[mpich-discuss] Race condition when accessing ~/.smpd during startup

[Reuti]

Hi,

Am 25.11.2008 um 16:24 schrieb Jayesh Krishna:
>   Please set the environment variable  
> "SMPD_OPTION_NO_DYNAMIC_HOSTS" to 1 before starting smpd to prevent  
> smpd from updating the dynamic_hosts in smpd config file.
>   Let us know if it works for you.
>
> (PS: As you mentioned in your email there is a race condition when  
> updating dynamic hosts in the smpd config file - this is not  
> handled correctly in the current code base. We set the above  
> environment variable in our nightly tests.)
>

thx for replying. Unfortunately it seems not to work. I also don't  
find "SMPD_OPTION_NO_DYNAMIC_HOSTS" in the mpich2-1.0.8 source. Only  
in a subdirectory maint/checkbuilds where it's set to 1. Is the  
option only implemented in a later edition to be honored?

-- Reuti