Try adding -display-devel-map to your cmd line so you can see what
OMPI thinks the binding and mapping policy is set to - that'll tell
you if the problem is in the mapping or in the daemon binding.
Also, it might help to know something about this node - like how many
sockets, cores/socket.
On Oct 8, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Eugene Loh wrote:
Here are two problems with openmpi-1.3.4a1r22051
# Here, I try to run the moral equivalent of -bysocket -bind-to-
socket,
# using the MCA parameter form specified on the mpirun command line.
# No binding results. THIS IS PROBLEM 1.
% mpirun -np 5 --mca rmaps_base_schedule_policy socket --mca
orte_process_binding socket -report-bindings hostname
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# Same thing with the "core" form.
% mpirun -np 5 --mca rmaps_base_schedule_policy core --mca
orte_process_binding core -report-bindings hostname
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# Now, I set the MCA parameters as environment variables.
# I then check the spellings and confirm all is set using ompi_info.
% setenv OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_schedule_policy socket
% setenv OMPI_MCA_orte_process_binding socket
% ompi_info -a | grep rmaps_base_schedule_policy
MCA rmaps: parameter
"rmaps_base_schedule_policy" (current value: "socket", data source:
environment)
% ompi_info -a | grep orte_process_binding
MCA orte: parameter "orte_process_binding" (current
value: "socket", data source: environment)
# So, now I run a simple program.
# I get binding now, but I'm filling up the first socket before
going to the second.
# THIS IS PROBLEM 2.
% mpirun -np 5 -report-bindings hostname
[saem9:23947] [[29741,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29741,1],0] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23947] [[29741,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29741,1],1] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23947] [[29741,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29741,1],2] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23947] [[29741,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29741,1],3] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23947] [[29741,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29741,1],4] to socket 1 cpus 00f0
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# Adding -bysocket to the command line fixes things.
% mpirun -np 5 -bysocket -report-bindings hostname
[saem9:23953] [[29751,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29751,1],0] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23953] [[29751,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29751,1],1] to socket 1 cpus 00f0
[saem9:23953] [[29751,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29751,1],2] to socket 0 cpus 000f
[saem9:23953] [[29751,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29751,1],3] to socket 1 cpus 00f0
[saem9:23953] [[29751,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child
[[29751,1],4] to socket 0 cpus 000f
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Bug? Or am I doing something wrong?
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