[petsc-dev] Experimental GNU make build system

Satish Balay balay at mcs.anl.gov
Wed May 22 22:41:31 CDT 2013


I don't think its a rebase issue. [cygwin setup runs rbaseall
successfully if no cygwin process is running during upgrade - and I
make sure of that. To be sure - I reran rebaseall again]

[and I haven't seen this message with all-legacy builds which create
scores of processes recursively]

And I mistakingly assumed its a '-j 8' vs '-j 1' issue. I see the
issue with 'make' but not with 'make V=1'. And it happens consistantly
at the exact same stage - either at:
  CLINKER /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.so
or at:
  AR /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib

This is strange..

Satish
--------

balay at msnehalem2 ~/petsc.clone
$ make -f gmakefile PETSC_ARCH=arch-gmake -j 8
Use "/usr/bin/make V=1" to see the verbose compile lines.
  AR /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib
      0 [main] sh 9560 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 7752 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 6772 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 6584 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 8724 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
gmakefile:62: recipe for target `/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib' failed
make: *** [/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib] Error 254

balay at msnehalem2 ~/petsc.clone
$ make -f gmakefile PETSC_ARCH=arch-gmake
Use "/usr/bin/make V=1" to see the verbose compile lines.
  AR /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib
      0 [main] sh 7920 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 7532 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 2932 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 9096 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 5856 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x28A000(90112), Win32 error 487
/usr/bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
gmakefile:62: recipe for target `/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib' failed
make: *** [/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.lib] Error 254



> Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
> 
> > Ok. The 'child_info_fork::abort:' error below is due to gnumake somehow
> > trying to parallelize 'CLINKER /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.so'?
> 
> What do you mean "trying to parallelize"?  It's only running the linker
> once.
> 
> Web search yields this, but it may not be relevant.
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9300722/cygwin-error-bash-fork-retry-resource-temporarily-unavailable
> 
> > I see the same if I replace it with 'AR'. [here I'm having to use '-j
> > 1' for AR part]
> >
> > I have a successful build with 'make -j 8' - and then 'make -j '1 to
> > recover from AR errors. And 'make test' is successful.
> >
> > my hacky changes to get this working is below.
> >
> > Satish
> >
> > ---------
> > diff --git a/conf/variables b/conf/variables
> > index 79ce8ba..bb7746f 100644
> > --- a/conf/variables
> > +++ b/conf/variables
> > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> >  #
> >  PETSC_LIB_DIR       = ${PETSC_DIR}/${PETSC_ARCH}/lib
> >
> > -PETSC_CCPPFLAGS            = ${PETSC_CC_INCLUDES} ${PETSCFLAGS} ${CPP_FLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -D__INSDIR__=${LOCDIR}
> > +PETSC_CCPPFLAGS            = ${PETSC_CC_INCLUDES} ${PETSCFLAGS} ${CPP_FLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}
> >  PETSC_FCPPFLAGS            = ${PETSC_FC_INCLUDES} ${PETSCFLAGS} ${FPP_FLAGS} ${FPPFLAGS}
> >  PETSC_C_SH_LIB_PATH = ${CC_LINKER_SLFLAG}${PETSC_LIB_DIR}
> >  PETSC_F_SH_LIB_PATH = ${FC_LINKER_SLFLAG}${PETSC_LIB_DIR}
> > diff --git a/gmakefile b/gmakefile
> > index 1577acb..e5c4a37 100644
> > --- a/gmakefile
> > +++ b/gmakefile
> > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pkgs := sys vec mat dm ksp snes ts
> >
> >  libpetsc_shared := $(LIBDIR)/libpetsc.so
> >  libpetscpkgs_shared := $(foreach pkg, $(pkgs), $(LIBDIR)/libpetsc$(pkg).so)
> > +libpetsc_static := $(LIBDIR)/libpetsc.${AR_LIB_SUFFIX}
> >
> >  ifeq ($(PETSC_WITH_EXTERNAL_LIB),)
> >    libpetscall_shared := $(libpetscpkgs_shared)
> > @@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ else
> >    libpetscall_shared := $(libpetsc_shared)
> >  endif
> >
> > -all : $(libpetscall_shared)
> > +all : $(libpetsc_static)
> >
> >  .SECONDEXPANSION:              # to expand $$(@D)/.DIR
> >
> > @@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ else
> >    cc_name := CC
> >  endif
> >
> > -PETSC_DEPFLAGS.c := -MMD -MP
> > -PETSC_DEPFLAGS.cxx := -MMD -MP
> > -PETSC_DEPFLAGS.F := -MMD -MP
> > +PETSC_DEPFLAGS.c := #-MMD -MP
> > +PETSC_DEPFLAGS.cxx := #-MMD -MP
> > +PETSC_DEPFLAGS.F := #-MMD -MP
> >
> >  PETSC_COMPILE.c = $(call quiet,$(cc_name)) -c $(PCC_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CCPPFLAGS) $(PETSC_DEPFLAGS.c)
> >  PETSC_COMPILE.cxx = $(call quiet,CXX) -c $(PCC_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CCPPFLAGS) $(PETSC_DEPFLAGS.cxx)
> > @@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ allobj := $(foreach pkg, $(pkgs), $(call concatlang,$(pkg)))
> >  # with-single-library=1 (default)
> >  $(libpetsc_shared) : $(allobj) | $$(@D)/.DIR
> >         $(call quiet,CLINKER) -shared -o $@ $^ $(PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB_BASIC)
> > +$(libpetsc_static): $(allobj) | $$(@D)/.DIR
> > +       $(call quiet,AR) $(FAST_AR_FLAGS) $@ $^
> >
> >  # with-single-library=0
> >  libpkg = $(foreach pkg, $1, $(LIBDIR)/libpetsc$(pkg).so)
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 22 May 2013, Satish Balay wrote:
> >
> >> Looks like it can will work on windows.
> >> 
> >> For one it doesn't like gcc options like -MDD. [gives warnings] - so I removed that.
> >> 
> >> And  - cl [or win32fe?] is not liking empty LOCDIR for "-D__INSDIR__=${LOCDIR}"
> >> so I removed that.
> >> 
> >> The build with 'make -j 8' goes through quickly until:
> >> 
> >>   CLINKER /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.so
> >> 
> >> [so a static library target will perhaps fix this issue]
> >> 
> >> Satish
> >> 
> >> ---------
> >>   CLINKER /home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.so
> >>       0 [main] sh 3108 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x2
> >> 8A000(90112), Win32 error 487
> >> /usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >>       0 [main] sh 1824 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x2
> >> 8A000(90112), Win32 error 487
> >> /usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >>       0 [main] sh 3548 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x2
> >> 8A000(90112), Win32 error 487
> >> /usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >>       0 [main] sh 2908 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x2
> >> 8A000(90112), Win32 error 487
> >> /usr/bin/sh: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >>       0 [main] sh 2872 child_info_fork::abort: can't commit memory for stack 0x2
> >> 8A000(90112), Win32 error 487
> >> /usr/bin/sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
> >> gmakefile:59: recipe for target `/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc
> >> .so' failed
> >> make: *** [/home/balay/petsc.clone/arch-gmake/lib/libpetsc.so] Error 254
> >> 
> >> balay at msnehalem2 ~/petsc.clone
> >> $
> >> 
> >> On Mon, 20 May 2013, Barry Smith wrote:
> >> 
> >> > 
> >> >   And does this solve the Windows problem?
> >> > 
> >> > On May 20, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > > I just merged 'jed/gnumake' to 'next'.  I haven't added support for
> >> > > static libraries yet, but it should work with pretty much all other
> >> > > configurations using compilers that support '-MMD -MP' (tested with gcc,
> >> > > clang, and intel; C, C++, and Fortran; single and multiple library).
> >> > > 
> >> > >  $ make -f gmakefile -j20 PETSC_ARCH=your-choice
> >> > > 
> >> > > The makefile is 100 lines and the Python for figuring out what to
> >> > > include in the build is about the same (conf/gmakegen.py; neglecting
> >> > > python-2.4 compatibility stuff).  Simplifying the rules would reduce
> >> > > that, naturally.
> >> > > 
> >> > > Let me know how it works for you.
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> 




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