Features:
- Support for an override parameter file (openmpi-mca-param-override.conf).
Variable values in this file can not be overridden by any file or environment
value.
- Support for boolean, unsigned, and unsigned long long variables.
- Support for true/false values.
- Support for enumerations on integer variables.
- Support for MPIT scope, verbosity, and binding.
- Support for command line source.
- Support for setting variable source via the environment using
OMPI_MCA_SOURCE_<var name>=source (either command or file:filename)
- Cleaner API.
- Support for variable groups (equivalent to MPIT categories).
Notes:
- Variables must be created with a backing store (char **, int *, or bool *)
that must live at least as long as the variable.
- Creating a variable with the MCA_BASE_VAR_FLAG_SETTABLE enables the use of
mca_base_var_set_value() to change the value.
- String values are duplicated when the variable is registered. It is up to
the caller to free the original value if necessary. The new value will be
freed by the mca_base_var system and must not be freed by the user.
- Variables with constant scope may not be settable.
- Variable groups (and all associated variables) are deregistered when the
component is closed or the component repository item is freed. This
prevents a segmentation fault from accessing a variable after its component
is unloaded.
- After some discussion we decided we should remove the automatic registration
of component priority variables. Few component actually made use of this
feature.
- The enumerator interface was updated to be general enough to handle
future uses of the interface.
- The code to generate ompi_info output has been moved into the MCA variable
system. See mca_base_var_dump().
opal: update core and components to mca_base_var system
orte: update core and components to mca_base_var system
ompi: update core and components to mca_base_var system
This commit also modifies the rmaps framework. The following variables were
moved from ppr and lama: rmaps_base_pernode, rmaps_base_n_pernode,
rmaps_base_n_persocket. Both lama and ppr create synonyms for these variables.
This commit was SVN r28236.
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.
actually care if opal_pointer_array is limited to handle_max already passes
that in as the max_size during init, so don't need it there. The arch
constant was a bit more difficult, so pass that in during MPI init and
leave empty otherwise.
This is to help with the effort to allow building ompi against an external
opal or orte.
This commit was SVN r27817.
We ran into a case where the OMPI SVN trunk grew a new acceptable MCA
parameter value, but this new value was not accepted on the v1.6
branch (hwloc_base_mem_bind_failure_action -- on the trunk it accepts
the value "silent", but on the older v1.6 branch, it doesn't). If you
set "hwloc_base_mem_bind_failure_action=silent" in the default MCA
params file and then accidentally ran with the v1.6 branch, every OMPI
executable (including ompi_info) just failed because hwloc_base_open()
would say "hey, 'silent' is not a valid value for
hwloc_base_mem_bind_failure_action!". Kaboom.
The only problem is that it didn't give you any indication of where
this value was being set. Quite maddening, from a user perspective.
So we changed the ompi_info handles this case. If any framework open
function return OMPI_ERR_BAD_PARAM (either because its base MCA params
got a bad value or because one of its component register/open
functions return OMPI_ERR_BAD_PARAM), ompi_info will stop, print out
a warning that it received and error, and then dump out the parameters
that it has received so far in the framework that had a problem.
At a minimum, this will show the user the MCA param that had an error
(it's usually the last one), and ''where it was set from'' (so that
they can go fix it).
We updated ompi_info to check for O???_ERR_BAD_PARAM from each from
the framework opens. Also updated the doxygen docs in mca.h for this
O???_BAD_PARAM behavior. And we noticed that mca.h had MCA_SUCCESS
and MCA_ERR_??? codes. Why? I think we used them in exactly one
place in the code base (mca_base_components_open.c). So we deleted
those and just used the normal OPAL_* codes instead.
While we were doing this, we also cleaned up a little memory
management during ompi_info/orte-info/opal-info finalization.
Valgrind still reports a truckload of memory still in use at ompi_info
termination, but they mostly look to be components not freeing
memory/resources properly (and outside the scope of this fix).
This commit was SVN r27306.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 3275 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/3275
* Remove paffinity, maffinity, and carto frameworks -- they've been
wholly replaced by hwloc.
* Move ompi_mpi_init() affinity-setting/checking code down to ORTE.
* Update sm, smcuda, wv, and openib components to no longer use carto.
