1. implement and enable the non-described buffer operations. I will send out a more detailed explanation separately. However, this mode of operation (which is now the default) significantly reduces message size during startup. If you want the described buffers, set the mca param "-mca dss_describe_buffer 1".
2. revise the xcast system to support both linear and binomial tree broadcast methods. Since we are seeing scenarios where the binomiall tree can cause problems, I have made the linear method the default. To run with the binomial tree, set the mca param "-mca oob_xcast_mode binomial".
3. add some detailed timing reports to the xcast operation. These are enabled via "-mca oob_xcast_timing 1".
4. add some more unit tests for the dss and gpr (focused on support for the non-described buffer)
This commit was SVN r12722.
Clean up the remainder of the size_t references in the runtime itself. Convert to orte_std_cntr_t wherever it makes sense (only avoid those places where the actual memory size is referenced).
Remove the obsolete oob barrier function (we actually obsoleted it a long time ago - just never bothered to clean it up).
I have done my best to go through all the components and catch everything, even if I couldn't test compile them since I wasn't on that type of system. Still, I cannot guarantee that problems won't show up when you test this on specific systems. Usually, these will just show as "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned" notes which are easily fixed (just change a size_t to orte_std_cntr_t).
In some places, people didn't use size_t, but instead used some other variant (e.g., I found several places with uint32_t). I tried to catch all of them, but...
Once we get all the instances caught and fixed, this should once and for all resolve many of the heterogeneity problems.
This commit was SVN r11204.
- move files out of toplevel include/ and etc/, moving it into the
sub-projects
- rather than including config headers with <project>/include,
have them as <project>
- require all headers to be included with a project prefix, with
the exception of the config headers ({opal,orte,ompi}_config.h
mpi.h, and mpif.h)
This commit was SVN r8985.
1. Added OMPI_PROC_ARCH as a defined registry key and added the code so that the architecture info gets properly transmitted across all processes using the startup message.
2. Added an OMPI_MODEX_KEY definition and removed the hard-coded "modex" key from pml_modex_exchange
This commit was SVN r7129.
Here's the huge registry check-in you've all been waiting for with baited breath. The revised version sends a single message to all processes at the various stage gates, thus making the startup much more scalable. I could provide you with all the tawdry details, but won't for now - you are welcome to ask, though, and I'll merrily bore your ears to tears.
In addition, the commit contains the following:
1. set the ignore properties on ompi/debuggers and orte/mca/pls/poe
2. Added simplified subscribe and put functions to the registry's API. I have also converted all of the ompi functions that registered subscriptions to the new API, and caught their associated put's as well.
In a follow-on commit, I'll be adding support for George's hetero arch registry subscription (wanted to get this one in first).
This commit was SVN r7118.
Haven't fully tested these yet (nobody is using them at the moment that I know of - good thing, since they haven't been working for a long time - though I know the MPI-2 stuff needs the functionality), but will do so shortly. For now, they compile.
This commit was SVN r6567.
1. Modify the registry to eliminate redundant data copying for startup messages.
2. Revise the subscription/trigger system to avoid redundant storage of triggers and subscriptions. This dramatically reduces the search time when a registry action occurs - to illustrate the point, there are now only a handful of triggers on the system for each job. Before, there were a handful of triggers for each PROCESS in the job, all of which had to be checked every time something happened on the registry. This is much, much faster now.
3. Update all subscriptions to the new format. There are now "named" subscriptions - this allows you to "name" a subscription that all the processes will be using. The first one to hit the registry actually defines the subscription. From then on, any subsequent "subscribes" to the same name just cause that process to "attach" to the existing subscription. This keeps the number of subscriptions being tracked by the registry to a minimum, while ensuring that each process still gets notified.
4. Do the same for triggers.
Also fixed a duplicate subscription problem that was causing people to receive data equal to the number of processes times the data they should have received from a trigger/subscription. Sorry about that... :-( ...but it's all better now!
Uncovered a situation where the modex data seems to be getting entered on the registry a second time - the latter time coming after the compound command has been "fired", thereby causing all the subscriptions to fire. Asked Tim and Jeff to look into this.
Second phase of the changes will involve modifying the xcast system so that the same message gets sent to all processes. This will further reduce the message traffic, and - once we have a true "broadcast" version of xcast - really speed things up and improve scalability.
This commit was SVN r6542.
frameworks, and components without configure scripts instead of
hard-coded shell variables (for projects and frameworks) and
shell variable building (for components).
* Add 3rd category of component configuration (in addition to configure
scripts and no-configured components): configure.m4 components. These
components can only be built as part of OMPI (like no-configure), but
can provide an m4 file that is run as part of the main configure
script. These macros can set whether the component should be built,
along with just about any other configuration wanted. More care must
be taken compared to configure components, as doing things like setting
variables or calling AC_MSG_ERROR now affects the top-level configure
script (so calling AC_MSG_ERROR if your component can't configure
probably isn't what you want)
* Added support to autogen.sh for the configure.m4-style components,
as well as building up the m4_define lists ompi_mca.m4 now expects
* Updated a number of macros to be more config.cache friendly (both
so that config.cache can be used and so the test can be quickly
run multiple times in the same configrue script):
- ompi_config_asm
- c_weak_symbols
- c_get_alignment
* Added new macros to be shared when configuring components:
- ompi_objc.m4 (this actually provides AC_PROG_OBJC - don't ask...)
- ompi_check_xgrid
- ompi_check_tm
- ompi_check_bproc
* Updated a number of components to use configure.m4 instead of
configure.stub
- btl portals
- io romio
- tm ras and pls
- bjs, lsf_bproc ras and bproc_seed pls
- xgrid ras and pls
- null iof (used by tm)
This commit was SVN r6412.
