> On Feb 13, 2020, at 7:39 AM, Smith, Barry F. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> How are the two being compiled and linked? The same way, one with the PETSc 
> library in the path and the other without? Or does the PETSc one have lots of 
> flags and stuff while the non-PETSc one is just simple by hand?

PETSc was built into a static lib. Then both of the two example were built with 
the static lib.

Hong


> 
> Barry
> 
> 
>> On Feb 12, 2020, at 7:29 PM, Zhang, Hong <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 12, 2020, at 5:11 PM, Smith, Barry F. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ldd -o on the petsc program (static) and the non petsc program (static), 
>>> what are the differences?
>> 
>> There is no difference in the outputs.
>> 
>>> 
>>> nm -o both executables | grep cudaFree()
>> 
>> Non petsc program:
>> 
>> [[email protected] tests]$ nm ex_simple | grep cudaFree
>> 0000000010000ae0 t 00000017.plt_call.cudaFree@@libcudart.so.10.1
>>              U cudaFree@@libcudart.so.10.1
>> 
>> Petsc program:
>> 
>> [[email protected] tests]$ nm ex_simple_petsc | grep cudaFree
>> 0000000010016550 t 00000017.plt_call.cudaFree@@libcudart.so.10.1
>> 0000000010017010 t 00000017.plt_call.cudaFreeHost@@libcudart.so.10.1
>> 00000000124c3f48 V 
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>>              U cudaFree@@libcudart.so.10.1
>>              U cudaFreeHost@@libcudart.so.10.1
>> 
>> Hong
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 12, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Munson, Todd via petsc-dev 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> There are some side effects when loading shared libraries, such as 
>>>> initializations of
>>>> static variables, etc.  Is something like that happening?
>>>> 
>>>> Another place is the initial runtime library that gets linked (libcrt0 
>>>> maybe?).  I 
>>>> think some MPI compilers insert their own version.
>>>> 
>>>> Todd.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 12, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 12, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Matthew Knepley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:06 AM Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Sorry for the long post. Here are replies I have got from OLCF so far. 
>>>>>> We still don’t know how to solve the problem.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One interesting thing that Tom noticed is PetscInitialize() may have 
>>>>>> called cudaFree(0) 32 times as NVPROF shows, and they all run very fast. 
>>>>>> These calls may be triggered by some other libraries like cublas. But if 
>>>>>> PETSc calls cudaFree() explicitly, it is always very slow.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It sounds really painful, but I would start removing lines from 
>>>>>> PetscInitialize() until it runs fast.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It may be more painful than it sounds. The problem is not really related 
>>>>> to PetscInitialize(). In the following simple example, we do not call any 
>>>>> PETsc function. But if we link it to the PETSc shared library, 
>>>>> cudaFree(0) would be very slow. CUDA is a blackbox. There is not much we 
>>>>> can debug with this simple example.
>>>>> 
>>>>> bash-4.2$ cat ex_simple.c
>>>>> #include <time.h>
>>>>> #include <cuda_runtime.h>
>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>> 
>>>>> int main(int argc,char **args)
>>>>> {
>>>>> clock_t start,s1,s2,s3;
>>>>> double  cputime;
>>>>> double   *init,tmp[100] = {0};
>>>>> 
>>>>> start = clock();
>>>>> cudaFree(0);
>>>>> s1 = clock();
>>>>> cudaMalloc((void **)&init,100*sizeof(double));
>>>>> s2 = clock();
>>>>> cudaMemcpy(init,tmp,100*sizeof(double),cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
>>>>> s3 = clock();
>>>>> printf("free time =%lf malloc time =%lf copy time =%lf\n",((double) (s1 - 
>>>>> start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) (s2 - s1)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) 
>>>>> (s3 - s2)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hong
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed Feb 12 09:51:33 2020, tpapathe wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Something else I noticed from the nvprof output (see my previous post) is
>>>>>> that the runs with PETSc initialized have 33 calls to cudaFree, whereas 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> non-PETSc versions only have the 1 call to cudaFree. I'm not sure what is
>>>>>> happening in the PETSc initialize/finalize, but it appears to be doing a
>>>>>> lot under the hood. You can also see there are many additional CUDA calls
>>>>>> that are not shown in the profiler output from the non-PETSc runs (e.g.,
>>>>>> additional cudaMalloc and cudaMemcpy calls, cudaDeviceSychronize, etc.).
