understanding the output from -info

Barry Smith bsmith at mcs.anl.gov
Sat Feb 10 13:06:15 CST 2007



On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Ben Tay wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've repeated the test with n,m = 800. Now serial takes around 11mins while
> parallel with 4 processors took 6mins. Does it mean that the problem must be
> pretty large before it is more superior to use parallel?  Moreover 800x800
> means there's 640000 unknowns. My problem is a 2D CFD code which typically
> has 200x80=16000 unknowns. Does it mean that I won't be able to benefit from
      ^^^^^^^^^^^
  You'll never get much performance past 2 processors; its not even worth
all the work of having a parallel code in this case. I'd just optimize the
heck out of the serial code.

   Barry



> running in parallel?
> 
> Btw, this is the parallel's log_summary:
> 
> 
> Event                Count      Time (sec)
> Flops/sec                         --- Global ---  --- Stage ---   Total
>                   Max Ratio  Max     Ratio   Max  Ratio  Mess   Avg len
> Reduct  %T %F %M %L %R  %T %F %M %L %R Mflop/s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> --- Event Stage 0: Main Stage
> 
> MatMult             1265 1.0 7.0615e+01 1.2 3.22e+07 1.2 7.6e+03 6.4e+03
> 0.0e+00 16 11100100  0  16 11100100  0   103
> MatSolve            1265 1.0 4.7820e+01 1.2 4.60e+07 1.2 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00 11 11  0  0  0  11 11  0  0  0   152
> MatLUFactorNum         1 1.0 2.5703e-01 2.3 1.27e+07 2.3 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    22
> MatILUFactorSym        1 1.0 1.8933e-01 4.1 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> MatAssemblyBegin       1 1.0 4.2153e-01 3.5 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> MatAssemblyEnd         1 1.0 3.6475e-01 1.5 0.00e+00 0.0 6.0e+00 3.2e+03
> 1.3e+01  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> MatGetOrdering         1 1.0 1.2088e-02 1.0 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> VecMDot             1224 1.0 1.5314e+02 1.2 4.63e+07 1.2 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.2e+03 36 36  0  0 31  36 36  0  0 31   158
> VecNorm             1266 1.0 1.0215e+02 1.1 4.31e+06 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.3e+03 24  2  0  0 33  24  2  0  0 33    16
> VecScale            1265 1.0 3.7467e+00 1.5 8.34e+07 1.5 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  1  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  0  0   216
> VecCopy               41 1.0 2.5530e-01 2.8 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> VecSet              1308 1.0 3.2717e+00 1.4 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0     0
> VecAXPY               82 1.0 5.3338e-01 2.8 1.40e+08 2.8 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0   197
> VecMAXPY            1265 1.0 4.6234e+01 1.2 1.74e+08 1.2 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00 10 38  0  0  0  10 38  0  0  0   557
> VecScatterBegin     1265 1.0 1.5684e-01 1.6 0.00e+00 0.0 7.6e+03 6.4e+03
> 0.0e+00  0  0100100  0   0  0100100  0     0
> VecScatterEnd       1265 1.0 4.3167e+01 1.3 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 0.0e+00  9  0  0  0  0   9  0  0  0  0     0
> VecNormalize        1265 1.0 1.0459e+02 1.1 6.21e+06 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.3e+03 25  4  0  0 32  25  4  0  0 32    23
> KSPGMRESOrthog      1224 1.0 1.9035e+02 1.1 7.00e+07 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.2e+03 45 72  0  0 31  45 72  0  0 31   254
> KSPSetup               2 1.0 5.1674e-01 1.2 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.0e+01  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> KSPSolve               1 1.0 4.0269e+02 1.0 4.16e+07 1.0 7.6e+03 6.4e+03
> 3.9e+03 99100100100 99  99100100100 99   166
> PCSetUp                2 1.0 4.5924e-01 2.6 8.23e+06 2.6 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 6.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    12
> PCSetUpOnBlocks        1 1.0 4.5847e-01 2.6 8.26e+06 2.6 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 4.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    13
> PCApply             1265 1.0 5.0990e+01 1.2 4.33e+07 1.2 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> 1.3e+03 12 11  0  0 32  12 11  0  0 32   143
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Memory usage is given in bytes:
> 
> Object Type          Creations   Destructions   Memory  Descendants' Mem.
