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Ralph Castain
3a354c4ea3 Cleanup the verbose output channel name
This commit was SVN r28391.
2013-04-24 23:44:02 +00:00
Ralph Castain
45af6cf59e The move of the orte_db framework to opal required that we create an opaque opal_identifier_t type as OPAL cannot know anything about the ORTE process name. However, passing a value down to opal and then having the db components reference it causes alignment issues on Solaris Sparc platforms. So pass the pointer instead and do the old "memcpy" trick to avoid the problem.
This commit was SVN r28308.
2013-04-08 23:34:16 +00:00
Ralph Castain
6ee32767d4 Restore the cpus-per-proc option for byslot and bynode mapping. Remove the bind_idx (which recorded the index of the hwloc object where the proc was bound) as this would no longer be unique, and just use the bitmap as the standard reference for location. Update the relative locality computation to take bitmaps as its argument.
This commit was SVN r28219.
2013-03-26 18:27:50 +00:00
Ralph Castain
bd9265c560 Per the meeting on moving the BTLs to OPAL, move the ORTE database "db" framework to OPAL so the relocated BTLs can access it. Because the data is indexed by process, this requires that we define a new "opal_identifier_t" that corresponds to the orte_process_name_t struct. In order to support multiple run-times, this is defined in opal/mca/db/db_types.h as a uint64_t without identifying the meaning of any part of that data.
A few changes were required to support this move:

1. the PMI component used to identify rte-related data (e.g., host name, bind level) and package them as a unit to reduce the number of PMI keys. This code was moved up to the ORTE layer as the OPAL layer has no understanding of these concepts. In addition, the component locally stored data based on process jobid/vpid - this could no longer be supported (see below for the solution).

2. the hash component was updated to use the new opal_identifier_t instead of orte_process_name_t as its index for storing data in the hash tables. Previously, we did a hash on the vpid and stored the data in a 32-bit hash table. In the revised system, we don't see a separate "vpid" field - we only have a 64-bit opaque value. The orte_process_name_t hash turned out to do nothing useful, so we now store the data in a 64-bit hash table. Preliminary tests didn't show any identifiable change in behavior or performance, but we'll have to see if a move back to the 32-bit table is required at some later time.

3. the db framework was a "select one" system. However, since the PMI component could no longer use its internal storage system, the framework has now been changed to a "select many" mode of operation. This allows the hash component to handle all internal storage, while the PMI component only handles pushing/pulling things from the PMI system. This was something we had planned for some time - when fetching data, we first check internal storage to see if we already have it, and then automatically go to the global system to look for it if we don't. Accordingly, the framework was provided with a custom query function used during "select" that lets you seperately specify the "store" and "fetch" ordering.

4. the ORTE grpcomm and ess/pmi components, and the nidmap code,  were updated to work with the new db framework and to specify internal/global storage options.

No changes were made to the MPI layer, except for modifying the ORTE component of the OMPI/rte framework to support the new db framework.

This commit was SVN r28112.
2013-02-26 17:50:04 +00:00
Ralph Castain
c26ed7dcdd Fix comm_spawn when ORTE progress thread is enabled by ensuring that all operations on the global list of active collectives are done in events to avoid conflicts.
This commit was SVN r27658.
2012-12-09 02:53:20 +00:00
Ralph Castain
c4fd3df2df Remove unused variables
This commit was SVN r27319.
2012-09-12 12:03:24 +00:00
Ralph Castain
c82cfecc1c Cleanup comm_spawn for the multi-node case where at least one new process isn't spawned on every node. Avoid the complexities of trying to execute a daemon collective across the dynamic spawn as it becomes too hard to ensure that all daemons participate or are accounted for - instead, use a less scalable but workable solution of sending the data directly between the participating procs. Ensure that singletons get their collectives properly defined at startup so the spawned "HNP" is ready for them.
As a secondary cleanup, the HNP doesn't need to update its nidmap during an xcast as it already has an up-to-date picture of the situation. So just dump that data and move along.

