Use of the old ompi_free_list_t and ompi_free_list_item_t is
deprecated. These classes will be removed in a future commit.
This commit updates the entire code base to use opal_free_list_t and
opal_free_list_item_t.
Notes:
OMPI_FREE_LIST_*_MT -> opal_free_list_* (uses opal_using_threads ())
Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>
while cleaning up after receiving a zero byte on the connect socket
(localyy started connection), while another was trying to accept a
new connection from the same peer. Create a zero-timed event and
delocalize the accept into a timer_event.
Add support for registering an error callback, that can be used when a
connection is discovered as failed during the initialization process.
was quite subtle, and only happened on the process with the smallest
guid (as this process will tear down the connection created locally and
replace it with the result of accept). If multiple threads are active in
the system, the deadlock occurs during the recv event deletion as one
thread will hold the recv event lock of the endpoint and try to access
the TCP event base lock, while the other thread will hold the TCP event
base lock while trying to access the recv event lock (in case data is
available on the socket).
The proposed solution let the event callback fail to process the data,
preventing the deadlock and allowing the other thread to always complete
it's job. As the event is not execute the same triggered will trigger
again at the next opportunity, so this solution introduce a minimal
delay in the connection establishement.
We recognize that this means other users of OPAL will need to "wrap" the opal_process_name_t if they desire to abstract it in some fashion. This is regrettable, and we are looking at possible alternatives that might mitigate that requirement. Meantime, however, we have to put the needs of the OMPI community first, and are taking this step to restore hetero and SPARC support.
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.
