Hi, I am trying to use static huge pages, not transparent huge pages.
Ucx is allowed to allocate via hugetlbfs. $ ./bin/ucx_info -c | grep -i huge UCX_SELF_ALLOC=huge,thp,md,mmap,heap UCX_TCP_ALLOC=huge,thp,md,mmap,heap UCX_SYSV_HUGETLB_MODE=try --->It is trying this and failing UCX_SYSV_FIFO_HUGETLB=n UCX_POSIX_HUGETLB_MODE=try---> it is trying this and failing UCX_POSIX_FIFO_HUGETLB=n UCX_ALLOC_PRIO=md:sysv,md:posix,huge,thp,md:*,mmap,heap UCX_CMA_ALLOC=huge,thp,mmap,heap It is failing even though I have static hugepages available in my system. $ cat /proc/meminfo | grep HugePages_Total HugePages_Total: 20 THP is also enabled: $ cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled [always] madvise never --Arun -----Original Message----- From: Florent GERMAIN <florent.germ...@eviden.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 7:51 PM To: Open MPI Users <users@lists.open-mpi.org>; Chandran, Arun <arun.chand...@amd.com> Subject: RE: How to use hugetlbfs with openmpi and ucx Hi, You can check if there are dedicated huge pages on your system or if transparent huge pages are allowed. Transparent huge pages on rhel systems : $cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled always [madvise] never -> this means that transparent huge pages are selected through mmap + -> madvise always = always try to aggregate pages on thp (for large -> enough allocation with good alignment) never = never try to aggregate -> pages on thp Dedicated huge pages on rhel systems : $ cat /proc/meminfo | grep HugePages_Total HugePages_Total: 0 -> no dedicated huge pages here It seems that ucx tries to use dedicated huge pages (mmap(addr=(nil), length=6291456, flags= HUGETLB, fd=29)). If there are no dedicated huge pages available, mmap fails. Huge pages can accelerate virtual address to physical address translation and reduce TLB consumption. It may be useful for large and frequently used buffers. Regards, Florent -----Message d'origine----- De : users <users-boun...@lists.open-mpi.org> De la part de Chandran, Arun via users Envoyé : mercredi 19 juillet 2023 15:44 À : users@lists.open-mpi.org Cc : Chandran, Arun <arun.chand...@amd.com> Objet : [OMPI users] How to use hugetlbfs with openmpi and ucx Hi All, I am trying to see whether hugetlbfs is improving the latency of communication with a small send receive program. mpirun -np 2 --map-by core --bind-to core --mca pml ucx --mca opal_common_ucx_tls any --mca opal_common_ucx_devices any -mca pml_base_verbose 10 --mca mtl_base_verbose 10 -x OMPI_MCA_pml_ucx_verbose=10 -x UCX_LOG_LEVEL=debu g -x UCX_PROTO_INFO=y send_recv 1000 1 But the internal buffer allocation in ucx is unable to select the hugetlbfs. [1688297246.205092] [lib-ssp-04:4022755:0] ucp_context.c:1979 UCX DEBUG allocation method[2] is 'huge' [1688297246.208660] [lib-ssp-04:4022755:0] mm_sysv.c:97 UCX DEBUG mm failed to allocate 8447 bytes with hugetlb---------> I checked the code, this is a valid failure as the size is small compared to huge page size of 2MB [1688297246.208704] [lib-ssp-04:4022755:0] mm_sysv.c:97 UCX DEBUG mm failed to allocate 4292720 bytes with hugetlb [1688297246.210048] [lib-ssp-04:4022755:0] mm_posix.c:332 UCX DEBUG shared memory mmap(addr=(nil), length=6291456, flags= HUGETLB, fd=29) failed: Invalid argument [1688297246.211451] [lib-ssp-04:4022754:0] ucp_context.c:1979 UCX DEBUG allocation method[2] is 'huge' [1688297246.214849] [lib-ssp-04:4022754:0] mm_sysv.c:97 UCX DEBUG mm failed to allocate 8447 bytes with hugetlb [1688297246.214888] [lib-ssp-04:4022754:0] mm_sysv.c:97 UCX DEBUG mm failed to allocate 4292720 bytes with hugetlb [1688297246.216235] [lib-ssp-04:4022754:0] mm_posix.c:332 UCX DEBUG shared memory mmap(addr=(nil), length=6291456, flags= HUGETLB, fd=29) failed: Invalid argument Can someone suggest what are the steps to be done to enable hugetlbfs [I cannot run my application as root] ? Is using hugetlbfs for the internal buffers is recommended? --Arun