This commit was SVN r27318.
2012-09-12 11:31:36 +00:00
Ralph Castain
0dfe29b1a6 Roll in the rest of the modex change. Eliminate all non-modex API access of RTE info from the MPI layer - in some cases, the info was already present (either in the ompi_proc_t or in the orte_process_info struct) and no call was necessary. This removes all calls to orte_ess from the MPI layer. Calls to orte_grpcomm remain required.
Update all the orte ess components to remove their associated APIs for retrieving proc data. Update the grpcomm API to reflect transfer of set/get modex info to the db framework.

Note that this doesn't recreate the old GPR. This is strictly a local db storage that may (at some point) obtain any missing data from the local daemon as part of an async methodology. The framework allows us to experiment with such methods without perturbing the default one.

This commit was SVN r26678.
2012-06-27 14:53:55 +00:00
Ralph Castain
0a713cd27e Add database framework to ORTE and refactor modex code to utilize it. Create the "hash" db component from the prior modex db code. Leave the other components ignored for now - will activate them later.
Modex is still a blocking operation at this point.

This commit was SVN r26618.
2012-06-19 13:38:42 +00:00
Ralph Castain
9e0bb6ae28 Revert r26600 and r26601 for a couple of reasons:
1. they modified the OMPI-ORTE interface, which is something I promised to avoid doing unless absolutely necessary, and

2. the framework ident is already in the component name key provided to the modex db. What is missing is the project ident, but as Jeff and I discussed last week, we really need to add that field to the component struct anyway to avoid multi-project collisions on framework names. That will be done over the next couple of weeks as a separate effort.

This commit was SVN r26613.

The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
  r26600 --> open-mpi/ompi@5ba4deff07
  r26601 --> open-mpi/ompi@0e3094c318
2012-06-16 09:11:03 +00:00
Ralph Castain
5ba4deff07 Extend the modex database to support multiple projects and frameworks that might have duplicate component names. No visible API change in the BTL's as it was executed solely in the ompi modex code.
This commit was SVN r26600.
2012-06-14 02:55:06 +00:00
Ralph Castain
f5cd996b91 Fix the case where n=1
This commit was SVN r26258.
2012-04-09 22:44:56 +00:00
Ralph Castain
bd8b4f7f1e Sorry for mid-day commit, but I had promised on the call to do this upon my return.
Roll in the ORTE state machine. Remove last traces of opal_sos. Remove UTK epoch code.

Please see the various emails about the state machine change for details. I'll send something out later with more info on the new arch.

This commit was SVN r26242.
2012-04-06 14:23:13 +00:00
Ralph Castain
6310361532 At long last, the fabled revision to the affinity system has arrived. A more detailed explanation of how this all works will be presented here:
https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/wiki/ProcessPlacement

The wiki page is incomplete at the moment, but I hope to complete it over the next few days. I will provide updates on the devel list. As the wiki page states, the default and most commonly used options remain unchanged (except as noted below). New, esoteric and complex options have been added, but unless you are a true masochist, you are unlikely to use many of them beyond perhaps an initial curiosity-motivated experimentation.

In a nutshell, this commit revamps the map/rank/bind procedure to take into account topology info on the compute nodes. I have, for the most part, preserved the default behaviors, with three notable exceptions:

1. I have at long last bowed my head in submission to the system admin's of managed clusters. For years, they have complained about our default of allowing users to oversubscribe nodes - i.e., to run more processes on a node than allocated slots. Accordingly, I have modified the default behavior: if you are running off of hostfile/dash-host allocated nodes, then the default is to allow oversubscription. If you are running off of RM-allocated nodes, then the default is to NOT allow oversubscription. Flags to override these behaviors are provided, so this only affects the default behavior.

2. both cpus/rank and stride have been removed. The latter was demanded by those who didn't understand the purpose behind it - and I agreed as the users who requested it are no longer using it. The former was removed temporarily pending implementation.

3. vm launch is now the sole method for starting OMPI. It was just too darned hard to maintain multiple launch procedures - maybe someday, provided someone can demonstrate a reason to do so.

As Jeff stated, it is impossible to fully test a change of this size. I have tested it on Linux and Mac, covering all the default and simple options, singletons, and comm_spawn. That said, I'm sure others will find problems, so I'll be watching MTT results until this stabilizes.

