What OMPI version are you using?
On May 31, 2010, at 5:37 AM, guillaume ranquet wrote:
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> Hi,
> I'm new to the list and quite new to the world of MPI.
>
> a bit of background:
> I'm a sysadmin and have to provide a working environment (debian base)
> for researchers to work with MPI : I'm _NOT_ an open-mpi user - I know
> C, but that's all.
>
> I compile openmpi with the following selectors: --prefix=/usr
> - --with-openib=/usr --with-mx=/usr
> (yes, everything goes in /usr)
>
> when running an mpi application (any application) on a machine equipped
> with infiniband hardware, I get a segmentation fault during the
> MPI_Finalise()
> the code just runs fine on machines that have no Infiniband devices.
>
> <code>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <mpi.h>
>
>
> int main (int argc,char *argv[])
> {
> int i=0,rank, size;
>
> MPI_Init (&argc, &argv); /* starts MPI */
> MPI_Comm_rank (MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank); /* get current process id */
> MPI_Comm_size (MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size); /* get number of
> processes */
> while (i == 0)
> sleep(5);
> printf( "Hello world from process %d of %d\n", rank, size );
> MPI_Finalize();
> return 0;
> }
> </code>
>
> my gdb-fu is quite rusty, but I get the vague idea it happens somewhere
> in the MPI_Finalize(); (I can probably dig a bit there to find exactly
> where, if it's relevant)
>
> I'm running it with:
> $ mpirun --mca orte_base_help_aggregate 0 --mca plm_rsh_agent oarsh
> - -machinefile nodefile ./mpi_helloworld
>
>
> after various tests I've been suggested to try recompiling openmpi with
> the --without-memory-manager selector.
> it actually solves the issue and everything runs fine.
>
> from what I understand (correct me if I'm wrong) the "memory manager" is
> used with Infiniband RDMA to have a somewhat persistant memory region
> available on the device instead of destroying/recreating it everytime.
> and thus, it's only a "performance tunning" issue, that disables the
> openmpi "leave_pinned" option?
>
> the various questions I have:
> is this bug/behaviour known?
> if so, is there a better workaround?
> as I'm not an openmpi user, I don't really know if it's considered
> acceptable to have this option disabled?
> does the list want more details on this bug?
>
>
> thanks,
> Guillaume Ranquet.
> Grid5000 support-staff.
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