such, the commit message back to the master SVN repository is fairly
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= 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.
only static libraries. Previously, we were linking the libraries into
directly into the common, btl, and mtl code. This seemed to work fine
for me on my Opteron Fedora box, but caused Lisa some issues (PtlNIInit
would succeed, but the network handle would fail when used with
PtlEQAlloc).
Instead, link the portals libraries directly into libmpi and not at
all into the common, btl, or mtl components. THen use some linker
tricks to force the linker to bring in the public interface for the
reference implementation (which thankfully is pretty small).
This commit was SVN r15902.
the Sandia reference implementation of Portals, and doesn't have the cnos
functions. This file should never be compiled (and wasn't being compiled)
on the Cray machines, so doesn't need to be updated to support CNL.
This commit was SVN r15778.
The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
r15756 --> open-mpi/ompi@755658694e
Application Level Placement Scheduler (ALPS).
This commit was tested under two Cray machines at ORNL: Jaguar (Catamount)
and Rizzo (CNL Test cage). Both machines performed as they should across
the commit.
It is likely that mor changes will follow this the work and environment
stabilizes.
Most of the infrastructure works the same for Catamount and CNL
except for a few bits. Below are the highlights:
Default IFACE Change:
On Catamount we can use PTL_IFACE_DEFAULT, but on the CNL system we have access
to will fail on this interface, and should be set to:
IFACE_FROM_BRIDGE_AND_NALID(PTL_BRIDGE_UK,PTL_IFACE_SS).
So if we detect that we are running with YOD then use the former interface
and if we detect that we are running with ALPS then use the latter.
We will want to pursue a more elegant solution if this interface continues to
change across machines.
PtlGetId and cnos_register_ptlid:
The header suggests that these should never be called when launching with YOD.
But in the ALPS environment the cnos_barrier() will hang forever if these
functions are not called after PtlNIInit(). Since these functions only need to
be called once, and the orte rmgr/cnos component is loaded before the ompi
common/portals componet then just call these functions once in the rmgr/cnos
component.
cnos_barrier_init():
This is a noop for YOD, but critical for ALPS. So be sure to call it before
calling the first barrier in the rmgr/cnos component.
cnos_barrier vs cnos_pm_barrier:
It is suggested the cnos_pm_barrier only be used during finalization
as it will indicate to the launcher (yod or aprun) that the app is about
to complete. It was suggested that we use the regular cnos_barrier() instead.
I want to look into this a bit more to make sure there are not adverse
side effects. A note has been placed in the code to indicate this reasoning.
This commit was SVN r15756.
instead of just the procs for MCW (in MCW order). Should make resolving
ptl_process_id_t structures for arbitrary communicators easier for
applications that need it.
This commit was SVN r15393.
than just the PML/BTLs these days. Also clean up the code so that it
handles the situation where not all nodes register information for a given
node (rather than just spinning until that node sends information, like
we do today).
Includes r15234 and r15265 from the /tmp/bwb-modex branch.
This commit was SVN r15310.
The following SVN revisions from the original message are invalid or
inconsistent and therefore were not cross-referenced:
r15234
r15265
components that use configure.m4 for configuration or are always built.
The macro has not been needed since moving to configure types other than
configure.stub
Fixes trac:590
This commit was SVN r13031.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 590 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/590
interconnects that provide matching logic in the library.
Currently includes support for MX and some support for
Portals
* Fix overuse of proc_pml pointer on the ompi_proc structuer,
splitting into proc_pml for pml data and proc_bml for
the BML endpoint data
* bug fixes in bsend init code, which wasn't being used by
the OB1 or DR PMLs...
This commit was SVN r10642.