This commit was SVN r25476.
2011-11-15 03:40:11 +00:00
Ralph Castain
d008aeb531 Silence debug
This commit was SVN r25471.
2011-11-11 16:42:45 +00:00
Ralph Castain
a3ce355a60 Revert r25453 and r25450 until we can fix the libevent2013 configure code - still not getting the includedir to eval correctly.
This commit was SVN r25454.

The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
  r25450 --> open-mpi/ompi@7f7d5c4f1f
  r25453 --> open-mpi/ompi@c9fe8c32e2
2011-11-07 16:23:44 +00:00
Shiqing Fan
5711414eb7 Fix Windows build
This commit was SVN r25351.
2011-10-21 14:46:58 +00:00
Ralph Castain
b44f8d4b28 Complete implementation of the ess.proc_get_locality API. Up to this point, the API was only capable of telling if the specified proc was sharing a node with you. However, the returned value was capable of telling you much more detailed info - e.g., if the proc shares a socket, a cache, or numa node. We just didn't have the data to provide that detail.
Use hwloc to obtain the cpuset for each process during mpi_init, and share that info in the modex. As it arrives, use a new opal_hwloc_base utility function to parse the value against the local proc's cpuset and determine where they overlap. Cache the value in the pmap object as it may be referenced multiple times.

Thus, the return value from orte_ess.proc_get_locality is a 16-bit bitmask that describes the resources being shared with you. This bitmask can be tested using the macros in opal/mca/paffinity/paffinity.h

Locality is available for all procs, whether launched via mpirun or directly with an external launcher such as slurm or aprun.

This commit was SVN r25331.
2011-10-19 20:18:14 +00:00
Ralph Castain
d34bab541d Remove the ompi-profiler tool and its attendant ompi-probe program. Also remove the grpcomm basic component since its only function was to support profiled clusters, which nobody was doing. :-(
This commit was SVN r24704.
2011-05-17 03:30:25 +00:00
Ralph Castain
9b38525d1e Remove unused include files
This commit was SVN r24394.
2011-02-16 00:32:47 +00:00
Abhishek Kulkarni
afbe3e99c6 * Wrap all the direct error-code checks of the form (OMPI_ERR_* == ret) with
(OMPI_ERR_* = OPAL_SOS_GET_ERR_CODE(ret)), since the return value could be a
 SOS-encoded error. The OPAL_SOS_GET_ERR_CODE() takes in a SOS error and returns
 back the native error code.

* Since OPAL_SUCCESS is preserved by SOS, also change all calls of the form
  (OPAL_ERROR == ret) to (OPAL_SUCCESS != ret). We thus avoid having to
  decode 'ret' to get the native error code.

This commit was SVN r23162.
2010-05-17 23:08:56 +00:00
Ralph Castain
18c7aaff08 Update the grpcomm framework to be more thread-friendly.
Modify the orte configure options to specify --enable-multicast such that it directs components to build or not instead of littering the code base with #if's. Remove those #if's where they used to occur.

Add a new grpcomm "mcast" module to support multicast operations. Still some work required to properly perform daemon collectives for comm_spawn operations. New module only builds when --enable-multicast is provided, and when specifically selected.

This commit was SVN r22709.
2010-02-25 01:11:29 +00:00
Ralph Castain
60edbc7220 Fix hetero operations and comm_spawn (to a point).
Remove all architecture references from ORTE and put them back in the modex using modex_send/recv calls.

Hetero operations are now fully supported again. Comm_spawn now works up to the point where it segfaults due to an error in the CID code - which now allows Edgar to dig further! :-)

This commit was SVN r21655.
2009-07-13 20:03:41 +00:00
George Bosilca
6239e714a6 Extract the modex unpacking in it's own function.
This commit was SVN r21542.
2009-06-26 20:29:54 +00:00
Rainer Keller
221fb9dbca ... Delayed due to notifier commits earlier this day ...
- Delete unnecessary header files using
   contrib/check_unnecessary_headers.sh after applying
   patches, that include headers, being "lost" due to
   inclusion in one of the now deleted headers...

