WHAT: Merge the PMIx branch into the devel repo, creating a new
OPAL “lmix” framework to abstract PMI support for all RTEs.
Replace the ORTE daemon-level collectives with a new PMIx
server and update the ORTE grpcomm framework to support
server-to-server collectives
WHY: We’ve had problems dealing with variations in PMI implementations,
and need to extend the existing PMI definitions to meet exascale
requirements.
WHEN: Mon, Aug 25
WHERE: https://github.com/rhc54/ompi-svn-mirror.git
Several community members have been working on a refactoring of the current PMI support within OMPI. Although the APIs are common, Slurm and Cray implement a different range of capabilities, and package them differently. For example, Cray provides an integrated PMI-1/2 library, while Slurm separates the two and requires the user to specify the one to be used at runtime. In addition, several bugs in the Slurm implementations have caused problems requiring extra coding.
All this has led to a slew of #if’s in the PMI code and bugs when the corner-case logic for one implementation accidentally traps the other. Extending this support to other implementations would have increased this complexity to an unacceptable level.
Accordingly, we have:
* created a new OPAL “pmix” framework to abstract the PMI support, with separate components for Cray, Slurm PMI-1, and Slurm PMI-2 implementations.
* Replaced the current ORTE grpcomm daemon-based collective operation with an integrated PMIx server, and updated the grpcomm APIs to provide more flexible, multi-algorithm support for collective operations. At this time, only the xcast and allgather operations are supported.
* Replaced the current global collective id with a signature based on the names of the participating procs. The allows an unlimited number of collectives to be executed by any group of processes, subject to the requirement that only one collective can be active at a time for a unique combination of procs. Note that a proc can be involved in any number of simultaneous collectives - it is the specific combination of procs that is subject to the constraint
* removed the prior OMPI/OPAL modex code
* added new macros for executing modex send/recv to simplify use of the new APIs. The send macros allow the caller to specify whether or not the BTL supports async modex operations - if so, then the non-blocking “fence” operation is used, if the active PMIx component supports it. Otherwise, the default is a full blocking modex exchange as we currently perform.
* retained the current flag that directs us to use a blocking fence operation, but only to retrieve data upon demand
This commit was SVN r32570.
WHAT: Open our low-level communication infrastructure by moving all necessary components (btl/rcache/allocator/mpool) down in OPAL
All the components required for inter-process communications are currently deeply integrated in the OMPI layer. Several groups/institutions have express interest in having a more generic communication infrastructure, without all the OMPI layer dependencies. This communication layer should be made available at a different software level, available to all layers in the Open MPI software stack. As an example, our ORTE layer could replace the current OOB and instead use the BTL directly, gaining access to more reactive network interfaces than TCP. Similarly, external software libraries could take advantage of our highly optimized AM (active message) communication layer for their own purpose. UTK with support from Sandia, developped a version of Open MPI where the entire communication infrastucture has been moved down to OPAL (btl/rcache/allocator/mpool). Most of the moved components have been updated to match the new schema, with few exceptions (mainly BTLs where I have no way of compiling/testing them). Thus, the completion of this RFC is tied to being able to completing this move for all BTLs. For this we need help from the rest of the Open MPI community, especially those supporting some of the BTLs. A non-exhaustive list of BTLs that qualify here is: mx, portals4, scif, udapl, ugni, usnic.
This commit was SVN r32317.
new flag to ompi_info that allows a user to print all MCA variables of a specific type.
--type version_string
This command will print all MCA variables of type version_string.
This feature was developed by Elena Shipunova and was reviewed by Josh Ladd.
This commit was SVN r32166.
The semantics of the variable mpi_yield_when_idle are to call
opal_progress_set_yield_when_idle at MPI_Init. It would be difficult
to modify the old variable to support setting this parameter at
runtime. The fix is to add an additional parameter to opal:
opal_progress_yield_when_idle that directly sets the variable. This
variable is settable anytime and does not affect the semantics of
the old mpi_yield_when_idle variable.
Refs trac:193
cmr=v1.8.1:reviewer=jsquyres
This commit was SVN r31255.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 193 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/193
In the OPAL_ENABLE_FT_CR code path there used to be a variable
'mca_base_component_distill_checkpoint_ready' which got removed.
