Re: [OMPI devel] memory binding

2010-12-15 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:51 PM, David Singleton wrote: >> How about: >> >> --mca maffinity_libnuma_policy bind|preferred > > Yep, that appears to meet the Open MPI standards of maximal verbosity. :-) LOL! Yes, this "verbose" philosophy in the OMPI code base is pretty much my fault. I tend to

Re: [OMPI devel] memory binding

2010-12-15 Thread David Singleton
On 12/14/2010 09:06 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: Should we add an MCA parameter to switch between BIND and PREFERRED, and perhaps default to BIND? I'm not sure BIND should be the default for everyone - memory imbalanced jobs might page badly in this case. But, yes, we would like an MCA to choos

Re: [OMPI devel] memory binding

2010-12-13 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Dec 13, 2010, at 4:22 PM, David Singleton wrote: > I didnt see memory binding in their explicitly. You're correct; sorry, I was just referring to some general slides that showed some of the ideas that we're working on for next-generation affinity stuff. But memory binding will be included a

Re: [OMPI devel] memory binding

2010-12-13 Thread David Singleton
On 12/14/2010 01:29 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:56 PM, David Singleton wrote: Is there any plan to support NUMA memory binding for tasks? Yes. For some details on what we're planning for affinity, see the BOF slides that I presented at SC'10 on the OMPI web site (under "pu

Re: [OMPI devel] memory binding

2010-12-13 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:56 PM, David Singleton wrote: > Is there any plan to support NUMA memory binding for tasks? Yes. For some details on what we're planning for affinity, see the BOF slides that I presented at SC'10 on the OMPI web site (under "publications"). > Even with bind-to-core and me