Hello,
This is basically a repost of my previous mail regarding problems with
connect/accept and disconnect (**this is not related to spawning,
parent/child**).
I *sometimes* find processes blocking indefinitely at Connect/Accept
calls or at Disconnect calls. I have an example below.
Process A
{
MPI_Open_port(...);
MPI_Publish_name(...);
MPI_Comm_accept(... &b_comm); // -----> (1)
// Do something1
MPI_Comm_disconnect(&b_comm); // ------> (2)
// Do something2
}
Process B
{
MPI_Lookup_name(...);
MPI_Comm_connect(... &a_comm); // -----> (1)
// Do something1
MPI_Comm_disconnect(&a_comm); // ------> (2)
// Do something2
}
In the above scenario, in a perfect case where A reaches (1) without any
problems, **sometimes** B blocks at its (1) indefinitely. All arguments
passed to both the functions are perfect.
Again, **sometimes** one of them block infinitely at (2) while the other
goes on to do the something2. This could only be a problem at the
application level only if the one that blocks indefinitely is always the
same but it is not so. Sometimes A blocks and B is busy doing something2
or A is busy doing its something2 while B blocks.
Is this a known issue? or am I the only person experiencing this and is
clean for others who frequently use connect/accept/disconnect calls?
Thanks,
Suraj