>>>>>> Which other systems have you tested this on? Which CUDA Toolkits and CUDA
>>>>>> drivers were installed on those systems? Please let me know if there is 
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> additional information you can share with me about this.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Tom
>>>>>> On Wed Feb 12 09:25:23 2020, tpapathe wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ok. Thanks for the additional info, Hong. I'll ask around to see if any
>>>>>> local (PETSc or CUDA) experts have experienced this behavior. In the
>>>>>> meantime, is this impacting your work or something you're just curious
>>>>>> about? A 5-7 second initialization time is indeed unusual, but is it
>>>>>> negligible relative to the overall walltime of your jobs, or is it
>>>>>> somehow affecting your productivity?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Tom
>>>>>> On Tue Feb 11 17:04:25 2020, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We know it happens with PETSc. But note that the slow down occurs on the 
>>>>>> first CUDA function call. In the example I sent to you, if we simply 
>>>>>> link it to the PETSc shared library and don’t call any PETSc function, 
>>>>>> the slow down still happens on cudaFree(0). We have never seen this 
>>>>>> behavior on other GPU systems.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 11, 2020, at 3:31 PM, Thomas Papatheodore via RT <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for the update. I have now reproduced the behavior you described 
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> PETSc + CUDA using your example code:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [tpapathe@batch2: /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src]$ jsrun 
>>>>>> -n1
>>>>>> -a1 -c1 -g1 -r1 -l cpu-cpu -dpacked -bpacked:1 nvprof
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_petsc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==16991== NVPROF is profiling process 16991, command:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_petsc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==16991== Profiling application:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_petsc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> free time =4.730000 malloc time =0.000000 copy time =0.000000
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==16991== Profiling result:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Type Time(%) Time Calls Avg Min Max Name
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> GPU activities: 100.00% 9.3760us 6 1.5620us 1.3440us 1.7920us [CUDA 
>>>>>> memcpy
>>>>>> HtoD]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> API calls: 99.78% 5.99333s 33 181.62ms 883ns 4.71976s cudaFree
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.11% 6.3603ms 379 16.781us 233ns 693.40us cuDeviceGetAttribute
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.07% 4.1453ms 4 1.0363ms 1.0186ms 1.0623ms cuDeviceTotalMem
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.02% 1.0046ms 4 251.15us 131.45us 449.32us cuDeviceGetName
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.01% 808.21us 16 50.513us 6.7080us 621.54us cudaMalloc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.01% 452.06us 450 1.0040us 830ns 6.4430us cudaFuncSetAttribute
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 104.89us 6 17.481us 13.419us 21.338us cudaMemcpy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 102.26us 15 6.8170us 6.1900us 10.072us cudaDeviceSynchronize
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 93.635us 80 1.1700us 1.0190us 2.1990us cudaEventCreateWithFlags
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 92.168us 83 1.1100us 951ns 2.3550us cudaEventDestroy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 52.277us 74 706ns 592ns 1.5640us cudaDeviceGetAttribute
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 34.558us 3 11.519us 9.5410us 15.129us cudaStreamDestroy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 27.778us 3 9.2590us 4.9120us 17.632us cudaStreamCreateWithFlags
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 11.955us 1 11.955us 11.955us 11.955us cudaSetDevice
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 10.361us 7 1.4800us 809ns 3.6580us cudaGetDevice
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 5.4310us 3 1.8100us 1.6420us 1.9980us cudaEventCreate
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 3.8040us 6 634ns 391ns 1.5350us cuDeviceGetCount
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 3.5350us 1 3.5350us 3.5350us 3.5350us cuDeviceGetPCIBusId
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 3.2210us 3 1.0730us 949ns 1.1640us cuInit
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 2.6780us 5 535ns 369ns 1.0210us cuDeviceGet
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 2.5080us 1 2.5080us 2.5080us 2.5080us cudaSetDeviceFlags
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 1.6800us 4 420ns 392ns 488ns cuDeviceGetUuid
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 1.5720us 3 524ns 398ns 590ns cuDriverGetVersion
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If I remove all mention of PETSc from the code, compile manually and 
>>>>>> run, I get
>>>>>> the expected behavior:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [tpapathe@batch2: /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src]$ pgc++
>>>>>> -L$OLCF_CUDA_ROOT/lib64 -lcudart ex_simple.c -o ex_simple
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [tpapathe@batch2: /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src]$ jsrun 
>>>>>> -n1
>>>>>> -a1 -c1 -g1 -r1 -l cpu-cpu -dpacked -bpacked:1 nvprof
