[petsc-users] DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile() does not work on macOS Sierra

Matthew Knepley knepley at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 10:26:09 CST 2017


Thanks!

   Matt

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Blaise A Bourdin <bourdin at lsu.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was able to build petsc master with home-brew gcc 6.3 and intel 17.0
> under macOS sierra. As Mark said, it is important to reinstall the entire
> home-brew compiler + libs after upgrading macOS (and often Xcode).
> I am able to read / write exodus files. I am attaching my configure
> command lines:
>
> with intel 17.0:
> ./configure ./configure               \
>     --download-chaco=1                \
>     --download-exodusii=1             \
>     --download-hdf5=1                 \
>     --download-hypre=1                \
>     --download-metis=1                \
>     --download-ml=1                   \
>     --download-netcdf=1               \
>     --download-parmetis=1             \
>     --download-triangle=1             \
>     --with-blas-lapack-dir=$MKLROOT   \
>     --with-debugging=1                \
>     --with-mpi-dir=$MPI_HOME          \
>     --with-pic                        \
>     --with-shared-libraries=1         \
>     --with-vendor-compilers=intel     \
>     --with-x11=1
>
> with gcc:
> ./configure \
>     --download-exodusii=1             \
>     --download-chaco=1                \
>     --download-ctetgen=1              \
>     --download-hdf5=1                 \
>     --download-hypre=1                \
>     --download-metis=1                \
>     --download-ml=1                   \
>     --download-netcdf=1               \
>     --download-parmetis=1             \
>     --download-triangle=1             \
>     --download-yaml=1                 \
>     --with-debugging=1                \
>     --with-shared-libraries=1         \
>     --with-x11=1
>
> Blaise
>
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 7:55 AM, Mark Adams <mfadams at lbl.gov> wrote:
>
> And I trust you updated all system software (like gcc, NetCDF and
> ExodusII). OSX upgrades are hell.
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 12:36 AM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Matt,
>>>
>>> Clang does not have this issue. The code runs fine with clang.
>>>
>>
>> Okay, it sounds like a gcc bug on Mac 10.6, or at least in the version
>> you have.
>>
>>    Matt
>>
>>
>>> Fande,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Matt.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a weird bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we have an alternative solution to this? I was wondering whether it
>>>>> is possible to read the ".exo" files without using the ExodusII. For
>>>>> example, can we read the ".exo" files using the netcdf only?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, ExodusII is only a think layer on NetCDF, just like other
>>>> wrappers are thin layers on HDF5. It is
>>>> really NetCDF that is failing. Can you switch compilers and see if that
>>>> helps?
>>>>
>>>>   Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Fande Kong,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Matthew Knepley <
>>>>>>>>> knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Fande Kong <fdkong.jd at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I upgraded the OS system to macOS Sierra, and observed that
>>>>>>>>>>> PETSc can not read the exodus file any more. The same code runs fine
>>>>>>>>>>> on macOS Capitan. I also tested the function DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile()
>>>>>>>>>>> against different versions of the GCC compiler such as GCC-5.4 and GCC-6,
>>>>>>>>>>> and neither of them work. I guess this issue is related to the external
>>>>>>>>>>> package *exodus*, and PETSc might not pick up the right
>>>>>>>>>>> enveriment variables for the *exodus.*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This issue can be reproduced using the following simple code:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) This is just a standard check. Have you reconfigured so that
>>>>>>>>>> you know ExodusII was built with the same compilers and system libraries?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) If so, can you get a stack trace with gdb or lldb?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x00007fffad8b8dda
>>>>>>>>> __pthread_kill + 10
>>>>>>>>> 1   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00007fffad9a4787 pthread_kill
>>>>>>>>> + 90
>>>>>>>>> 2   libsystem_c.dylib             0x00007fffad81e420 abort + 129
>>>>>>>>> 3   libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x00000001100eb9ee
>>>>>>>>> PetscAbortErrorHandler + 506 (errstop.c:40)
>>>>>>>>> 4   libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x00000001100e631d PetscError
>>>>>>>>> + 916 (err.c:379)
>>>>>>>>> 5   libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x00000001100ed830
>>>>>>>>> PetscSignalHandlerDefault + 1927 (signal.c:160)
>>>>>>>>> 6   libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x00000001100ed088
>>>>>>>>> PetscSignalHandler_Private(int) + 630 (signal.c:49)
>>>>>>>>> 7   libsystem_platform.dylib       0x00007fffad997bba _sigtramp +
>>>>>>>>> 26
>>>>>>>>> 8   ???                           0x000000011ea09370
>>>>>>>>> initialPoolContent + 19008
