[mpich-discuss] Internal memory allocation error?

Rajeev Thakur thakur at mcs.anl.gov
Sun Oct 19 20:11:04 CDT 2008


After how many sends and receives does it fail?

Rajeev 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Brian Harker
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:28 PM
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Internal memory allocation error?
> 
> Hi Rajeev-
> 
> The code I have posted is pared down quite a bit.  I print 
> the "numsent" variable after each send and receive to make 
> sure the correct pixel has been dispatched.  I guess I should 
> mention that if I run the same program on some other data 
> that I have, which has only 68K pixels, it works flawlessly.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Rajeev Thakur 
> <thakur at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > Brian,
> >      This code should not even need an Irecv because the master and 
> > slave operate in lock step. And if you call Irecv followed 
> by a Wait 
> > immediately, you could as well call Recv.
> >
> > Since it fails with even one slave, run the 1 master 1 
> slave version 
> > and add print statements after the sends and receives to 
> see how many 
> > sends and receives are happening.
> >
> > Rajeev
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov 
> >> [mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Brian Harker
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:05 PM
> >> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Internal memory allocation error?
> >>
> >> Hi list-
> >>
> >> Here's my sample code for those that are wary of opening email 
> >> attachments  :)  Didn't think about that until just now.
> >>
> >> PROGRAM mpi_main
> >>
> >> USE subroutines  ! contains subroutine "invert_pixel"
> >> IMPLICIT NONE
> >>
> >> INCLUDE "mpif.h"
> >>
> >> ! total number of pixels
> >> INTEGER, PARAMETER :: np = nx * ny   !nx,ny specified in
> >> module "subroutines"
> >>
> >> ! parameter at each pixel
> >> DOUBLE PRECISION :: par
> >>
> >> ! full-size parameter array
> >> DOUBLE PRECISION, DIMENSION(nx,ny) :: map
> >>
> >> ! pixel coordinates
> >> INTEGER, DIMENSION(2) :: pxl
> >>
> >> ! dummy termination message
> >> INTEGER, PARAMETER :: term = 0
> >>
> >> ! MPI-related
> >> INTEGER :: proc_id
> >> INTEGER :: proc_num
> >> INTEGER :: master
> >> INTEGER :: ierr
> >> INTEGER :: sender
> >> INTEGER :: tag
> >> INTEGER :: numsent
> >> INTEGER :: request
> >> INTEGER, DIMENSION(MPI_STATUS_SIZE) :: status
> >>
> >> ! local indices
> >> INTEGER :: i
> >>
> >> 
> !********************************************************************!
> >> !************************** BEGIN PROGRAM 
> ***************************!
> >> 
> !********************************************************************!
> >> master = 0
> >>
> >> ! initialize MPI libraries...
> >> CALL MPI_Init( ierr )
> >> CALL MPI_Comm_size( MPI_COMM_WORLD, proc_num, ierr ) CALL 
> >> MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, proc_id, ierr )
> >>
> >> ! --------------------------------------------- !
> >> !             master process code               !
> >> ! --------------------------------------------- !
> >> IF ( proc_id == master ) THEN
> >>
> >>  ! dispatch first group of pixels to slave processes...
> >>  numsent = 0
> >>  DO i = 1, proc_num - 1
> >>
> >>   pxl(1) = INT(numsent/ny) + 1
> >>   pxl(2) = MOD(numsent,ny) + 1
> >>   CALL MPI_Send( pxl, 2, MPI_INTEGER, i, numsent+1, 
> MPI_COMM_WORLD, 
> >> ierr )
> >>   numsent = numsent + 1
> >>
> >>  END DO
> >>
> >>  mstr: DO
> >>
> >>         ! receive inferred parameter back from a slave...
> >>         CALL MPI_Recv( par, 1, MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION, 
> MPI_ANY_SOURCE, 
> >> MPI_ANY_TAG, MPI_COMM_WORLD, status, ierr )
> >>         sender = status(MPI_SOURCE)
> >>         tag = status(MPI_TAG)
> >>
> >>         ! assemble into full-size array...
> >>         x = INT(tag/ny) + 1
> >>         y = MOD(tag,ny) + 1
> >>
> >>         map(x,y) = par
> >>
> >>         IF ( tag == np ) THEN
> >>          ! all done, send termination message...
> >>          DO j = 1, proc_num - 1
> >>           CALL MPI_Send( term, 1, MPI_INTEGER, j, 0, 
> MPI_COMM_WORLD, 
> >> ierr )
> >>          END DO
> >>          EXIT mstr
> >>         END IF
> >>
> >>         ! send the next available pixel to same slave...
> >>         pxl(1) = INT((numsent+1) / ny) + 1
> >>         pxl(2) = MOD((numsent+1), ny) + 1
> >>
> >>         CALL MPI_Send( pxl, 2, MPI_INTEGER, sender,
> >> numsent+1, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr )
> >>         numsent = numsent + 1
> >>
> >>        END DO mstr
> >> ! --------------------------------------------- !
> >> !              slave process code               !
> >> ! --------------------------------------------- !
> >> ELSE
> >>
> >>  slv: DO
> >>
> >>        ! receive pixel coordinates from master...
> >>        CALL MPI_Irecv( pxl, 2, MPI_INTEGER, master, MPI_ANY_TAG, 
> >> MPI_COMM_WORLD, request, ierr )
> >>        CALL MPI_Wait( request, status, ierr )
> >>        tag = status(MPI_TAG)
> >>        IF ( tag == 0 ) THEN
> >>         ! all done, exit program...
> >>         EXIT slv
> >>        END IF
> >>
> >>        ! call genetic algorithm for inversion...
> >>        CALL invert_pixel( pxl, par )
> >>
> >>        ! send parameter result back to master...
> >>        CALL MPI_Send( par, 1, MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION, master, tag, 
> >> MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr )
> >>       END DO slv
> >>
> >> END IF
> >>
> >> ! shut down MPI...
> >> CALL MPI_Finalize( ierr )
> >> WRITE(*,*) ""
> >> IF ( ierr == 0 ) WRITE(*,*) "Goodbye from process",proc_id
> >>
> >> 
> !********************************************************************!
> >> !**************************** END PROGRAM 
> ***************************!
> >> 
> !********************************************************************!
> >>
> >> STOP
> >> END PROGRAM mpi_main
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> Brian
> >> brian.harker at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "In science, there is only physics; all the rest is 
> stamp-collecting."
> >>
> >> -Ernest Rutherford
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> Brian
> brian.harker at gmail.com
> 
> 
> "In science, there is only physics; all the rest is stamp-collecting."
> 
> -Ernest Rutherford
> 
> 




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