   In total 817 files are touched.
   In ompi/mpi/c/ header files are moved up into the actual c-file,
   where necessary (these are the only additional #include),
   otherwise it is only deletions of #include (apart from the above
   additions required due to notifier...)

 - To get different MCAs (OpenIB, TM, ALPS), an earlier version was
   successfully compiled (yesterday) on:
   Linux locally using intel-11, gcc-4.3.2 and gcc-SVN + warnings enabled
   Smoky cluster (x86-64 running Linux) using PGI-8.0.2 + warnings enabled
   Lens cluster (x86-64 running Linux) using Pathscale-3.2 + warnings enabled

This commit was SVN r21096.
2009-04-29 01:32:14 +00:00
Ralph Castain
9c2f17eb01 Cleanup the nidmap lookup functions and add some comments explaining how we handle the nid, job, and pmap arrays. This fixes a problem we have less-than-full participation in a comm_spawn, causing holes to exist in the pmap array.
Update the slave spawn tests to properly indicate participation as being solely MPI_COMM_SELF.

This commit was SVN r20961.
2009-04-09 02:48:33 +00:00
Shiqing Fan
7a7c4bcb4b fix a type cast for windows.
This commit was SVN r20928.
2009-04-02 08:45:48 +00:00
Aurelien Bouteiller
ccc8aa5784 Fix a segfault caused by making copies of the pointer to an array that is realloced meanwhile. The base pointer can change its address while the copy still tries to access pages that are not ours anymore.
As a safeguard, good coding style should never access directly opal_pointer_array_t->addr or opal_value_array_t->bytes_array. I found another instance of the same bug somewhere else and will commit a separate patch for it. 

This commit fixes ticket #1858 and solves user case http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2009/03/5731.php .

Aurelien

This commit was SVN r20903.
2009-03-31 15:41:55 +00:00
Rainer Keller
ec0ed48718 - Revert r20739
This commit was SVN r20742.

The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
  r20739 --> open-mpi/ompi@781caee0b6
2009-03-05 21:56:03 +00:00
Rainer Keller
a94438343b - Revert r20740
This commit was SVN r20741.

The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
  r20740 --> open-mpi/ompi@2a70618a77
2009-03-05 21:50:47 +00:00
Rainer Keller
2a70618a77 - Second patch, as discussed in Louisville.
Replace short macros in orte/util/name_fns.h
   to the actual fct. call.

 - Compiles on linux/x86-64

This commit was SVN r20740.
2009-03-05 21:14:18 +00:00
Rainer Keller
781caee0b6 - First of two or three patches, in orte/util/proc_info.h:
Adapt orte_process_info to orte_proc_info, and
   change orte_proc_info() to orte_proc_info_init().
 - Compiled on linux-x86-64
 - Discussed with Ralph

This commit was SVN r20739.
2009-03-05 20:36:44 +00:00
Rainer Keller
96e1b9b747 - Header orte/mca/rml/rml.h is not needed if no occurence of orte_rml
or ORTE_RML.
   As the others compiles fine with -Wimplicit-function-declaration

This commit was SVN r20639.
2009-02-26 03:52:31 +00:00
Ralph Castain
dcff523244 Fix a race condition that causes corruption of a buffer in mpirun while trying to process launch_local_proc cmds.
Cleanup the pidmap handling by changing from value to pointer arrays.

This commit was SVN r20629.
2009-02-25 02:43:22 +00:00
Rainer Keller
d81443cc5a - On the way to get the BTLs split out and lessen dependency on orte:
Often, orte/util/show_help.h is included, although no functionality
   is required -- instead, most often opal_output.h, or               
   orte/mca/rml/rml_types.h                                           
   Please see orte_show_help_replacement.sh commited next.            

 - Local compilation (Linux/x86_64) w/ -Wimplicit-function-declaration
   actually showed two *missing* #include "orte/util/show_help.h"     
   in orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c and                  
   in orte/tools/orte-top/orte-top.c                                  
   Manually added these.                                              

   Let's have MTT the last word.