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==17248== NVPROF is profiling process 17248, command:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==17248== Profiling application:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> free time =0.340000 malloc time =0.000000 copy time =0.000000
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==17248== Profiling result:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Type Time(%) Time Calls Avg Min Max Name
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> GPU activities: 100.00% 1.7600us 1 1.7600us 1.7600us 1.7600us [CUDA 
>>>>>> memcpy
>>>>>> HtoD]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> API calls: 98.56% 231.76ms 1 231.76ms 231.76ms 231.76ms cudaFree
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.67% 1.5764ms 97 16.251us 234ns 652.65us cuDeviceGetAttribute
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.46% 1.0727ms 1 1.0727ms 1.0727ms 1.0727ms cuDeviceTotalMem
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.23% 537.38us 1 537.38us 537.38us 537.38us cudaMalloc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.07% 172.80us 1 172.80us 172.80us 172.80us cuDeviceGetName
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.01% 21.648us 1 21.648us 21.648us 21.648us cudaMemcpy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 3.3470us 1 3.3470us 3.3470us 3.3470us cuDeviceGetPCIBusId
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 2.5310us 3 843ns 464ns 1.3700us cuDeviceGetCount
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 1.7260us 2 863ns 490ns 1.2360us cuDeviceGet
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 377ns 1 377ns 377ns 377ns cuDeviceGetUuid
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I also get the expected behavior if I add an MPI_Init and MPI_Finalize 
>>>>>> to the
>>>>>> code instead of PETSc initialization:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [tpapathe@login1: /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src]$ mpicc
>>>>>> -L$OLCF_CUDA_ROOT/lib64 -lcudart ex_simple_mpi.c -o ex_simple_mpi
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [tpapathe@batch1: /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src]$ jsrun 
>>>>>> -n1
>>>>>> -a1 -c1 -g1 -r1 -l cpu-cpu -dpacked -bpacked:1 nvprof
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_mpi
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==35166== NVPROF is profiling process 35166, command:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_mpi
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==35166== Profiling application:
>>>>>> /gpfs/alpine/scratch/tpapathe/stf007/petsc/src/ex_simple_mpi
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> free time =0.340000 malloc time =0.000000 copy time =0.000000
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ==35166== Profiling result:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Type Time(%) Time Calls Avg Min Max Name
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> GPU activities: 100.00% 1.7600us 1 1.7600us 1.7600us 1.7600us [CUDA 
>>>>>> memcpy
>>>>>> HtoD]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> API calls: 98.57% 235.61ms 1 235.61ms 235.61ms 235.61ms cudaFree
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.66% 1.5802ms 97 16.290us 239ns 650.72us cuDeviceGetAttribute
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.45% 1.0825ms 1 1.0825ms 1.0825ms 1.0825ms cuDeviceTotalMem
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.23% 542.73us 1 542.73us 542.73us 542.73us cudaMalloc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.07% 174.77us 1 174.77us 174.77us 174.77us cuDeviceGetName
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.01% 26.431us 1 26.431us 26.431us 26.431us cudaMemcpy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 4.0330us 1 4.0330us 4.0330us 4.0330us cuDeviceGetPCIBusId
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 2.8560us 3 952ns 528ns 1.6150us cuDeviceGetCount
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 1.6190us 2 809ns 576ns 1.0430us cuDeviceGet
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 0.00% 341ns 1 341ns 341ns 341ns cuDeviceGetUuid
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So this appears to be something specific happening within PETSc itself - 
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> necessarily an OLCF issue. I would suggest asking this question within 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> PETSc community to understand what's happening. Please let me know if 
>>>>>> you have
>>>>>> any additional questions.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Tom
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Smith, Barry F. <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> gprof or some similar tool?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 11:18 AM, Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -cuda_initialize 0 does not make any difference. Actually this issue 
>>>>>>>> has nothing to do with PetscInitialize(). I tried to call cudaFree(0) 
>>>>>>>> before PetscInitialize(), and it still took 7.5 seconds.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hong
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Zhang, Junchao <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> As I mentioned, have you tried -cuda_initialize 0? Also, 
>>>>>>>>> PetscCUDAInitialize contains
>>>>>>>>> ierr = PetscCUBLASInitializeHandle();CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>>>>>>>> ierr = PetscCUSOLVERDnInitializeHandle();CHKERRQ(ierr);
>>>>>>>>> Have you tried to comment out them and test again?