The FT code was not compiling and while trying to get it to compile
again the old variable was #ifdef'd out. This re-introduces the
variable with a new name 'opal_base_distill_checkpoint_ready'
and enables the code previously #ifdef'd out.
This removes the last hack introduced to get the FT code to compile
again.
This commit was SVN r30928.
Wire the security check into ORTE's OOB handshake, and add a "version" check to ensure that both ends are from the same ORTE version. If not, report the mismatch and refuse the connection
Fixes trac:4171
cmr=v1.7.5:reviewer=jsquyres:subject=Add a security framework for authenticating connections
This commit was SVN r30551.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 4171 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/4171
configury/Makefile.am changes; this commit renames the internal
installdirs.h framework struct field names to match the configry macro
names:
* pkgdatdir -> ompidatadir
* pkglibdir -> ompilibdir
* pkgincludedir -> ompiincludedir
This commit was SVN r30145.
The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
r30140 --> open-mpi/ompi@8b778903d8
pkg{data,lib,includedir}, use our own ompi{data,lib,includedir}, which is
always set to {datadir,libdir,includedir}/openmpi. This will keep us from
having help files in prefix/share/open-rte when building without Open MPI,
but in prefix/share/openmpi when building with Open MPI.
This commit was SVN r30140.
atomics in the critical path and are not currently used. We can bring them back if there
turns out to be a good use for them.
cmr=v1.7.4:reviewer=brbarret
This commit was SVN r29994.
more:
- Remove OPAL_ENABLE_MULTI_THREADS, since it didn't really do anything
correctly. Opal always has threads enabled at this point.
- Remove OMPI_ENABLE_PROGRESS_THREADS, since this hasn't worked in
8 years and it has performance issues we'll never be able to
overcome. Note that we have plans for re-adding async progress, using
a hybrid protocol of async and sync sends.
- OMPI_ENABLE_THREAD_MULTIPLE now determines whether the thread lock
macros do the check or not.
- Condition variables are ALWAYS polling right now, which fixes the thread
live-lock currently found when THREAD_MULTIPLE is turned on.
This commit was SVN r29891.
the output of ompi_info.
A variable is disabled if its component will never be selected due to
a component selection parameter (eg. -mca btl self). The old behavior
of ompi_info was to not print these parameters at all. Now we print the
parameters. After some discussion with George it was decided that there
needed to be some way to see what parameters will not be used. This was
the comprimise.
This commit also fixes a bug and a typo in the pvar sytem. The enum_count
value in mca_base_pvar_dump was being used without being set. The full_name
in mca_base_pvar_t was not being used.
cmr=v1.7.3:ticket=trac:3734
This commit was SVN r29078.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 3734 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/3734
and improve the behavior of ompi_info.
This commit changes the default behavior of ompi_info --all when a
level is not specified. Instead of assuming level 1 in this case we
now assume level 9. This change is due to feedback from the community
after the introduction of the --level option.
I also added a new option: --selected-only. This option will limit the
displayed variables to components that can be selected (ie. if there
is a selection parameter set-- btl self,sm)
cmr=v1.7.3:reviewer=jsquyres
This commit was SVN r29070.
This commit adds an API for registering and querying performance
variables (mca_base_pvar) in the MCA base. The existing MCA variable
system API has been updated to reflect the new API: MCA variable
groups have performance variables, and new types have been added (double,
unsigned long long) to reflect what is required by the MPI_T
interface. Additionally, the MCA variable group code has been split
into its own set of files: mca_base_var_group.[ch].
Details of the new API can be found in doxygen comments in the header:
mca_base_pvar.h.
Other changes to the variable system:
- Use an opal_hash_table to speed up variable/group lookup.
- Clean up code associated with MCA variable types.
- Registered performance variables are printed by ompi_info -a. In the
future an option should be added to control this behavior.
Changes to OMPI:
- Added full support for the MPI_T performance variable interface.
This commit was SVN r28800.
Add an option to ompi_info (-l, --level) that takes a number in the
interval (1,9). Only MCA variables up to this level will be printed.
The default level is 1.
Print the level as part of both the parsable and readable output.
This commit was SVN r28750.
Provide some nice error messages if we fail to set the limits. Since the user had to specifically request we set the limit, treat failure as an error-out situation.
This commit was SVN r28288.
