[OMPI devel] Fwd: [Open MPI] #1101: MPI_ALLOC_MEM with 0 size must be valid

2007-07-23 Thread Jeff Squyres
Does anyone have any opinions on this? If not, I'll go implement option #1. Len: can we add this to the agenda for tomorrow? It should take <5 minutes to discuss. Begin forwarded message: From: "Open MPI" Date: July 23, 2007 9:13:47 PM EDT Cc: b...@osl.iu.edu Subject: [Open MPI] #1101

Re: [OMPI devel] MPI_ALLOC_MEM warning when requesting 0 (zero) bytes

2007-07-23 Thread Jeff Squyres
Excellent point. Thanks! I think that this will require a little tomfoolery to fix properly because we can't simply return NULL (you can't expect to use the pointer that we return to store anything, but you should be able to expect to be able to dereference it without seg faulting). I'll

[OMPI devel] MPI_ALLOC_MEM warning when requesting 0 (zero) bytes

2007-07-23 Thread Lisandro Dalcin
If I understand correctly the standard, http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/mpi-20-html/node54.htm#Node54 MPI_ALLOC_MEM with size=0 is valid ('size' is a nonnegative integer) Then, using branch v1.2, I've got the following warning at runtime: malloc debug: Request for 0 bytes (base/mpool_base_alloc.c

[OMPI devel] MPI_APPNUM value for apps not started through mpiexec

2007-07-23 Thread Lisandro Dalcin
Using a fresh (2 hours agoo) update of SVN branch v1.2, I've found that attribute MPI_APPNUM returns -1 (minus one) when an 'sequential' application is not launched through mpiexec. Reading the MPI standard, I understand it should return a non-negative integer if defined, or it should not be defi

Re: [OMPI devel] Fwd: lsf support / farm use models

2007-07-23 Thread Bill McMillan
Matt, Sorry for the delay in replying. >first of all, thanks for the info bill! i think i'm really starting to piece things together now. you are right in >that i'm working with a 6.x (6.2 with 6.1 devel libs ;) install here at cadence, without the HPC extensions AFAIK. >also, i think that are c

Re: [OMPI devel] problems with openib finalize

2007-07-23 Thread Pavel Shamis (Pasha)
Just committed r15557 that adds finalize flow to mpool. So now openib should be able to release all resources in normal way. Pasha Pavel Shamis (Pasha) wrote: Jeff Squyres wrote: Background: Pasha added a call in the openib BTL finalize function that will only succeed if all registered m