I think I have this working now - try anything on or after r23647
On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Philippe wrote:
> sure. I took a guess at ppn and nodes for the case where 2 processes
> are on the same node... I dont claim these are the right values ;-)
>
>
>
> c0301b10e1 ~/mpi> env|grep OMPI
> OMPI_MCA_orte_nodes=c0301b10e1
> OMPI_MCA_orte_rank=0
> OMPI_MCA_orte_ppn=2
> OMPI_MCA_orte_num_procs=2
> OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports_v6=10000-11000
> OMPI_MCA_ess=generic
> OMPI_MCA_orte_jobid=9999
> OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports=10000-11000
> c0301b10e1 ~/hpa/benchmark/mpi> ./ben1 1 1 1
> [c0301b10e1:22827] [[0,9999],0] assigned port 10001
> [c0301b10e1:22827] [[0,9999],0] accepting connections via event library
> minsize=1 maxsize=1 delay=1.000000
>
> <no more output after that>
>
>
> c0301b10e1 ~/mpi> env|grep OMPI
> OMPI_MCA_orte_nodes=c0301b10e1
> OMPI_MCA_orte_rank=1
> OMPI_MCA_orte_ppn=2
> OMPI_MCA_orte_num_procs=2
> OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports_v6=10000-11000
> OMPI_MCA_ess=generic
> OMPI_MCA_orte_jobid=9999
> OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports=10000-11000
> c0301b10e1 ~/hpa/benchmark/mpi> ./ben1 1 1 1
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1] assigned port 10002
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1] accepting connections via event library
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0] mca_oob_tcp_send_nb: tag 15 size 189
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_try_connect: connecting port 10002 to:
> 10.4.72.110:10000
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_complete_connect: connection failed: Connection
> refused (111) - retrying
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_try_connect: connecting port 10002 to:
> 10.4.72.110:10000
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_complete_connect: connection failed: Connection
> refused (111) - retrying
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_try_connect: connecting port 10002 to:
> 10.4.72.110:10000
> [c0301b10e1:22830] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
> mca_oob_tcp_peer_complete_connect: connection failed: Connection
> refused (111) - retrying
>
> <repeats..>
>
>
> Thanks!
> p.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>> Can you send me the values you are using for the relevant envars? That way I
>> can try to replicate here
>>
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Philippe wrote:
>>
>>> I took a look at the code but I'm afraid I dont see anything wrong.
>>>
>>> p.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>>>> Yes, that is correct - we reserve the first port in the range for a daemon,
>>>> should one exist.
>>>> The problem is clearly that get_node_rank is returning the wrong value for
>>>> the second process (your rank=1). If you want to dig deeper, look at the
>>>> orte/mca/ess/generic code where it generates the nidmap and pidmap. There
>>>> is
>>>> a bug down there somewhere that gives the wrong answer when ppn > 1.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Philippe <phil...@mytoaster.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>>
>>>>> somewhere in ./orte/mca/oob/tcp/oob_tcp.c, there is this comment:
>>>>>
>>>>> orte_node_rank_t nrank;
>>>>> /* do I know my node_local_rank yet? */
>>>>> if (ORTE_NODE_RANK_INVALID != (nrank =
>>>>> orte_ess.get_node_rank(ORTE_PROC_MY_NAME)) &&
>>>>> (nrank+1) <
>>>>> opal_argv_count(mca_oob_tcp_component.tcp4_static_ports)) {
>>>>> /* any daemon takes the first entry, so we start
>>>>> with the second */
>>>>>
>>>>> which seems constant with process #0 listening on 10001. the question
>>>>> would be why process #1 attempt to connect to port 10000 then? or
>>>>> maybe totally unrelated :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> btw, if I trick process #1 to open the connection to 10001 by shifting
>>>>> the range, I now get this error and the process terminate immediately:
>>>>>
>>>>> [c0301b10e1:03919] [[0,9999],1]-[[0,0],0]
>>>>> mca_oob_tcp_peer_recv_connect_ack: received unexpected process
>>>>> identifier [[0,9999],0]
>>>>>
>>>>> good luck with the surgery and wishing you a prompt recovery!
>>>>>
>>>>> p.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Something doesn't look right - here is what the algo attempts to do:
>>>>>> given a port range of 10000-12000, the lowest rank'd process on the node
>>>>>> should open port 10000. The next lowest rank on the node will open
>>>>>> 10001,
>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>> So it looks to me like there is some confusion in the local rank algo.
>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>> have to look at the generic module - must be a bug in it somewhere.
