Problems with testing PNETCDF 1.6.1

[Wei-keng Liao]

Hi, Eric

For the large file tests, the error is caused by a oversight of using a wrong flag.
Line 81 of file large_files.c should have used NC_64BIT_DATA, instead of NC_64BIT_OFFSET.
This error has been fixed in the pre-release of 1.7.0.pre1. Could you give it a try?
http://cucis.ece.northwestern.edu/projects/PnetCDF/download.html

As for the FLASH-IO test, could you try running it alone? I.e. cd to the folder
benchmarks/FLASH-IO and run "make ptest" there. In the meantime, please send me
the file config.log.


Wei-keng

On Feb 1, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Kemp, Eric M. (GSFC-606.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC] wrote:

> 
> Dear PNETCDF developers:
> 
> I'm attempting to install PNETCDF1.6.1 on a Linux cluster running SLES 11.3.  I'm using Intel 15 Fortran and C compilers (no C++), and I'm trying to install for two separate MPI implementations (SGI MPT 2.12 and Intel MPI 5.1.2).
> 
> I'm encountering two problems when I run 'make ptest'.
> 
> 1)  For both MPI implementations, the large file tests fail with an integer overflow.  The error message is:
> 
> *** Testing large files, slowly.
> line 116 of large_files.c: Overflow when type cast to 4-byte integer.
> *** Creating large file ./testfile.nc...srun.slurm: error: borgo018: task 0: Exited with exit code 1
> 
> I reviewed the README.large_files for guidance, and I can confirm that both 'MPI_Offset' and 'off_t' are 8 bytes.  
> 
> 2) For SGI MPT only, if I disable support for large file tests, 'make ptest' hangs when testing FLASH-IO:
> 
> make -w -C FLASH-IO ptest
> make[2]: Entering directory `/gpfsm/dnb32/emkemp/NUWRFLIB/svn/trunk/builds/parallel-netcdf-1.6.1/benchmarks/FLASH-IO'
> mpiexec_mpt -n 4 ./flash_benchmark_io ./flash_io_test_
> srun.slurm: cluster configuration lacks support for cpu binding
> 
> The earlier tests with both single and multiple processes work for SGI MPT. And all tests (again, excluding large file tests) work for Intel MPI.
> 
> I can provide more information (e.g., output from the configure script) upon request.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Eric
> 
> Eric M. Kemp (SSAI) 
> NASA/GSFC 
> Mail Code: 606 
> Greenbelt, MD 20771 
> 301.286.9768 
> eric.kemp at nasa.gov
> eric.kemp at ssaihq.com
>