[mpich-discuss] Assertion failure in ch3_progress

[Darius Buntinas]

This means that the header of the received packet has been corrupted.
It looks like it might be an internal bug.  Can you send us a short
program that demonstrates this?

Thanks,
-d

On 01/27/2009 07:25 AM, Dorian Krause wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I'm running an application with mpich2-1.1a2 (intel compiler) which uses
> onesided communication to put data from a contiguous buffer on the origin
> side into a strided (derived datatype) buffer on the target side. The
> program runs fine with (let's say) 4 procs on a single machine but fails
> with
> 
> Assertion failed in file ch3_progress.c at line 473: pkt->type >= 0 &&
> pkt->type < MPIDI_NEM_PKT_END
> internal ABORT - process 3
> 
> 
> if submitted to the cluster (I suppose it does not use nemesis in the
> first case ?). In ch3_progress.c I can read that "invalid pkt data will
> result in unpredictable behavior".
> 
> Can you tell me what that means? What is "pkt data" and to which input
> from the application does the pkt instance corresponds?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Dorian