[OMPI devel] Git commit messages: a request

2017-03-03 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
Developers -- A request: when you have a commit that fixes a user-reported issue, please thank the user in the commit message (e.g., "Thanks to Joe Shmoe for reporting the issue."). It's good for the community, and it also *really* helps us write the NEWS file when it comes time for release.

Re: [OMPI devel] Open MPI, ssh and limits

2017-03-03 Thread Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)
On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:05 AM, Gilles Gouaillardet wrote: > > bottom line, MPI tasks that run on the same node mpirun was invoked on inherit > the core file size limit from mpirun, whereas tasks that run on the other node > use the default core file size limit. I am not sure

Re: [OMPI devel] Open MPI, ssh and limits

2017-03-03 Thread George Bosilca
Isn't this supposed to be part of cluster 101? I would rather add it to our faq, maybe in a slightly more generic way (not only focused towards 'ulimit - c'. Otherwise we will be bound to define what is forwarded and what is not, and potentially creates chaos for knowledgeable users (that know

Re: [OMPI devel] weird error message (you'll be puzzled!)

2017-03-03 Thread Gilles Gouaillardet
Thanks Paul, It looks like we (indirectly) call MPI_Abort() when the argument is invalid. That would explain the counter intuitive error message Cheers, Gilles Paul Kapinos wrote: >Dear Open MPI developer, >please take a look at the attached 'hello MPI world'

[OMPI devel] weird error message (you'll be puzzled!)

2017-03-03 Thread Paul Kapinos
Dear Open MPI developer, please take a look at the attached 'hello MPI world' file. We know that it contain an error (you should never put '1476395012' into MPI_Init_thread() call! It was a typo, initially...) BUT, see what happens if you compile it: $ mpif90 -g mpihelloworld.f90 $ ./a.out

[OMPI devel] Open MPI, ssh and limits

2017-03-03 Thread Gilles Gouaillardet
Folks, this is a follow-up on https://www.mail-archive.com/users@lists.open-mpi.org//msg30715.html on my cluster, the core file size is 0 by default, but it can be set to unlimited by any user. i think this is a pretty common default. $ ulimit -c 0 $ bash -c 'ulimit -c' 0 $ mpirun -np