Public bug reported:
---Problem Description---
Papi support for Power 8 has a bug in the declaration of a statically
initialized array. The issue is to access the Power 8 data the index is
outside the declared array. On Ubuntu, the papi testcases receive a
segmentation fault. The fix has been identified.
---uname output---
Linux genoa 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:57:29 UTC 2014
ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
Machine Type = Power 8 LE
---Steps to Reproduce---
Install papi, configure and make the tools and test cases. Run the PAPI tests.
Userspace tool common name: PAPI
The userspace tool has the following bit modes: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/
I have attached a patch to fix the issue.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-117488 severity-medium
targetmilestone-inin14042
** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-117488 severity-medium
targetmilestone-inin14042
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1380820
Title:
PAPI for PPC64 architecture specific array sys_mem_info[] is not
properly decalared
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