[mpich-discuss] configuration problem

Tue Apr 27 15:19:44 CDT 2010

It's just that the other MPI implementation is not flagging the error.

Rajeev 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of 
> Steenhauer, Kate
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:03 PM
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov; 'Anthony Chan'
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] configuration problem
> 
> 
> Thanks for your reply. I will look into it. Note that I am 
> relatively new to this, I do have another question related to 
> your answer. The code I am trying to compile is successfully 
> run in parallel on another cluster (this cluster uses Redhat, 
> various mpich1 versions, e.g. mpich-1.2.5..12, and various 
> versions ofIntel FORTRAN compiler (ifort), e.g. 7, 9 and 12). 
> How is it that I can have a bug in the MPI program as I 
> directly copied the whole code on to my workstation? Is this 
> because there are discrepancies between mpich1 and mpich2? If 
> so, MPI_Scatter routines seems to be correctly working on one 
> cluster with mpich1 and not on my workstation with mpich2? 
> This is why I tried to imitate the other cluster as much as 
> possible and tried installing mpich1, which gives yet another 
> problem, i.e.  the configuration problem, described below.
> 
> Have you got an anwer for this maybe? And did you have a look 
> at my mpif.inc file as other people using the other cluster 
> tell me it is compatible and in use with different mpi versions.
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  Kate
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
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> [mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Rajeev 
> Thakur [thakur at mcs.anl.gov]
> Sent: 27 April 2010 17:32
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov; 'Anthony Chan'
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] configuration problem
> 
> Kate,
>      You have to use the mpif.h file that comes with the MPI
> implementation, not from some other MPI implementation. With 
> MPICH2, you
> have to use MPICH2's include file.
> 
> The error with MPI_Scatter indicates there is a bug in your 
> MPI program.
> You are using the same buffer as sendbuf and recvbuf, which is not
> allowed in MPI. You can use the MPI_IN_PLACE argument instead, as
> described in the MPI standard.
> 
> I would recommend using MPICH2 instead of trying to get 
> MPICH-1 to work.
> 
> Rajeev
> 
> 
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> > [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of
> > Steenhauer, Kate
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:50 AM
> > To: Anthony Chan; mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] configuration problem
> >
> > Initially, I tried to run my code with mpich2. The 
> following happens.
> >
> > We have 1 workstation with 8 processors, the following
> > software: Linux Centos, Fortran Intel 11.1.
> >
> > Mpich2, Intel Fortran and Linux is not working on our pc. It
> > does not like the mpif.inc file, it immediately gets into
> > problems at the initialisation of the MPI (subroutine MPI_INI).
> > mpirun -np 8 RUN02
> > > Fatal error in MPI_Comm_size: Invalid communicator, error stack:
> > > MPI_Comm_size(111): MPI_Comm_size(comm=0x5b, size=0x7fffce629784)
> > > failed
> > > MPI_Comm_size(69).: Invalid communicator MPISTART
> > > rank 7 in job 2  cops-021026_40378   caused collective
> > abort of all ranks
> > >  exit status of rank 7: killed by signal 9
> >
> > Then when I change the mpif.inc file (see attachment) and
> > direct it to the mpif.h file that came with the mpich2
> > library, it gets passed this problem but then runs into a
> > next problem further down the line at MPI_SCATTER, where it
> > is trying to distribute data to the different processors. The
> > error message is 'memcpy argument memory ranges overlap,
> > dst_=0xafd74f8 src_=0xafd750c len_=16200, internal ABORT'.
> >
> > There is something in the parametresiation within the mpi
> > that is possibly different then when the code is successfully
> > run on another cluster (this cluster uses Redhat, various
> > mpich versions, e.g. mpich-1.2.5..12, and various versions of
> > Intel FORTRAN compiler (ifort), e.g. 7, 9 and 12).
> >
> > I have attached the mpif.inc file.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
> > [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of
> > chan at mcs.anl.gov
> > Sent: 27 April 2010 15:42
> > To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] configuration problem
> >
> >
> > Is there any reason you can't use mpich2 ?  The latest stable
> > release of mpich2 is 1.2.1p1.
> >
> > mpich-1 is no longer officially supported.  Latest fortran compilers
> > are much better supported in mpich2.
> >
> > A.Chan
> >
> > ----- "Kate Steenhauer" <k.steenhauer at abdn.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We are trying to install mpich-1.2.7p1. I downloaded and
> > unzipped this
> > > version from http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpi/mpich1/
> > >
> > > We have 1 workstation with 8 processors, and the 
> following software:
> > > Linux Centos and Fortran Intel 11.1.
> > >
> > > When the documentation guidelines with regard to configuring and
> > > making are followed (see the files attached) it all seems ok, e.g.
> > > mpif90 is generated. However, when a simple parallel job is
> > tested we
> > > get the following error:
> > >
> > > mpif90 -o testA MPITEST.f90
> > > No Fortran 90 compiler specified when mpif90 was created, or
> > > configuration file does not specify a compiler.
> > >
> > > Is there a specific prefix I need to give with an ifort fortran
> > > compiler when I configure mpich?
> > >
> > > I would like to thank you in advance for your help. Please
> > let me know
> > > if you need any further details.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Kate Steenhauer
> > >
> > > University of Aberdeen
> > >
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