>>>>>>>>> --Junchao Zhang
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 5:22 PM Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Matthew Knepley <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:34 PM Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I did some further investigation. The overhead persists for both the 
>>>>>>>>>> PETSc shared library and the static library. In the previous 
>>>>>>>>>> example, it does not call any PETSc function, the first CUDA 
>>>>>>>>>> function becomes very slow when it is linked to the petsc so. This 
>>>>>>>>>> indicates that the slowdown occurs if the symbol (cudafree)is 
>>>>>>>>>> searched through the petsc so, but does not occur if the symbol is 
>>>>>>>>>> found directly in the cuda runtime lib. 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> So the issue has nothing to do with the dynamic linker. The 
>>>>>>>>>> following example can be used to easily reproduce the problem 
>>>>>>>>>> (cudaFree(0) always takes ~7.5 seconds).  
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 1) This should go to OLCF admin as Jeff suggests
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I had sent this to OLCF admin before the discussion was started here. 
>>>>>>>>> Thomas Papatheodore has followed up. I am trying to help him 
>>>>>>>>> reproduce the problem on summit. 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 2) Just to make sure I understand, a static executable with this 
>>>>>>>>>> code is still slow on the cudaFree(), since CUDA is a shared library 
>>>>>>>>>> by default.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I prepared the code as a minimal example to reproduce the problem. It 
>>>>>>>>> would be fair to say any code using PETSc (with CUDA enabled, built 
>>>>>>>>> statically or dynamically) on summit suffers a 7.5-second overhead on 
>>>>>>>>> the first CUDA function call (either in the user code or inside 
>>>>>>>>> PETSc).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Hong
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I think we should try:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> a) Forcing a full static link, if possible
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> b) Asking OLCF about link resolution order
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like a similar thing I have seen in the past where link 
>>>>>>>>>> resolution order can exponentially increase load time.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> bash-4.2$ cat ex_simple_petsc.c
>>>>>>>>>> #include <time.h>
>>>>>>>>>> #include <cuda_runtime.h>
>>>>>>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>>>>>>> #include <petscmat.h>
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> int main(int argc,char **args)
>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>> clock_t start,s1,s2,s3;
>>>>>>>>>> double  cputime;
>>>>>>>>>> double  *init,tmp[100] = {0};
>>>>>>>>>> PetscErrorCode ierr=0;
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ierr = PetscInitialize(&argc,&args,(char*)0,NULL);if (ierr) return 
>>>>>>>>>> ierr;
>>>>>>>>>> start = clock();
>>>>>>>>>> cudaFree(0);
>>>>>>>>>> s1 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>> cudaMalloc((void **)&init,100*sizeof(double));
>>>>>>>>>> s2 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>> cudaMemcpy(init,tmp,100*sizeof(double),cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
>>>>>>>>>> s3 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>> printf("free time =%lf malloc time =%lf copy time =%lf\n",((double) 
>>>>>>>>>> (s1 - start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) (s2 - s1)) / 
>>>>>>>>>> CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) (s3 - s2)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
>>>>>>>>>> ierr = PetscFinalize();
>>>>>>>>>> return ierr;
>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hong
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2020, at 3:09 PM, Zhang, Hong <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Note that the overhead was triggered by the first call to a CUDA 
>>>>>>>>>>> function. So it seems that the first CUDA function triggered 
>>>>>>>>>>> loading petsc so (if petsc so is linked), which is slow on the 
>>>>>>>>>>> summit file system.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Hong
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Linking any other shared library does not slow down the execution. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> The PETSc shared library is the only one causing trouble.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Here are the ldd output for two different versions. For the first 
>>>>>>>>>>>> version, I removed -lpetsc and it ran very fast. The second (slow) 
>>>>>>>>>>>> version was linked to petsc so. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> bash-4.2$ ldd ex_simple
>>>>>>>>>>>>  linux-vdso64.so.1 =>  (0x0000200000050000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  liblapack.so.0 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/liblapack.so.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000070000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libblas.so.0 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libblas.so.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000009b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5hl_fortran.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5hl_fortran.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000e80000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5_fortran.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5_fortran.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000ed0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5_hl.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000f50000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5.so.103 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5.so.103
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000fb0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00002000015e0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcufft.so.10 => /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcufft.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200001770000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcublas.so.10 => /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcublas.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200009b00000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcudart.so.10.1 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcudart.so.10.1 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x000020000d950000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcusparse.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcusparse.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x000020000d9f0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcusolver.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcusolver.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200012f50000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x000020001dc40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x000020001ddd0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x000020001de00000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpiprofilesupport.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpiprofilesupport.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001de40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm_usempi.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm_usempi.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001de70000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm_mpifh.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm_mpifh.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001dea0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001df40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90rtl.