Continuing with the CR code I now get a crash which can be easily reproduced using orte/test/system/orte_barrier.c
I get: orte_barrier: ../../../../../opal/class/opal_list.h:547: _opal_list_append: Assertion `0 == item->opal_list_item_refcount' failed. [dcbz:05085] *** Process received signal *** [dcbz:05085] Signal: Aborted (6) [dcbz:05085] Signal code: (-6) [dcbz:05085] [ 0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf750)[0x7f95bca0b750] [dcbz:05085] [ 1] /lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x39)[0x7f95bc672c59] [dcbz:05085] [ 2] /lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x148)[0x7f95bc674368] [dcbz:05085] [ 3] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x2ebb6)[0x7f95bc66bbb6] [dcbz:05085] [ 4] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x2ec62)[0x7f95bc66bc62] [dcbz:05085] [ 5] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(+0x86975)[0x7f95bcfbd975] [dcbz:05085] [ 6] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(+0x86d9a)[0x7f95bcfbdd9a] [dcbz:05085] [ 7] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-pal.so.0(+0x8c831)[0x7f95bcca5831] [dcbz:05085] [ 8] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-pal.so.0(+0x8caa3)[0x7f95bcca5aa3] [dcbz:05085] [ 9] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-pal.so.0(opal_libevent2021_event_base_loop+0x2c1)[0x7f95bcca611f] [dcbz:05085] [10] /home/adrian/devel/openmpi-trunk/lib/libopen-rte.so.0(+0x2233b)[0x7f95bcf5933b] [dcbz:05085] [11] /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x7f33)[0x7f95bca03f33] [dcbz:05085] [12] /lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7f95bc731ead] [dcbz:05085] *** End of error message *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- orterun noticed that process rank 0 with PID 5085 on node dcbz exited on signal 6 (Aborted). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- and in gdb [New LWP 5086] [New LWP 5085] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `system/orte_barrier'. Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted. #0 0x00007f95bc672c59 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56 56 return INLINE_SYSCALL (tgkill, 3, pid, selftid, sig); (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f95bc672c59 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56 #1 0x00007f95bc6744a8 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:118 #2 0x00007f95bc66bbb6 in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7f95bc7b8ea8 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=assertion@entry=0x7f95bd06d6c0 "0 == item->opal_list_item_refcount", file=file@entry=0x7f95bd06d600 "../../../../../opal/class/opal_list.h", line=line@entry=547, function=function@entry=0x7f95bd06d9d0 <__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.4605> "_opal_list_append") at assert.c:92 #3 0x00007f95bc66bc62 in __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x7f95bd06d6c0 "0 == item->opal_list_item_refcount", file=0x7f95bd06d600 "../../../../../opal/class/opal_list.h", line=547, function=0x7f95bd06d9d0 <__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.4605> "_opal_list_append") at assert.c:101 #4 0x00007f95bcfbd975 in _opal_list_append (list=0x7f95bd2b9408 <orte_grpcomm_base+8>, item=0x1f35be0, FILE_NAME=0x7f95bd06d718 "../../../../../orte/mca/grpcomm/bad/grpcomm_bad_module.c", LINENO=163) at ../../../../../opal/class/opal_list.h:547 #5 0x00007f95bcfbdd9a in process_barrier (fd=-1, args=4, cbdata=0x1f35ed0) at ../../../../../orte/mca/grpcomm/bad/grpcomm_bad_module.c:163 #6 0x00007f95bcca5831 in event_process_active_single_queue (base=0x1ef63a0, activeq=0x1ef6360) at ../../../../../../opal/mca/event/libevent2021/libevent/event.c:1367 #7 0x00007f95bcca5aa3 in event_process_active (base=0x1ef63a0) at ../../../../../../opal/mca/event/libevent2021/libevent/event.c:1437 #8 0x00007f95bcca611f in opal_libevent2021_event_base_loop (base=0x1ef63a0, flags=1) at ../../../../../../opal/mca/event/libevent2021/libevent/event.c:1645 #9 0x00007f95bcf5933b in orte_progress_thread_engine (obj=0x7f95bd2b9160 <orte_progress_thread>) at ../../orte/runtime/orte_init.c:180 #10 0x00007f95bca03f33 in start_thread (arg=0x7f95bbb0d700) at pthread_create.c:309 #11 0x00007f95bc731ead in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:111 (gdb) As far as I understand it seems to call opal_list_append() twice in orte/mca/grpcomm/bad/grpcomm_bad_module.c:163 opal_list_append(&orte_grpcomm_base.active_colls, &coll->super); I have no idea how to fix this. Adrian