This commit was SVN r20557.
2009-02-14 02:26:12 +00:00
George Bosilca
fa7b499519 Move a data declaration down the stack.
This commit was SVN r20552.
2009-02-13 16:34:51 +00:00
Shiqing Fan
2f1461419c Add a new feature for checking mca subdirectories, i.e. detecting if there is an exclude file list which indicates the files that shouldn't be added to the source list. By default, the CMake build system will simply add all source files in the required sub folders, without knowing which files have to be excluded. The first use of it is in plm/base/.windows.
And clean up the nested variable names, in order to make it readable.

This commit was SVN r20498.
2009-02-10 17:20:13 +00:00
Ralph Castain
c5b637418b Ensure that the various grpcomm modules use a common data set and packing order for modex operations so that jobs using different grpcomm modules can still perform connect/accept.
Have dynamic grpcomm operations update the nidmap/pidmap to support additional features.

This commit was SVN r20463.
2009-02-06 15:25:06 +00:00
Ralph Castain
1ace83c470 Enable modex-less launch. Consists of:
1. minor modification to include two new opal MCA params:
   (a) opal_profile: outputs what components were selected by each framework
       currently enabled for most, but not all, frameworks
   (b) opal_profile_file: name of file that contains profile info required
       for modex

2. introduction of two new tools:
   (a) ompi-probe: MPI process that simply calls MPI_Init/Finalize with
       opal_profile set. Also reports back the rml IP address for all
       interfaces on the node
   (b) ompi-profiler: uses ompi-probe to create the profile_file, also
       reports out a summary of what framework components are actually
       being used to help with configuration options

3. modification of the grpcomm basic component to utilize the
   profile file in place of the modex where possible

4. modification of orterun so it properly sees opal mca params and
   handles opal_profile correctly to ensure we don't get its profile

5. similar mod to orted as for orterun

6. addition of new test that calls orte_init followed by calls to
   grpcomm.barrier

This is all completely benign unless actively selected. At the moment, it only supports modex-less launch for openib-based systems. Minor mod to the TCP btl would be required to enable it as well, if people are interested. Similarly, anyone interested in enabling other BTL's for modex-less operation should let me know and I'll give you the magic details.

This seems to significantly improve scalability provided the file can be locally located on the nodes. I'm looking at an alternative means of disseminating the info (perhaps in launch message) as an option for removing that constraint.

This commit was SVN r20098.
2008-12-09 23:49:02 +00:00
Ralph Castain
b48bbec366 Cleanup modex logic to allow modex-less launch:
1. minor change in base_modex to only set modex_reqd when it -is- reqd

2. cleanup logic in grpcomm-basic module

This commit was SVN r19903.
2008-11-03 21:48:52 +00:00
Ralph Castain
42c134cb32 Silence stupid compiler warning - and a certain someone who keeps reminding me of it... :-)
This commit was SVN r19031.
2008-07-25 14:01:06 +00:00
Ralph Castain
ba5498cdc6 Repair the MPI-2 dynamic operations. This includes:
1. repair of the linear and direct routed modules

2. repair of the ompi/pubsub/orte module to correctly init routes to the ompi-server, and correctly handle failure to correctly parse the provided ompi-server URI

3. modification of orterun to accept both "file" and "FILE" for designating where the ompi-server URI is to be found - purely a convenience feature

4. resolution of a message ordering problem during the connect/accept handshake that allowed the "send-first" proc to attempt to send to the "recv-first" proc before the HNP had actually updated its routes.

Let this be a further reminder to all - message ordering is NOT guaranteed in the OOB

5. Repair the ompi/dpm/orte module to correctly init routes during connect/accept.

Reminder to all: messages sent to procs in another job family (i.e., started by a different mpirun) are ALWAYS routed through the respective HNPs. As per the comments in orte/routed, this is REQUIRED to maintain connect/accept (where only the root proc on each side is capable of init'ing the routes), allow communication between mpirun's using different routing modules, and to minimize connections on tools such as ompi-server. It is all taken care of "under the covers" by the OOB to ensure that a route back to the sender is maintained, even when the different mpirun's are using different routed modules.

6. corrections in the orte/odls to ensure proper identification of daemons participating in a dynamic launch

7. corrections in build/nidmap to support update of an existing nidmap during dynamic launch

8. corrected implementation of the update_arch function in the ESS, along with consolidation of a number of ESS operations into base functions for easier maintenance. The ability to support info from multiple jobs was added, although we don't currently do so - this will come later to support further fault recovery strategies

9. minor updates to several functions to remove unnecessary and/or no longer used variables and envar's, add some debugging output, etc.

