I noticed two major issues on 32 bits machines. The first one is with the vader BTL and the second with the selection logic in basesmuma (bcol_basesmuma_bank_init_opti). Both versions are impacted: trunk and 1.7.
If I turn off vader and boll via the MCA parameters everything runs just fine. George. ../trunk/configure --enable-debug --disable-mpi-cxx --disable-mpi-fortran --disable-io-romio --enable-contrib-no-build=vt,libtrace --enable-mpirun-prefix-by-default - Vader generates a segfault for any application even with only 2 processes, so this should be pretty easy to track. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000 in ?? () #1 0x00ae43b3 in mca_btl_vader_poll_fifo () at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_component.c:394 #2 0x00ae444a in mca_btl_vader_component_progress () at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_component.c:421 #3 0x008fdb95 in opal_progress () at ../../trunk/opal/runtime/opal_progress.c:186 #4 0x001961bc in ompi_request_default_test_some (count=13, requests=0xb1f01d48, outcount=0xb2afb2d0, indices=0xb1f01f60, statuses=0xb1f02178) at ../../trunk/ompi/request/req_test.c:316 #5 0x001def9a in PMPI_Testsome (incount=13, requests=0xb1f01d48, outcount=0xb2afb2d0, indices=0xb1f01f60, statuses=0xb1f02178) at ptestsome.c:81 - basesmuma overwrite the memory. The results_array can’t be released as the memory is corrupted. I did not have time to investigate too much but it looks like the pload_mgmt->data_bffs either too small or somehow data is stored outside its boundaries. *** glib detected *** /home/bosilca/unstable/dplasma/trunk/build/debug/dplasma/testing/testing_dpotrf: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x081f0798 *** (gdb) bt #0 0x00130424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006bfb11 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x006c13ea in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x006ff9d5 in __libc_message () from /lib/libc.so.6 #4 0x00705e31 in malloc_printerr () from /lib/libc.so.6 #5 0x00708571 in _int_free () from /lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x00c02d0e in bcol_basesmuma_bank_init_opti (ml_module=0x81dfe60, bcol_module=0xb30b3008, reg_data=0x81e6698) at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/bcol/basesmuma/bcol_basesmuma_buf_mgmt.c:472 #7 0x00b7035f in mca_coll_ml_register_bcols (ml_module=0x81dfe60) at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_module.c:513 #8 0x00b70651 in ml_module_memory_initialization (ml_module=0x81dfe60) at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_module.c:560 #9 0x00b733fd in ml_discover_hierarchy (ml_module=0x81dfe60) at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_module.c:1585 #10 0x00b7786e in mca_coll_ml_comm_query (comm=0x8127da0, priority=0xbfffe558) at ../../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/ml/coll_ml_module.c:2998 #11 0x00202ea6 in query_2_0_0 (component=0xbc6500, comm=0x8127da0, priority=0xbfffe558, module=0xbfffe580) at ../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_comm_select.c:375 #12 0x00202e7f in query (component=0xbc6500, comm=0x8127da0, priority=0xbfffe558, module=0xbfffe580) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- at ../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_comm_select.c:358 #13 0x00202d9e in check_one_component (comm=0x8127da0, component=0xbc6500, module=0xbfffe580) at ../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_comm_select.c:320 #14 0x00202bce in check_components (components=0x253d70, comm=0x8127da0) at ../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_comm_select.c:284 #15 0x001fbbe1 in mca_coll_base_comm_select (comm=0x8127da0) at ../../../../trunk/ompi/mca/coll/base/coll_base_comm_select.c:117 #16 0x0019872f in ompi_mpi_init (argc=7, argv=0xbfffee74, requested=0, provided=0xbfffe970) at ../../trunk/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c:894 #17 0x001c9509 in PMPI_Init (argc=0xbfffe9c0, argv=0xbfffe9c4) at pinit.c:84