New MCA parameter: btl_usnic_ack_iteration_delay. Set this to the
number of times through the usNIC component progress function before
sending a standalone ACK (vs. piggy-backing the ACK on any other send
going to the target peer).
Use "ticks" language to clarify that we're really counting the number
of times through the usNIC component DATA_CHANNEL completion check (to
check for incoming messages) -- it has no relation to wall clock time
whatsoever.
Also slightly change the channel-checking scheme in usNIC component
progress: only check the PRIORITY channel once (vs. checking it once,
not finding anything, and then falling through the progress_2() where we
check PRIORITY again and then check the DATA channel).
As before, if our "progress" libevent fires, increment the tick
counter enough to guarantee that all endpoints that need an ACK will
get triggered to send standalone ACKs the next time through progress,
if necessary.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@cisco.com>
Rename "get_nsec()" to "get_ticks()" to more accurately reflect that
this function has no correlation to wall clock time at all.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@cisco.com>
This commit represents the conversion of the usnic BTL from verbs to
libfabric.
For the moment, libfabric is embedded in Open MPI (currently in the
usnic BTL). This is because the libfabric API is still changing, and
also has not yet been released. Ultimately, this embedded copy of
libfabric will likely disappear and the usnic BTL will rely on an
external installation of libfabric.
New configure options:
* --with-libfabric: will cause configure to fail if libfabric support
cannot be built
* --without-libfabric: will prevent libfabric support from being built
* --with-libfabric=DIR: use an external libfabric installation
* --with-libfabric-libdir=LIBDIR: when paired with --with-libfabric=DIR,
use LIBDIR for the libfabric installation library dir
The --with-libnl3[-libdir] arguments are now gone.
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.
Make the del_procs, module finalize, and endpoint destructors be the
same between trunk and v1.8, with one exception: the very beginning of
v1.8 module_finalize calls del_procs for each proc to simulate/pretend
the trunk/v1.9 PML behavior of calling del_procs before module_finalize.
This commit was SVN r32437.
Fixes an assertion failure in --enable-debug builds and SEGVs in normal
builds.
I'm not 100% sure I like this model, but it at least seems to be
consistent. Some variation on this scheme will need to be adapted to
the trunk, where usnic_del_procs() is called by the PML instead of
internally in usnic_finalize().
A related bug (but with different mechanics) is #4832.
This commit was SVN r32424.
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.