10. addition of a new macro ORTE_PROC_IS_DAEMON that resolves to true if the provided proc is a daemon

There is still more cleanup to be done for efficiency, but this at least works.

Tested on single-node Mac, multi-node SLURM via odin. Tests included connect/accept, publish/lookup/unpublish, comm_spawn, comm_spawn_multiple, and singleton comm_spawn.

Fixes ticket #1256

This commit was SVN r18804.
2008-07-03 17:53:37 +00:00
Ralph Castain
acbcbb81b5 Add some debugging output to the modex set_proc_attr function to see what is being added to the modex
This commit was SVN r18708.
2008-06-23 18:24:08 +00:00
Ralph Castain
955d117f5e Add a new grpcomm module that mimics the old 1.2 behavior - it -always- does a modex because it always includes the architecture. Hence, we called it "blind-and-dumb" since it doesn't look to see if this is required - moniker of "bad". :-)
Update the ESS API so we can update the stored arch's should the modex include that info. Update ompi/proc to check/set the arch for remote procs, and add that function call to mpi_init right after the modex is done.

Setup to allow other grpcomm modules to decide whether or not to add the arch to the modex, and to detect if other entries have been made. If not, then the modex can just fall through. Begin setting up some logic in the "basic" module to handle different arch situations.

For now, default to the "bad" module so we will work in all situations, even though we may be sending around more info than we really require.

This fixes ticket #1340

This commit was SVN r18673.
2008-06-18 22:17:53 +00:00
Ralph Castain
9613b3176c Effectively revert the orte_output system and return to direct use of opal_output at all levels. Retain the orte_show_help subsystem to allow aggregation of show_help messages at the HNP.
After much work by Jeff and myself, and quite a lot of discussion, it has become clear that we simply cannot resolve the infinite loops caused by RML-involved subsystems calling orte_output. The original rationale for the change to orte_output has also been reduced by shifting the output of XML-formatted vs human readable messages to an alternative approach.

I have globally replaced the orte_output/ORTE_OUTPUT calls in the code base, as well as the corresponding .h file name. I have test compiled and run this on the various environments within my reach, so hopefully this will prove minimally disruptive.

This commit was SVN r18619.
2008-06-09 14:53:58 +00:00
Jeff Squyres
e7ecd56bd2 This commit represents a bunch of work on a Mercurial side branch. As
such, the commit message back to the master SVN repository is fairly
long.

= ORTE Job-Level Output Messages =

Add two new interfaces that should be used for all new code throughout
the ORTE and OMPI layers (we already make the search-and-replace on
the existing ORTE / OMPI layers):

 * orte_output(): (and corresponding friends ORTE_OUTPUT,
   orte_output_verbose, etc.)  This function sends the output directly
   to the HNP for processing as part of a job-specific output
   channel.  It supports all the same outputs as opal_output()
   (syslog, file, stdout, stderr), but for stdout/stderr, the output
   is sent to the HNP for processing and output.  More on this below.
 * orte_show_help(): This function is a drop-in-replacement for
   opal_show_help(), with two differences in functionality:
   1. the rendered text help message output is sent to the HNP for
      display (rather than outputting directly into the process' stderr
      stream)
   1. the HNP detects duplicate help messages and does not display them
      (so that you don't see the same error message N times, once from
      each of your N MPI processes); instead, it counts "new" instances
      of the help message and displays a message every ~5 seconds when
      there are new ones ("I got X new copies of the help message...")

opal_show_help and opal_output still exist, but they only output in
the current process.  The intent for the new orte_* functions is that
they can apply job-level intelligence to the output.  As such, we
recommend that all new ORTE and OMPI code use the new orte_*
functions, not thei opal_* functions.

