation stop signal handler.
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<StopHandlerBuilder> stopHandlerBuilder_ = nullptr;
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief Sources for initial simulation state.
+     *
+     * See issue #3652 for near-term refinements to the SimulationInput interface.
+     *
+     * See issue #3379 for broader discussion on API aspects of simulation inputs and outputs.
+     */
+    SimulationInputHandle inputHolder_;
+};
+
+Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::BuilderImplementation(std::unique_ptr<MDModules> mdModules,
+                                                       compat::not_null<SimulationContext*> context) :
+    mdModules_(std::move(mdModules))
+{
+    libraryWorldCommunicator_ = context->libraryWorldCommunicator_;
+    simulationCommunicator_   = context->simulationCommunicator_;
+    multiSimulation_          = context->multiSimulation_.get();
+}
+
+Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::~BuilderImplementation() = default;
+
+Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation&
+Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::setExtraMdrunOptions(const MdrunOptions&    options,
+                                                      const real             forceWarningThreshold,
+                                                      const StartingBehavior startingBehavior)
+{
+    mdrunOptions_          = options;
+    forceWarningThreshold_ = forceWarningThreshold;
+    startingBehavior_      = startingBehavior;
+    return *this;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addDomdec(const DomdecOptions& options)
+{
+    domdecOptions_ = options;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addVerletList(int nstlist)
+{
+    nstlist_ = nstlist;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addReplicaExchange(const ReplicaExchangeParameters& params)
+{
+    replicaExchangeParameters_ = params;
+}
+
+Mdrunner Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::build()
+{
+    auto newRunner = Mdrunner(std::move(mdModules_));
+
+    newRunner.mdrunOptions     = mdrunOptions_;
+    newRunner.pforce           = forceWarningThreshold_;
+    newRunner.startingBehavior = startingBehavior_;
+    newRunner.domdecOptions    = domdecOptions_;
+
+    // \todo determine an invariant to check or confirm that all gmx_hw_opt_t objects are valid
+    newRunner.hw_opt = hardwareOptions_;
+
+    // No invariant to check. This parameter exists to optionally override other behavior.
+    newRunner.nstlist_cmdline = nstlist_;
+
+    newRunner.replExParams = replicaExchangeParameters_;
+
+    newRunner.filenames = filenames_;
+
+    newRunner.libraryWorldCommunicator = libraryWorldCommunicator_;
+
+    newRunner.simulationCommunicator = simulationCommunicator_;
+
+    // nullptr is a valid value for the multisim handle
+    newRunner.ms = multiSimulation_;
+
+    if (hwinfo_)
+    {
+        newRunner.hwinfo_ = hwinfo_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError(
+                "MdrunnerBuilder::addHardwareDetectionResult() is required before build()"));
+    }
+
+    if (inputHolder_)
+    {
+        newRunner.inputHolder_ = std::move(inputHolder_);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError("MdrunnerBuilder::addInput() is required before build()."));
+    }
+
+    // \todo Clarify ownership and lifetime management for gmx_output_env_t
+    // \todo Update sanity checking when output environment has clearly specified invariants.
+    // Initialization and default values for oenv are not well specified in the current version.
+    if (outputEnvironment_)
+    {
+        newRunner.oenv = outputEnvironment_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError(
+                "MdrunnerBuilder::addOutputEnvironment() is required before build()"));
+    }
+
+    newRunner.logFileHandle = logFileHandle_;
+
+    if (nbpu_opt_)
+    {
+        newRunner.nbpu_opt = nbpu_opt_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError("MdrunnerBuilder::addNonBonded() is required before build()"));
+    }
+
+    if (pme_opt_ && pme_fft_opt_)
+    {
+        newRunner.pme_opt     = pme_opt_;
+        newRunner.pme_fft_opt = pme_fft_opt_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError("MdrunnerBuilder::addElectrostatics() is required before build()"));
+    }
+
+    if (bonded_opt_)
+    {
+        newRunner.bonded_opt = bonded_opt_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError(
+                "MdrunnerBuilder::addBondedTaskAssignment() is required before build()"));
+    }
+
+    if (update_opt_)
+    {
+        newRunner.update_opt = update_opt_;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(gmx::APIError(
+                "MdrunnerBuilder::addUpdateTaskAssignment() is required before build()  "));
+    }
+
+
+    newRunner.restraintManager_ = std::make_unique<gmx::RestraintManager>();
+
+    if (stopHandlerBuilder_)
+    {
+        newRunner.stopHandlerBuilder_ = std::move(stopHandlerBuilder_);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        newRunner.stopHandlerBuilder_ = std::make_unique<StopHandlerBuilder>();
+    }
+