> 
> --- Event Stage 0: Main Stage
> 
>              Matrix     4              4     643208     0
>           Index Set     5              5    1924296     0
>                 Vec    41             41   47379984     0
>         Vec Scatter     1              1          0     0
>       Krylov Solver     2              2      16880     0
>      Preconditioner     2              2        196     0
> ========================================================================================================================
> Average time to get PetscTime(): 1.00136e-06
> Average time for MPI_Barrier(): 4.00066e-05
> Average time for zero size MPI_Send(): 1.70469e-05
> OptionTable: -log_summary
> Compiled without FORTRAN kernels
> Compiled with full precision matrices (default)
> sizeof(short) 2 sizeof(int) 4 sizeof(long) 4 sizeof(void*) 4
> sizeof(PetscScalar) 8
> Configure run at: Thu Jan 18 12:23:31 2007
> Configure options: --with-vendor-compilers=intel --with-x=0 --with-shared
> --with-blas-lapack-dir=/lsftmp/g0306332/inter/mkl/lib/32
> --with-mpi-dir=/opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/10/07, Ben Tay <zonexo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I tried to use ex2f.F as a test code. I've changed the number n,m from 3
> > to 500 each. I ran the code using 1 processor and then with 4 processor. I
> > then repeat the same with the following modification:
> > 
> > 
> > do i=1,10
> > 
> >       call KSPSolve(ksp,b,x,ierr)
> > 
> > end do
> > I've added to do loop to make the solving repeat 10 times.
> > 
> > In both cases, the serial code is faster, e.g. 1 taking 2.4 min while the
> > other 3.3 min.
> > 
> > Here's the log_summary:
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------- PETSc Performance Summary:
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > 
> > ./ex2f on a linux-mpi named atlas12.nus.edu.sg with 4 processors, by
> > g0306332 Sat Feb 10 16:21:36 2007
> > Using Petsc Release Version 2.3.2, Patch 8, Tue Jan  2 14:33:59 PST 2007
> > HG revision: ebeddcedcc065e32fc252af32cf1d01ed4fc7a80
> > 
> >                          Max       Max/Min        Avg      Total
> > Time (sec):           2.213e+02      1.00051   2.212e+02
> > Objects:              5.500e+01      1.00000   5.500e+01
> > Flops:                4.718e+09      1.00019   4.718e+09  1.887e+10
> > Flops/sec:            2.134e+07       1.00070   2.133e+07  8.531e+07
> > 
> > Memory:               3.186e+07      1.00069              1.274e+08
> > MPI Messages:         1.832e+03      2.00000   1.374e+03  5.496e+03
> > MPI Message Lengths:  7.324e+06       2.00000   3.998e+03  2.197e+07
> > MPI Reductions:       7.112e+02      1.00000
> > 
> > Flop counting convention: 1 flop = 1 real number operation of type
> > (multiply/divide/add/subtract)
> >                             e.g., VecAXPY() for real vectors of length N
> > --> 2N flops
> >                             and VecAXPY() for complex vectors of length N
> > --> 8N flops
> > 
> > Summary of Stages:   ----- Time ------  ----- Flops -----  --- Messages
> > ---  -- Message Lengths --  -- Reductions --
> >                         Avg     %Total     Avg     %Total   counts
> > %Total     Avg         %Total   counts   %Total
> >  0:      Main Stage: 2.2120e+02 100.0%  1.8871e+10 100.0%  5.496e+03
> > 100.0%  3.998e+03      100.0%  2.845e+03 100.0%
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > See the 'Profiling' chapter of the users' manual for details on
> > interpreting output.