=== New code ===

For ORTE and OMPI programmers, here's what you need to do differently
in new code:

 * Do not include opal/util/show_help.h or opal/util/output.h.
   Instead, include orte/util/output.h (this one header file has
   declarations for both the orte_output() series of functions and
   orte_show_help()).
 * Effectively s/opal_output/orte_output/gi throughout your code.
   Note that orte_output_open() takes a slightly different argument
   list (as a way to pass data to the filtering stream -- see below),
   so you if explicitly call opal_output_open(), you'll need to
   slightly adapt to the new signature of orte_output_open().
 * Literally s/opal_show_help/orte_show_help/.  The function signature
   is identical.

=== Notes ===

 * orte_output'ing to stream 0 will do similar to what
   opal_output'ing did, so leaving a hard-coded "0" as the first
   argument is safe.
 * For systems that do not use ORTE's RML or the HNP, the effect of
   orte_output_* and orte_show_help will be identical to their opal
   counterparts (the additional information passed to
   orte_output_open() will be lost!).  Indeed, the orte_* functions
   simply become trivial wrappers to their opal_* counterparts.  Note
   that we have not tested this; the code is simple but it is quite
   possible that we mucked something up.

= Filter Framework =

Messages sent view the new orte_* functions described above and
messages output via the IOF on the HNP will now optionally be passed
through a new "filter" framework before being output to
stdout/stderr.  The "filter" OPAL MCA framework is intended to allow
preprocessing to messages before they are sent to their final
destinations.  The first component that was written in the filter
framework was to create an XML stream, segregating all the messages
into different XML tags, etc.  This will allow 3rd party tools to read
the stdout/stderr from the HNP and be able to know exactly what each
text message is (e.g., a help message, another OMPI infrastructure
message, stdout from the user process, stderr from the user process,
etc.).

Filtering is not active by default.  Filter components must be
specifically requested, such as:

{{{
$ mpirun --mca filter xml ...
}}}

There can only be one filter component active.

= New MCA Parameters =

The new functionality described above introduces two new MCA
parameters:

 * '''orte_base_help_aggregate''': Defaults to 1 (true), meaning that
   help messages will be aggregated, as described above.  If set to 0,
   all help messages will be displayed, even if they are duplicates
   (i.e., the original behavior).
 * '''orte_base_show_output_recursions''': An MCA parameter to help
   debug one of the known issues, described below.  It is likely that
   this MCA parameter will disappear before v1.3 final.

= Known Issues =

 * The XML filter component is not complete.  The current output from
   this component is preliminary and not real XML.  A bit more work
   needs to be done to configure.m4 search for an appropriate XML
   library/link it in/use it at run time.
 * There are possible recursion loops in the orte_output() and
   orte_show_help() functions -- e.g., if RML send calls orte_output()
   or orte_show_help().  We have some ideas how to fix these, but
   figured that it was ok to commit before feature freeze with known
   issues.  The code currently contains sub-optimal workarounds so
   that this will not be a problem, but it would be good to actually
   solve the problem rather than have hackish workarounds before v1.3 final.

This commit was SVN r18434.
2008-05-13 20:00:55 +00:00
Ralph Castain
d8eb0eeec3 Correct the debug output
This commit was SVN r18042.
2008-03-31 18:09:37 +00:00
Ralph Castain
2b399a3563 Suppress a warning message - relegate it to only show up when verbosity is set as it is okay for this condition to be true
This commit was SVN r18041.
2008-03-31 17:48:07 +00:00
Ralph Castain
379b8a3e2f Fix singleton operations that have no data in the modex.
Note: this also allows -any- modex operation to have zero data in it, not just singletons.

This commit was SVN r18034.
2008-03-31 13:53:23 +00:00
Ralph Castain
4efddc7b0a Fix the allgather and allgather_list functions to avoid deadlocks at large node/proc counts. Violated the RML rules here - we received the allgather buffer and then did an xcast, which causes a send to go out, and is then subsequently received by the sender. This fix breaks that pattern by forcing the recv to complete outside of the function itself - thus, the allgather and allgather_list always complete their recvs before returning or sending.
Reogranize the grpcomm code a little to provide support for soon-to-come new grpcomm components. The revised organization puts what will be common code elements in the base to avoid duplication, while allowing components that don't need those functions to ignore them.

This commit was SVN r17941.
2008-03-24 20:50:31 +00:00