Instead, use hwloc data. There are still optimizations possible in
the sm/smcuda BTLs (i.e., making multiple mpools). Also, the old
carto-based code found out how many NUMA nodes were ''available''
-- not how many were used ''in this job''. The new hwloc-using
code computes the same value -- it was not updated to calculate how
many NUMA nodes are used ''by this job.''
* Note that I cannot compile the smcuda and wv BTLs -- I ''think''
they're right, but they need to be verified by their owners.
* The openib component now does a bunch of stuff to figure out where
"near" OpenFabrics devices are. '''THIS IS A CHANGE IN DEFAULT
BEHAVIOR!!''' and still needs to be verified by OpenFabrics vendors
(I do not have a NUMA machine with an OpenFabrics device that is a
non-uniform distance from multiple different NUMA nodes).
* Completely rewrite the OMPI_Affinity_str() routine from the
"affinity" mpiext extension. This extension now understands
hyperthreads; the output format of it has changed a bit to reflect
this new information.
* Bunches of minor changes around the code base to update names/types
from maffinity/paffinity-based names to hwloc-based names.
* Add some helper functions into the hwloc base, mainly having to do
with the fact that we have the hwloc data reporting ''all''
topology information, but sometimes you really only want the
(online | available) data.
This commit was SVN r26391.
(http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2012/04/10905.php), set
opal_cache_line_size via hwloc data, if we have it.
opal_cache_line_size will be set to an hwloc-inspired value by the end
of orte_init(), but will always have a safe value to use (i.e., a
default value 128) -- even before opal_init() has completed.
Default to the same value of 128 that Open MPI has used for several
years if a) we have no hwloc data, or b) we weren't able to find L2
objects in the hwloc data.
This commit was SVN r26322.
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.
paffinity hwloc was returning "NOT_SUPPORTED" when the real problem
was that the underlying hwloc simply hadn't been initialized yet. So
let's clearly delineate this case: return OPAL_ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED if
the underlying hwloc is not initialized.
This commit was SVN r25902.
No need for it to be in the base (we mistakenly thought it was used in
multiple shmem components).
This commit was SVN r25662.
The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
r25652 --> open-mpi/ompi@7e223b5799
* Fixes trac:2329 : Improves the error message, and ensures opal-restart will not segv in opal_finalize.
This commit was SVN r25586.
The following Trac tickets were found above:
Ticket 2329 --> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/2329
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.
It was agreed that opal_init_util had wound up being used in unintended ways, which raised the problem of getting reference counts to work right. However, fixing it would involve more pain than it was worth - and so long as the other layers are made to behave similarly, I have no preference either way.
Complete implementation will follow - for now, this just reverts the prior changes.
This commit was SVN r24886.
The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
r24862 --> open-mpi/ompi@aa92e0c4eb
r24864 --> open-mpi/ompi@a5062385c2
Fix a bug in the new code that prevented the system from correctly matching addresses.
Remove comments in the show-help text indicating that we would continue in the face of incorrect specifications - leave that to the calling layer to decide.
Modify the new opal_ifmatches so it returns error codes letting the caller better understand the result.
Modify the oob to ensure we abort if we don't find interfaces matching specified constraints, and that we do so without multiple error messages.
NOTE: we have a conflict in our standards. We have been using comma-delimited lists of interfaces for all our params. However, one param - opal_net_private_ipv4 - now uses semicolons instead of comma separators. No idea why, but it is confusing.
This commit was SVN r24755.
No need for any CMRs to 1.5... that was already done in CMR 2728.
This commit was SVN r24545.
The following SVN revision numbers were found above:
r22841 --> open-mpi/ompi@b400b84162
This means that the converters (opal_err2str, orte_err2str) can now
return NULL as a "silent error". The return value of opal_err2str_fn_t
is the status of the operation (OPAL_SUCCESS or OPAL_ERROR).
This fixes the "Unknown error" message issues on the trunk.
This commit was SVN r24371.
Short Version:
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Event engine needs to be flushed so it does not use old/stale file descriptors.
Long Version:
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The problem was that the restarted process was waiting for the socket to the local daemon to finish establishing during the 'sync' operation. The core problem was that the daemon was sending a header of 36 bytes, but the restarted process only received 35 bytes of the message. So the restarted process became stuck waiting for the last byte to arrive.