>>>>>> This might take a couple of days as I have surgery tomorrow morning, so
>>>>>> please forgive the delay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Philippe <phil...@mytoaster.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm able to use the generic module when the processes are on different
>>>>>>> machines.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what would be the values of the EV when two processes are on the same
>>>>>>> machine (hopefully talking over SHM).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i've played with combination of nodelist and ppn but no luck. I get
>>>>>>> errors
>>>>>>> like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [c0301b10e1:03172] [[0,9999],1] -> [[0,0],0] (node: c0301b10e1)
>>>>>>> oob-tcp: Number of attempts to create TCP connection has been
>>>>>>> exceeded. Can not communicate with peer
>>>>>>> [c0301b10e1:03172] [[0,9999],1] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Unreachable in file
>>>>>>> grpcomm_hier_module.c at line 303
>>>>>>> [c0301b10e1:03172] [[0,9999],1] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Unreachable in file
>>>>>>> base/grpcomm_base_modex.c at line 470
>>>>>>> [c0301b10e1:03172] [[0,9999],1] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Unreachable in file
>>>>>>> grpcomm_hier_module.c at line 484
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> It looks like MPI_INIT failed for some reason; your parallel process is
>>>>>>> likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can
>>>>>>> fail during MPI_INIT; some of which are due to configuration or
>>>>>>> environment
>>>>>>> problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure; here's some
>>>>>>> additional information (which may only be relevant to an Open MPI
>>>>>>> developer):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> orte_grpcomm_modex failed
>>>>>>> --> Returned "Unreachable" (-12) instead of "Success" (0)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> *** The MPI_Init() function was called before MPI_INIT was invoked.
>>>>>>> *** This is disallowed by the MPI standard.
>>>>>>> *** Your MPI job will now abort.
>>>>>>> [c0301b10e1:3172] Abort before MPI_INIT completed successfully; not
>>>>>>> able to guarantee that all other processes were killed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> maybe a related question is how to assign the TCP port range and how
>>>>>>> is it used? when the processes are on different machines, I use the
>>>>>>> same range and that's ok as long as the range is free. but when the
>>>>>>> processes are on the same node, what value should the range be for
>>>>>>> each process? My range is 10000-12000 (for both processes) and I see
>>>>>>> that process with rank #0 listen on port 10001 while process with rank
>>>>>>> #1 try to establish a connect to port 10000.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>>>>> p. still here... still trying... ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Use what hostname returns - don't worry about IP addresses as we'll
>>>>>>>> discover them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> now, for the ev "OMPI_MCA_orte_nodes", what do I put exactly? our
>>>>>>>>> nodes have a short/long name (it's rhel 5.x, so the command hostname
>>>>>>>>> returns the long name) and at least 2 IP addresses.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> p.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Okay, fixed in r23499. Thanks again...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Doh - yes it should! I'll fix it right now.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> i was able to test the generic module and it seems to be working.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> one question tho, the function orte_ess_generic_component_query
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> "orte/mca/ess/generic/ess_generic_component.c" calls getenv with
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> argument "OMPI_MCA_enc", which seems to cause the module to fail
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> load. shouldnt it be "OMPI_MCA_ess" ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> .....
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> /* only pick us if directed to do so */
>>>>>>>>>>>> if (NULL != (pick = getenv("OMPI_MCA_env")) &&
>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 == strcmp(pick, "generic")) {
>>>>>>>>>>>> *priority = 1000;
>>>>>>>>>>>> *module = (mca_base_module_t *)&orte_ess_generic_module;
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> p.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dev trunk looks okay right now - I think you'll be fine using
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> My new component -might- work with 1.5, but probably not with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.4. I haven't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> checked either of them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anything at r23478 or above will have the new module. Let me
>>>>>>>>>>>>> know
>>>>>>>>>>>>> how it works for you. I haven't tested it myself, but am pretty
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> should work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Philippe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you so much!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll give it a try and let you know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know it's a tough question, but how stable is the dev trunk?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just grab the latest and run, or am I better off taking your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and copy them back in a stable release? (if so, which one? 1.4?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1.5?)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> p.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Ralph Castain
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <r...@open-mpi.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was easier for me to just construct this module than to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> explain how to do so :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will commit it this evening (couple of hours from now) as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is our standard practice. You'll need to use the developer's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trunk, though,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to use it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here are the envars you'll need to provide:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Each process needs to get the same following values:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_ess=generic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_orte_num_procs=<number of MPI procs>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_orte_nodes=<a comma-separated list of nodenames
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MPI procs reside>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_orte_ppn=<number of procs/node>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that I have assumed this last value is a constant for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simplicity. If that isn't the case, let me know - you could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instead provide
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it as a comma-separated list of values with an entry for each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> node.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition, you need to provide the following value that will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unique to each process:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_orte_rank=<MPI rank>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Finally, you have to provide a range of static TCP ports for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> by the processes. Pick any range that you know will be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available across all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the nodes. You then need to ensure that each process sees the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> envar:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * OMPI_MCA_oob_tcp_static_ports=6000-6010 <== obviously,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> replace
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this with your range
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You will need a port range that is at least equal to the ppn
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the job (each proc on a node will take one of the provided
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ports).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That should do it. I compute everything else I need from those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> values.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does that work for you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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