Hmmm...works with 1.6.4 for me on Mac 10.8.2: Ralphs-iMac:v1.6 rhc$ ./fork-bug We're an MPI program! child status = 0 Ralphs-iMac:v1.6 rhc$ gdb ./fork-bug GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-1820) (Sat Jun 16 02:40:11 UTC 2012) Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for shared libraries ... done
(gdb) r Starting program: /Volumes/RHCHD/rhc/openmpi/v1.6/fork-bug Reading symbols for shared libraries ++............................. done child status = 0 Program exited normally. (gdb) Afraid I have no idea why you might be hitting the problem, though... On Feb 21, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Geoffrey Irving <irv...@naml.us> wrote: > The singleton fork/exec itself is fine, since normal MPI programs work > under gdb (e.g., fork-bug.c without the fork). gdb is has > follow-fork-mode set to parent, so it's odd that gdb is looking at the > child process's trickery at all. > > I've confirmed that it's still broken under 1.6.4, unfortunately. > > Geoffrey > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote: >> Singletons fork/exec a daemon to support them - my guess is that gdb may not >> like it on your machine? >> >> FWIW - it runs fine for me using the developer's trunk. You might try with >> 1.6.4 in case it's a bug in 1.6.0 >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Geoffrey Irving <irv...@naml.us> wrote: >> >>> The attached program illustrates the problem. It forks, and the child >>> calls MPI_Init. This works fine unless I'm inside gdb. Inside gdb, >>> MPI_Init silently crashes. >>> >>> I'm using OpenMPI 1.6.0 on Mac 10.8.2. I'm running the program >>> directly, not through mpirun. >>> >>> Any ideas what might be wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Geoffrey >>> >>> cone:scratch% /usr/local/bin/mpicc -o fork-bug fork-bug.c >>> cone:scratch% ./fork-bug >>> We're an MPI program! >>> child status = 0 >>> cone:scratch% gdb ./fork-bug >>> gdb ./fork-bug >>> GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-1824) (Thu Nov 15 10:42:43 UTC >>> 2012) >>> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are >>> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain >>> conditions. >>> Type "show copying" to see the conditions. >>> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. >>> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for >>> shared libraries ... done >>> >>> (gdb) run >>> Reading symbols for shared libraries ++............................. done >>> child status = 5 >>> >>> Program exited normally. >>> (gdb) cone:scratch% >>> <fork-bug.c>_______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
