Hi!
With version 1.4.1 I get a rather strange crash in mpirun whenever I
try to run a job using (I think) a rankfile which doesn't contain the
specified number of ranks. F.e. I ask for 4 ranks ('-np 4'), but the
rankfile contains only one entry:
rank 0=mbm-01-24 slot=1:*
and the following comes out:
[mbm-01-24:20985] *** Process received signal ***
[mbm-01-24:20985] Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
[mbm-01-24:20985] Signal code: Address not mapped (1)
[mbm-01-24:20985] Failing at address: 0x50
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0 [0x2b9de894f7c0]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 1]
/sw/openmpi/1.4.1/gcc/4.4.3/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(orte_util_encode_pidmap+0xbb)
[0x2b9de79b9f7b]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 2]
/sw/openmpi/1.4.1/gcc/4.4.3/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(orte_odls_base_default_get_add_procs_data+0x2d0)
[0x2b9de79d49c0]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 3]
/sw/openmpi/1.4.1/gcc/4.4.3/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(orte_plm_base_launch_apps+0xbc)
[0x2b9de79e1fcc]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 4]
/sw/openmpi/1.4.1/gcc/4.4.3/lib/libopen-rte.so.0 [0x2b9de79e6251]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 5] mpirun [0x403782]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 6] mpirun [0x402cb4]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 7] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2b9de8b79994]
[mbm-01-24:20985] [ 8] mpirun [0x402bd9]
[mbm-01-24:20985] *** End of error message ***
Segmentation fault
However if the rankfile contains a second entry, like:
rank 0=mbm-01-24 slot=1:*
rank 1=mbm-01-24 slot=1:*
I get an error, but no segmentation fault. I guess that the
segmentation fault is unintended... Is this known ? If not, how could
I debug this ?
Now to the second problem: the exact same error keeps coming even if I
specify 4 ranks, the messages are:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
mpirun was unable to start the specified application as it encountered an error:
Error name: Error
Node: mbm-01-24
when attempting to start process rank 0.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[mbm-01-24:21011] Rank 0: PAFFINITY cannot get physical core id for
logical core 4 in physical socket 1 (1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
We were unable to successfully process/set the requested processor
affinity settings:
Specified slot list: 1:*
Error: Error
This could mean that a non-existent processor was specified, or
that the specification had improper syntax.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The node has 2 slots, each with 4 cores, so what I'm trying to achieve
is using the 4 cores of the second slot. When searching the archives,
I stumbled on an e-mail from not too long ago which seemingly dealt
with the same error:
http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2009/07/6513.php
which suggests that a fix was found, but no commit was specified, so I
can't track down whether this was actually also applied to the stable
series. Could someone more knowledgeable in this area shed some light
?
Thanks in advance!
Bogdan