> > Phase summary info:
> >    Count: number of times phase was executed
> >    Time and Flops/sec: Max - maximum over all processors
> >                        Ratio - ratio of maximum to minimum over all
> > processors
> >    Mess: number of messages sent
> >    Avg. len: average message length
> >    Reduct: number of global reductions
> >    Global: entire computation
> >    Stage: stages of a computation. Set stages with PetscLogStagePush() and
> > PetscLogStagePop().
> >       %T - percent time in this phase         %F - percent flops in this
> > phase
> >       %M - percent messages in this phase     %L - percent message lengths
> > in this phase
> >       %R - percent reductions in this phase
> >    Total Mflop/s: 10e-6 * (sum of flops over all processors)/(max time
> > over all processors)
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> >       ##########################################################
> >       #                                                        #
> >       #                          WARNING!!!                    #
> >       #                                                        #
> >       #   This code was compiled with a debugging option,      #
> >       #   To get timing results run config/configure.py        #
> >       #   using --with-debugging=no, the performance will      #
> >       #   be generally two or three times faster.              #
> >       #                                                        #
> >       ##########################################################
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       ##########################################################
> >       #                                                        #
> >       #                          WARNING!!!                    #
> >       #                                                        #
> >       #   This code was run without the PreLoadBegin()         #
> >       #   macros. To get timing results we always recommend    #
> >       #   preloading. otherwise timing numbers may be          #
> >       #   meaningless.                                         #
> >       ##########################################################
> > 
> > 
> > Event                Count      Time (sec)
> > Flops/sec                         --- Global ---  --- Stage ---   Total
> >                    Max Ratio  Max     Ratio   Max  Ratio  Mess   Avg len
> > Reduct  %T %F %M %L %R  %T %F %M %L %R Mflop/s
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > --- Event Stage 0: Main Stage
> > 
> > MatMult              915 1.0 4.4291e+01 1.3 1.50e+07 1.3 5.5e+03 4.0e+03
> > 0.0e+00 18 11100100  0  18 11100100  0    46
> > MatSolve             915 1.0 1.5684e+01 1.1 3.56e+07 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  7 11  0  0  0   7 11  0  0  0   131
> > MatLUFactorNum         1 1.0 5.1654e-02 1.4 1.48e+07 1.4 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    43
> > MatILUFactorSym        1 1.0 1.6838e-02 1.1 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > MatAssemblyBegin       1 1.0 3.2428e-01 1.6 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > MatAssemblyEnd         1 1.0 1.3120e+00 1.1 0.00e+00 0.0 6.0e+00 2.0e+03
> > 1.3e+01  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0     0
> > MatGetOrdering         1 1.0 4.1590e-03 1.2 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 2.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > VecMDot              885 1.0 8.5091e+01 1.1 2.27e+07 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 8.8e+02 36 36  0  0 31  36 36  0  0 31    80
> > VecNorm              916 1.0 6.6747e+01 1.1 1.81e+06 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 9.2e+02 29  2  0  0 32  29  2  0  0 32     7
> > VecScale             915 1.0 1.1430e+00 2.2 1.12e+08 2.2 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0   200
> > VecCopy               30 1.0 1.2816e-01 5.7 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > VecSet               947 1.0 7.8979e-01 1.3 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > VecAXPY               60 1.0 5.5332e-02 1.1 1.51e+08 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0   542
> > VecMAXPY             915 1.0 1.5004e+01 1.3 1.54e+08 1.3 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00  6 38  0  0  0   6 38  0  0  0   483
> > VecScatterBegin      915 1.0 9.0358e-02 1.4 0.00e+00 0.0 5.5e+03 4.0e+03
> > 0.0e+00  0  0100100  0   0  0100100  0     0
> > VecScatterEnd        915 1.0 3.5136e+01 1.4 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 0.0e+00 14  0  0  0  0  14  0  0  0  0     0
> > VecNormalize         915 1.0 6.7272e+01 1.0 2.68e+06 1.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 9.2e+02 30  4  0  0 32  30  4  0  0 32    10
> > KSPGMRESOrthog       885 1.0 9.8478e+01 1.1 3.87e+07 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 8.8e+02 42 72  0  0 31  42 72  0  0 31   138
> > KSPSetup               2 1.0 6.1918e-01 1.2 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 1.0e+01  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0     0
> > KSPSolve               1 1.0 2.1892e+02 1.0 2.15e+07 1.0 5.5e+03 4.0e+03
> > 2.8e+03 99100100100 99  99100100100 99    86
> > PCSetUp                2 1.0 7.3292e-02 1.3 9.84e+06 1.3 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 6.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    30
> > PCSetUpOnBlocks        1 1.0 7.2706e-02 1.3 9.97e+06 1.3 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 4.0e+00  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0    31
> > PCApply              915 1.0 1.6508e+01 1.1 3.27e+07 1.1 0.0e+00 0.0e+00
> > 9.2e+02  7 11  0  0 32   7 11  0  0 32   124
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > Memory usage is given in bytes:
> > 
> > Object Type          Creations   Destructions   Memory  Descendants' Mem.