+    return newRunner;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addHardwareDetectionResult(const gmx_hw_info_t* hwinfo)
+{
+    hwinfo_ = hwinfo;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addNonBonded(const char* nbpu_opt)
+{
+    nbpu_opt_ = nbpu_opt;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addPME(const char* pme_opt, const char* pme_fft_opt)
+{
+    pme_opt_     = pme_opt;
+    pme_fft_opt_ = pme_fft_opt;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addBondedTaskAssignment(const char* bonded_opt)
+{
+    bonded_opt_ = bonded_opt;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addUpdateTaskAssignment(const char* update_opt)
+{
+    update_opt_ = update_opt;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addHardwareOptions(const gmx_hw_opt_t& hardwareOptions)
+{
+    hardwareOptions_ = hardwareOptions;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addFilenames(ArrayRef<const t_filenm> filenames)
+{
+    filenames_ = filenames;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addOutputEnvironment(gmx_output_env_t* outputEnvironment)
+{
+    outputEnvironment_ = outputEnvironment;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addLogFile(t_fileio* logFileHandle)
+{
+    logFileHandle_ = logFileHandle;
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addStopHandlerBuilder(std::unique_ptr<StopHandlerBuilder> builder)
+{
+    stopHandlerBuilder_ = std::move(builder);
+}
+
+void Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation::addInput(SimulationInputHandle inputHolder)
+{
+    inputHolder_ = std::move(inputHolder);
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder::MdrunnerBuilder(std::unique_ptr<MDModules>           mdModules,
+                                 compat::not_null<SimulationContext*> context) :
+    impl_{ std::make_unique<Mdrunner::BuilderImplementation>(std::move(mdModules), context) }
+{
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder::~MdrunnerBuilder() = default;
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addHardwareDetectionResult(const gmx_hw_info_t* hwinfo)
+{
+    impl_->addHardwareDetectionResult(hwinfo);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addSimulationMethod(const MdrunOptions&    options,
+                                                      real                   forceWarningThreshold,
+                                                      const StartingBehavior startingBehavior)
+{
+    impl_->setExtraMdrunOptions(options, forceWarningThreshold, startingBehavior);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addDomainDecomposition(const DomdecOptions& options)
+{
+    impl_->addDomdec(options);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addNeighborList(int nstlist)
+{
+    impl_->addVerletList(nstlist);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addReplicaExchange(const ReplicaExchangeParameters& params)
+{
+    impl_->addReplicaExchange(params);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addNonBonded(const char* nbpu_opt)
+{
+    impl_->addNonBonded(nbpu_opt);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addElectrostatics(const char* pme_opt, const char* pme_fft_opt)
+{
+    // The builder method may become more general in the future, but in this version,
+    // parameters for PME electrostatics are both required and the only parameters
+    // available.
+    if (pme_opt && pme_fft_opt)
+    {
+        impl_->addPME(pme_opt, pme_fft_opt);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        GMX_THROW(
+                gmx::InvalidInputError("addElectrostatics() arguments must be non-null pointers."));
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addBondedTaskAssignment(const char* bonded_opt)
+{
+    impl_->addBondedTaskAssignment(bonded_opt);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addUpdateTaskAssignment(const char* update_opt)
+{
+    impl_->addUpdateTaskAssignment(update_opt);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+Mdrunner MdrunnerBuilder::build()
+{
+    return impl_->build();
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addHardwareOptions(const gmx_hw_opt_t& hardwareOptions)
+{
+    impl_->addHardwareOptions(hardwareOptions);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addFilenames(ArrayRef<const t_filenm> filenames)
+{
+    impl_->addFilenames(filenames);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addOutputEnvironment(gmx_output_env_t* outputEnvironment)
+{
+    impl_->addOutputEnvironment(outputEnvironment);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addLogFile(t_fileio* logFileHandle)
+{
+    impl_->addLogFile(logFileHandle);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addStopHandlerBuilder(std::unique_ptr<StopHandlerBuilder> builder)
+{
+    impl_->addStopHandlerBuilder(std::move(builder));
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::addInput(SimulationInputHandle input)
+{
+    impl_->addInput(std::move(input));
+    return *this;
+}
+
+MdrunnerBuilder::MdrunnerBuilder(MdrunnerBuilder&&) noexcept = default;
+
+MdrunnerBuilder& MdrunnerBuilder::operator=(MdrunnerBuilder&&) noexcept = default;
+
+} // namespace gmx