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90rtl.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e0b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e0f0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90_rpm1.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90_rpm1.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e6a0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf902.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf902.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e6d0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgftnrtl.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgftnrtl.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e700000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libatomic.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libatomic.so.1 (0x000020001e730000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgkomp.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgkomp.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e760000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libomp.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libomp.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e790000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libomptarget.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libomptarget.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e880000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgmath.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgmath.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e8b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgc.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgc.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001e9d0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  librt.so.1 => /usr/lib64/librt.so.1 (0x000020001eb40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libm.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libm.so.6 (0x000020001eb70000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x000020001ec60000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libc.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (0x000020001eca0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libz.so.1 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/zlib-1.2.11-2htm7ws4hgrthi5tyjnqxtjxgpfklxsc/lib/libz.so.1
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x000020001ee90000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x000020001eef0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  /lib64/ld64.so.2 (0x0000200000000000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcublasLt.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcublasLt.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x000020001ef40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libutil.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libutil.so.1 (0x0000200020e50000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhwloc_ompi.so.15 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libhwloc_ompi.so.15
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020e80000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libevent-2.1.so.6 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libevent-2.1.so.6
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020ef0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020f70000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libopen-rte.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libopen-rte.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020fa0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libopen-pal.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libopen-pal.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000210b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00002000211a0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> bash-4.2$ ldd ex_simple_slow
>>>>>>>>>>>>  linux-vdso64.so.1 =>  (0x0000200000050000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpetsc.so.3.012 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_home1/hongzh/Projects/petsc/arch-olcf-summit-sell-opt/lib/libpetsc.so.3.012
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200000070000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  liblapack.so.0 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/liblapack.so.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200002be0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libblas.so.0 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libblas.so.0
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200003520000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5hl_fortran.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5hl_fortran.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000039f0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5_fortran.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5_fortran.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200003a40000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5_hl.so.100 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5_hl.so.100
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200003ac0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhdf5.so.103 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/hdf5-1.10.3-pgiul2yf4auv7krecd72t6vupd7e3qgn/lib/libhdf5.so.103
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200003b20000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x0000200004150000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcufft.so.10 => /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcufft.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x00002000042e0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcublas.so.10 => /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcublas.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x000020000c670000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcudart.so.10.1 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcudart.so.10.1 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x00002000104c0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcusparse.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcusparse.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200010560000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcusolver.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcusolver.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200015ac0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00002000207b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x0000200020940000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x0000200020970000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpiprofilesupport.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpiprofilesupport.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000209b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm_usempi.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm_usempi.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000209e0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm_mpifh.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm_mpifh.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020a10000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libmpi_ibm.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libmpi_ibm.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020ab0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90rtl.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90rtl.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020c20000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200020c60000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf90_rpm1.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf90_rpm1.