This commit replaces the current VMA tree implementation with one that
uses the new opal_interval_tree_t class. Since the VMA tree lock is no
longer used this commit also updates rcache/grdma and btl/vader to
take better care when searching for existing registrations.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>
The current VMA cache implementation backing rcache/grdma can run into
a deadlock situation in multi-threaded code when madvise is hooked and
the c library uses locks. In this case we may run into the following
situation:
Thread 1:
...
free () <- Holding libc lock
madvice_hook ()
vma_iteration () <- Blocked waiting for vma lock
Thread 2:
...
vma_insert () <- Holding vma lock
vma_item_new ()
malloc () <- Blocked waiting for libc lock
To fix this problem we chose to remove the madvise () hook but that
fix is causing issue #3685. This commit aims to greatly reduce the
chance that the deadlock will be hit by putting vma items into a free
list. This moves the allocation outside the vma lock. In general there
are a relatively small number of vma items so the default is to
allocate 2048 vma items. This default is configurable but it is likely
the number is too large not too small.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>
Because of the removal of the linux memory component it is no longer
necessary to initialize the memory component in opal_init(). This
commit moves the initialization to the creation of the first rcache
component.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>
This commit rewrites both the mpool and rcache frameworks. Summary of
changes:
- Before this change a significant portion of the rcache
functionality lived in mpool components. This meant that it was
impossible to add a new memory pool to use with rdma networks
(ugni, openib, etc) without duplicating the functionality of an
existing mpool component. All the registration functionality has
been removed from the mpool and placed in the rcache framework.
- All registration cache mpools components (udreg, grdma, gpusm,
rgpusm) have been changed to rcache components. rcaches are
allocated and released in the same way mpool components were.
- It is now valid to pass NULL as the resources argument when
creating an rcache. At this time the gpusm and rgpusm components
support this. All other rcache components require non-NULL
resources.
- A new mpool component has been added: hugepage. This component
supports huge page allocations on linux.
- Memory pools are now allocated using "hints". Each mpool component
is queried with the hints and returns a priority. The current hints
supported are NULL (uses posix_memalign/malloc), page_size=x (huge
page mpool), and mpool=x.
- The sm mpool has been moved to common/sm. This reflects that the sm
mpool is specialized and not meant for any general
allocations. This mpool may be moved back into the mpool framework
if there is any objection.
- The opal_free_list_init arguments have been updated. The unused0
argument is not used to pass in the registration cache module. The
mpool registration flags are now rcache registration flags.
- All components have been updated to make use of the new framework
interfaces.
As this commit makes significant changes to both the mpool and rcache
frameworks both versions have been bumped to 3.0.0.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>
A few uninitialized common symbols are remaining:
common symbols generated by flex :
* opal/util/keyval/keyval_lex.l: opal_util_keyval_yyleng
* opal/util/keyval/keyval_lex.o: opal_util_keyval_yytext
* opal/util/show_help_lex.l: opal_show_help_yyleng
* opal/util/show_help_lex.l: opal_show_help_yytext
common symbol generated by "external" hwloc library:
* opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc191/hwloc/src/components.o: component_map
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.