>>>>>>>>> 9   libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x000000011228fc62 utf8proc_map
>>>>>>>>> + 210 (dutf8proc.c:543)
>>>>>>>>> 10  libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x000000011228fd0f utf8proc_NFC
>>>>>>>>> + 38 (dutf8proc.c:568)
>>>>>>>>> 11  libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x00000001122a7928 NC_findattr
>>>>>>>>> + 110 (attr.c:341)
>>>>>>>>> 12  libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x00000001122a7a4e
>>>>>>>>> NC_lookupattr + 119 (attr.c:384)
>>>>>>>>> 13  libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x00000001122a93ef NC3_get_att
>>>>>>>>> + 47 (attr.c:1138)
>>>>>>>>> 14  libnetcdf.7.dylib             0x0000000112286126
>>>>>>>>> nc_get_att_float + 90 (dattget.c:192)
>>>>>>>>> 15  libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x00000001117f3a5b ex_open_int
>>>>>>>>> + 171 (ex_open.c:259)
>>>>>>>>> 16  libpetsc.3.7.dylib             0x0000000110c36609
>>>>>>>>> DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile + 781 (plexexodusii.c:43)
>>>>>>>>> 17  DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile     0x000000010fed4cfc main + 397
>>>>>>>>> (DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile.cpp:24)
>>>>>>>>> 18  libdyld.dylib                 0x00007fffad78a255 start + 1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is a NetCDF error on ex_open_int(). My guess is that your
>>>>>>>> NetCDF build is old and when it calls the system DLL
>>>>>>>> you bomb. Can you do a completely new build, meaning either reclone
>>>>>>>> PETSc somewhere else, or delete the whole
>>>>>>>> $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/externalpackage directory and
>>>>>>>> reconfigure/build?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>       Matt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for reply.  I recloned  PETSc (the old petsc folder is
>>>>>>> deleted completely) and reconfigure. And still has the same issue. I also
>>>>>>> checked if the binary is complied against any other netcdf. The binary is
>>>>>>> actually complied against the right netcdf installed through PETSc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can see that this crash happens on the call to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   int   CPU_word_size = 0, IO_word_size = 0, exoid = -1;
>>>>>>   float version;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   exoid = ex_open(filename, EX_READ, &CPU_word_size, &IO_word_size,
>>>>>> &version);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> which means the fault is not in PETSc, but rather in ExodusII for
>>>>>> your machine. We could definitely
>>>>>> confirm this if you made a 5 line program that only called this, but
>>>>>> I don't see why it should be different.
>>>>>> I am not sure what to do, since I am not in control of anything about
>>>>>> ExodusII. Can you report this to
>>>>>> their dev team? It is strange since Blaise has not reported this, and
>>>>>> I know he uses it all the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Matt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *LiviadeMacBook-Pro:partition livia$ otool -L
>>>>>>>  DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile*
>>>>>>> *DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile:*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libpetsc.3.7.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 3.7.0, current version 3.7.5)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libsuperlu_dist.5.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.1.3)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libparmetis.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libmetis.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libnetcdf.7.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 10.0.0, current version 10.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libhdf5_hl.8.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.1.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/petsc/arch-darwin-cxx-debug/lib/libhdf5.8.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 9.0.0, current version 9.1.0)*
>>>>>>> */opt/X11/lib/libX11.6.dylib (compatibility version 10.0.0, current
>>>>>>> version 10.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/mpich-3.2_install/lib/libmpifort.12.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 14.0.0, current version 14.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/local/opt/gcc at 5/lib/gcc/5/libgfortran.3.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>>> version 4.0.0, current version 4.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/local/opt/gcc at 5/lib/gcc/5/libquadmath.0.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>>> version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/mpich-3.2_install/lib/libmpicxx.12.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 14.0.0, current version 14.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/local/opt/gcc at 5/lib/gcc/5/libstdc++.6.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>>> version 7.0.0, current version 7.21.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/local/opt/gcc at 5/lib/gcc/5/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility
>>>>>>> version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/mpich-3.2_install/lib/libmpi.12.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 14.0.0, current version 14.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */Users/livia/math/mpich-3.2_install/lib/libpmpi.12.dylib