After many hours of digging, I figured out that the event engine was using the same file descriptor for its evsig_cb functionality (to signal itself when a signal arrives). So when the daemon wrote in to the new fd the event engine was stealing the first byte (*shakes fist at event engine*) before the recv() could be posted.
The solution is to use the event_reinit() function on restart to re-establish the now-stale file descriptors in the event engine. This seems to have fixed the problem.
A few other minor things:
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* Add a check to make sure the event engine is balanced in its init/finalize
* Add the opal_event_base_close() to the BLCR restart exec function (still not 100% sure it is needed, but there it is).
This commit was SVN r24296.
Note: the ompi_check_libfca.m4 file had to be modified to avoid it stomping on global CPPFLAGS and the like. The file was also relocated to the ompi/config directory as it pertains solely to an ompi-layer component.
Forgive the mid-day configure change, but I know Shiqing is working the windows issues and don't want to cause him unnecessary redo work.
This commit was SVN r23966.
After talking with Brian, we're pretty sure that this is only because
really, really old libevent didn't allow bitwise or-ing of the other
loop types, because what we really need is (EVLOOP_ONCE |
EVLOOP_NONBLOCK). And that's what EVLOOP_ONELOOP did (i.e., we
changed the logic of libevent's event.c to let ONELOOP do both ONCE
and NONBLOCK things).
In the new libevent version, we didn't implement EVLOOP_ONELOOP
properly. As a result, and we got hangs in the SM BTL add_procs
function. Note that the SM BTL wasn't to blame -- it was purely a
side-effect of bad ONELOOP integration (i.e., if you got past the SM
BTL add_procs, you may well have hung somewhere else).
This commit removes all ONELOOP customizations from event.c and
returns it to (almost) its original state from the libevent 2.0.7-rc
distribution. Everwhere in the code base where we used ONELOOP, we
now use (ONCE | NONBLOCK).
This commit was SVN r23957.
Setup the event API to support multiple bases in preparation for splitting the OMPI and ORTE events. Holding here pending shared memory resolution.
This commit was SVN r23943.
This is a fairly intrusive change, but outside of the moving of opal/event to opal/mca/event, the only changes involved (a) changing all calls to opal_event functions to reflect the new framework instead, and (b) ensuring that all opal_event_t objects are properly constructed since they are now true opal_objects.
Note: Shiqing has just returned from vacation and has not yet had a chance to complete the Windows integration. Thus, this commit almost certainly breaks Windows support on the trunk. However, I want this to have a chance to soak for as long as possible before I become less available a week from today (going to be at a class for 5 days, and thus will only be sparingly available) so we can find and fix any problems.
Biggest change is moving the libevent code from opal/event to a new opal/mca/event framework. This was done to make it much easier to update libevent in the future. New versions can be inserted as a new component and tested in parallel with the current version until validated, then we can remove the earlier version if we so choose. This is a statically built framework ala installdirs, so only one component will build at a time. There is no selection logic - the sole compiled component simply loads its function pointers into the opal_event struct.
I have gone thru the code base and converted all the libevent calls I could find. However, I cannot compile nor test every environment. It is therefore quite likely that errors remain in the system. Please keep an eye open for two things:
1. compile-time errors: these will be obvious as calls to the old functions (e.g., opal_evtimer_new) must be replaced by the new framework APIs (e.g., opal_event.evtimer_new)
2. run-time errors: these will likely show up as segfaults due to missing constructors on opal_event_t objects. It appears that it became a typical practice for people to "init" an opal_event_t by simply using memset to zero it out. This will no longer work - you must either OBJ_NEW or OBJ_CONSTRUCT an opal_event_t. I tried to catch these cases, but may have missed some. Believe me, you'll know when you hit it.
There is also the issue of the new libevent "no recursion" behavior. As I described on a recent email, we will have to discuss this and figure out what, if anything, we need to do.
This commit was SVN r23925.
This merges the branch containing the revamped build system based around converting autogen from a bash script to a Perl program. Jeff has provided emails explaining the features contained in the change.
Please note that configure requirements on components HAVE CHANGED. For example. a configure.params file is no longer required in each component directory. See Jeff's emails for an explanation.
This commit was SVN r23764.
All interface APIs for accessing the info remain unchanged in opal/util/if.c.
This has been tested on Mac, Linux, and NetBSD. Nobody else seemed interested in testing it, so there may be some future problems revealed as people try it on other OSs.
This commit was SVN r23743.
