Thanks for that info! I was literally just digging into this myself; I am able to replicate the problem on a 1.5.1 tarball, but not on a nightly 1.5.2 snapshot tarball. Would you mind trying to replicate the issue on a recent 1.5.2 snapshot?
http://www.open-mpi.org/nightly/v1.5/ On Jan 22, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Avinash wrote: > Hello, > I figured out the problem, which is described herein, it might be > useful for someone else. The problem stems from ompi_local_slave option being > set on its own in the MPI_Info structure. It seems that MPI_Info_create is > using a shift or more likely a masking operation (depending upon the size of > some type, which in turn depends upon the underlying architecture), which > sets the ompi_local_slave bit to high. As a result, "jdata->controls" has > it's ORTE_JOB_CONTROL_LOCAL_SLAVE bit set high, see plm_rsh_module.c (line > 1065) for the problem. I took the easy solution and set the ompi_local_slave > to "no" in the Info structure and that solves the problem. Maybe this needs > further investigation. > > Regards, > > On 1/21/11 7:22 PM, Avinash Malik wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have compiled openmpi-1.5.1 as a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit >> architecture. I have a problem using MPI_Comm_spawn and >> MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple, when MPI_Info is used as a non NULL >> (MPI_INFO_NULL) parameter. I get a segmentation fault. I have >> the exact same code running fine on a 32-bit machine. I cannot >> use the 64-bit openmpi due to problems with other software, >> which uses openmpi, but can only be compiled in the 32-bit mode. >> >> I am attaching all the information, in a .tgz file. The .tgz >> file consists of: >> >> (1) The c-code for a small example two files parent.c and >> child.c >> (2) The compile_command that I ran on a 64-bit machine. >> (3) The run command to run the system >> compiling openmpi-1.5.1. >> (4) ompi_info_all >> (5) The error that I get, it's a segmentation fault. >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/