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021210000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgf902.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgf902.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021240000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgftnrtl.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgftnrtl.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021270000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libatomic.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libatomic.so.1 (0x00002000212a0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgkomp.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgkomp.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000212d0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libomp.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libomp.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021300000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libomptarget.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libomptarget.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000213f0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgmath.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgmath.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021420000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libpgc.so => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/0-core/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/gcc-4.8.5/pgi-19.4-6acz4xyqjlpoaonjiiqjme2aknrfnzoy/linuxpower/19.4/lib/libpgc.so
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021540000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  librt.so.1 => /usr/lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00002000216b0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libm.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002000216e0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002000217d0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libc.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (0x0000200021810000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libz.so.1 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/zlib-1.2.11-2htm7ws4hgrthi5tyjnqxtjxgpfklxsc/lib/libz.so.1
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200021a10000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x0000200021a60000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  /lib64/ld64.so.2 (0x0000200000000000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libcublasLt.so.10 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /sw/summit/cuda/10.1.168/lib64/libcublasLt.so.10 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (0x0000200021ab0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libutil.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libutil.so.1 (0x00002000239c0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libhwloc_ompi.so.15 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libhwloc_ompi.so.15
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x00002000239f0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libevent-2.1.so.6 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libevent-2.1.so.6
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200023a60000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.1.so.6
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200023ae0000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libopen-rte.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libopen-rte.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200023b10000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libopen-pal.so.3 => 
>>>>>>>>>>>> /autofs/nccs-svm1_sw/summit/.swci/1-compute/opt/spack/20180914/linux-rhel7-ppc64le/pgi-19.4/spectrum-mpi-10.3.0.1-20190611-4ymaahbai7ehhw4rves5jjiwon2laz3a/lib/libopen-pal.so.3
>>>>>>>>>>>>  (0x0000200023c20000)
>>>>>>>>>>>>  libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x0000200023d10000)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2020, at 2:31 PM, Smith, Barry F. <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ldd -o on the executable of both linkings of your code.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> My guess is that without PETSc it is linking the static version 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the needed libraries and with PETSc the shared. And, in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> typical fashion, the shared libraries are off on some super slow 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> file system so take a long time to be loaded and linked in on 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> demand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still a performance bug in Summit. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Barry
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Zhang, Hong via petsc-dev 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Previously I have noticed that the first call to a CUDA function 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> such as cudaMalloc and cudaFree in PETSc takes a long time (7.5 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seconds) on summit. Then I prepared a simple example as attached 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to help OCLF reproduce the problem. It turned out that the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem was  caused by PETSc. The 7.5-second overhead can be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> observed only when the PETSc lib is linked. If I do not link 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PETSc, it runs normally. Does anyone have any idea why this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happens and how to fix it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hong (Mr.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bash-4.2$ cat ex_simple.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #include <time.h>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #include <cuda_runtime.h>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> int main(int argc,char **args)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> clock_t start,s1,s2,s3;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> double  cputime;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> double   *init,tmp[100] = {0};
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start = clock();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cudaFree(0);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s1 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cudaMalloc((void **)&init,100*sizeof(double));
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s2 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cudaMemcpy(init,tmp,100*sizeof(double),cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s3 = clock();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> printf("free time =%lf malloc time =%lf copy time 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> =%lf\n",((double) (s1 - start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) (s2 - 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s1)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC,((double) (s3 - s2)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> return 0;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their 
>>>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which 
>>>>>>>>>> their experiments lead.
>>>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their 
>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which 
>>>>>> their experiments lead.
>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~knepley/
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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