>>>>>>> (compatibility version 14.0.0, current version 14.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>>>>>>> version 1238.0.0)*
>>>>>>> */usr/local/lib/gcc/5/libgcc_s.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0,
>>>>>>> current version 1.0.0)*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>    Matt
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *static char help[] = " create mesh from exodus.\n\n";*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *#include <petscdm.h>*
>>>>>>>>>>> *#include <petsc/private/dmpleximpl.h>*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *#undef __FUNCT__*
>>>>>>>>>>> *#define __FUNCT__ "main"*
>>>>>>>>>>> *int main(int argc,char **argv)*
>>>>>>>>>>> *{*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  char                fineMeshFileName[2048];*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  DM                  dm;*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  MPI_Comm            comm;*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  PetscBool           flg;*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *  PetscErrorCode      ierr;*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *  ierr = PetscInitialize(&argc,&argv,(char
>>>>>>>>>>> *)0,help);CHKERRQ(ierr);*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  comm = PETSC_COMM_WORLD;*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  ierr =
>>>>>>>>>>> PetscOptionsGetString(NULL,NULL,"-file",fineMeshFileName,sizeof(fineMeshFileName),&flg);CHKERRQ(ierr);*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  if(!flg){*
>>>>>>>>>>> *SETERRQ(comm,PETSC_ERR_ARG_NULL,"please specify a fine mesh
>>>>>>>>>>> file \n");*
>>>>>>>>>>> *   }*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  ierr = DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile( comm,fineMeshFileName,
>>>>>>>>>>> PETSC_FALSE, &dm);CHKERRQ(ierr);*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  ierr = DMDestroy(&dm);CHKERRQ(ierr);*
>>>>>>>>>>> *  ierr = PetscFinalize();CHKERRQ(ierr);*
>>>>>>>>>>> *}*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *LiviadeMacBook-Pro:partition livia$
>>>>>>>>>>> ./DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile -file Tri3.exo *
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR:
>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 11 SEGV: Segmentation
>>>>>>>>>>> Violation, probably memory access out of range*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or
>>>>>>>>>>> -on_error_attach_debugger*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: or see
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind>*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org
>>>>>>>>>>> <http://valgrind.org/> on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to find memory
>>>>>>>>>>> corruption errors*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames
>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are
>>>>>>>>>>> not available,*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of
>>>>>>>>>>> the function*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR:       is given.*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile line 38
>>>>>>>>>>> /Users/livia/math/petsc/src/dm/impls/plex/plexexodusii.c*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message
>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Signal received*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: See
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html
>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html> for trouble shooting.*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.7.5, unknown *
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: ./DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile on a
>>>>>>>>>>> arch-darwin-cxx-debug named LiviadeMacBook-Pro.local by livia Sat Jan 21
>>>>>>>>>>> 21:04:22 2017*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-clanguage=cxx
>>>>>>>>>>> --with-shared-libraries=1 --download-fblaslapack=1 --with-mpi=1
>>>>>>>>>>> --download-parmetis=1 --download-metis=1 --download-netcdf=1
>>>>>>>>>>> --download-exodusii=1 --download-hdf5=1 --with-debugging=yes
>>>>>>>>>>> --with-c2html=0 --download-hypre=1 --with-64-bit-indices=1
>>>>>>>>>>> --download-superlu_dist=1 PETSC_ARCH=arch-darwin-cxx-debug*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[0]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown
>>>>>>>>>>> file*
>>>>>>>>>>> *application called MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 59) - process 0*
>>>>>>>>>>> *[unset]: write_line error; fd=-1 buf=:cmd=abort exitcode=59*
>>>>>>>>>>> *:*
>>>>>>>>>>> *system msg for write_line failure : Bad file descriptor*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The log files of make and configuration are also attached.  If
>>>>>>>>>>> you have any idea on this issue, please let me know!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fande Kong,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>>>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>>>> experiments lead.
>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>>>> experiments lead.
>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their
>> experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
>>
>
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