Graham, Richard L. wrote:
Stupid question:
What is being plotted, and what are the units ?
Rich
MB of Resident and Shared memory as gotten from top (on linux). The
values for each of the processes run cases seem to be the same between
posix, mmap and sysv.
--td
On 8/11/10 3:15 PM, "Samuel K. Gutierrez" <sam...@lanl.gov> wrote:
Hi Terry,
On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Terry Dontje wrote:
I've done some minor testing on Linux looking at resident and shared memory
sizes for np=4, 8 and 16 jobs. I could not see any appreciable differences in
sizes in the process between sysv, posix or mmap usage in the SM btl.
So I am still somewhat non-plussed about making this the default. It seems
like the biggest gain out of using posix might be one doesn't need to worry
about the location of the backing file. This seems kind of frivolous to me
since there is a warning that happens if the backing file is not memory based.
If I'm not mistaken, the warning is only issued if the backing files is stored
on the following file systems: Lustre, NFS, Panasas, and GPFS (see:
opal_path_nfs in opal/util/path.c). Based on the performance numbers that
Sylvain provided on June 9th of this year (see attached), there was a
performance difference between mmap on /tmp and mmap on a tmpfs-like file
system (/dev/shm in that particular case). Using the new POSIX component
provides us with a portable way to provide similar shared memory performance
gains without having to worry about where the OMPI session directory is rooted.
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Samuel K. Gutierrez
Los Alamos National Laboratory
[cid:3364459484_11867134]
I still working on testing the code on Solaris but I don't imagine I will see
anything that will change my mind.
--td
Samuel K. Gutierrez wrote:
Hi Rich,
It's a modification to the existing common sm component. The modifications do
include the addition of a new POSIX shared memory facility, however.
Sam
On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Graham, Richard L. wrote:
Is this a modification of the existing component, or a new component ?
Rich
On 8/10/10 10:52 AM, "Samuel K. Gutierrez" <sam...@lanl.gov>
<mailto:sam...@lanl.gov> wrote:
Hi,
I wanted to give everyone a heads-up about a new POSIX shared memory
component
that has been in the works for a while now and is ready to be pushed
into the
trunk.
http://bitbucket.org/samuelkgutierrez/ompi_posix_sm_new
Some highlights:
o New posix component now the new default.
o May address some of the shared memory performance issues users
encounter
when OMPI's session directories are inadvertently placed on a non-
local
filesystem.
o Silent component failover.
o In the default case, if the posix component fails initialization,
mmap will be selected.
o The sysv component will only be queried for selection if it is
placed before
the mmap component (for example, -mca mpi_common_sm
sysv,posix,mmap). In the
default case, sysv will never be queried/selected.
o Per some on-list discussion, now unlinking mmaped file in both mmap
and posix
components (see: "System V Shared Memory for Open MPI: Request for
Community
Input and Testing" thread).
o Assuming local process homogeneity with respect to all utilized
shared
memory facilities. That is, if one local process deems a
particular shared
memory facility acceptable, then ALL local processes should be
able to
utilize that facility. As it stands, this is an important point
because one
process dictates to all other local processes which common sm
component will
be selected based on its own, local run-time test.
o Addressed some of George's code reuse concerns.
If there are no major objections by August 17th, I'll commit the code
after the
Tuesday morning conference call.
Thanks!
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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