> > 
> > --- Event Stage 0: Main Stage
> > 
> >               Matrix     4              4     252008     0
> >            Index Set     5              5     753096     0
> >                  Vec    41             41   18519984     0
> >          Vec Scatter     1              1          0     0
> >        Krylov Solver     2              2      16880     0
> >       Preconditioner     2              2        196     0
> > ========================================================================================================================
> > 
> > Average time to get PetscTime(): 1.09673e-06
> > Average time for MPI_Barrier(): 4.18186e-05
> > Average time for zero size MPI_Send(): 2.62856e-05
> > OptionTable: -log_summary
> > Compiled without FORTRAN kernels
> > Compiled with full precision matrices (default)
> > sizeof(short) 2 sizeof(int) 4 sizeof(long) 4 sizeof(void*) 4
> > sizeof(PetscScalar) 8
> > Configure run at: Thu Jan 18 12:23:31 2007
> > Configure options: --with-vendor-compilers=intel --with-x=0 --with-shared
> > --with-blas-lapack-dir=/lsftmp/g0306332/inter/mkl/lib/32
> > --with-mpi-dir=/opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Libraries compiled on Thu Jan 18 12:24:41 SGT 2007 on atlas1.nus.edu.sg
> > Machine characteristics: Linux atlas1.nus.edu.sg 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP
> > Wed Sep 8 17:29:34 GMT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> > Using PETSc directory: /nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-2.3.2-p8
> > Using PETSc arch: linux-mpif90
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Using C compiler: /opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/bin/mpicc -fPIC -g
> > Using Fortran compiler: /opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/bin/mpif90 -I. -fPIC -g
> > -w90 -w
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Using include paths: -I/nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-
> > 2.3.2-p8-I/nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-
> > 2.3.2-p8/bmake/linux-mpif90 -I/nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-2.3.2-p8/include
> > -I/opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/include
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Using C linker: /opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/bin/mpicc -fPIC -g
> > Using Fortran linker: /opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/bin/mpif90 -I. -fPIC -g
> > -w90 -w
> > Using libraries:
> > -Wl,-rpath,/nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-2.3.2-p8/lib/linux-mpif90
> > -L/nas/lsftmp/g0306332/petsc-2.3.2-p8/lib/linux-mpif90 -lpetscts
> > -lpetscsnes -lpetscksp -lpetscdm -lpetscmat -lpetscvec -lpetsc
> > -Wl,-rpath,/lsftmp/g0306332/inter/mkl/lib/32
> > -L/lsftmp/g0306332/inter/mkl/lib/32 -lmkl_lapack -lmkl_ia32 -lguide
> > -lPEPCF90 -Wl,-rpath,/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,/opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/lib -L/opt/mpich/myrinet/intel/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,-rpath -Wl,-rpath,-ldl -L-ldl -lmpich -Wl,-rpath,-L -lgm
> > -lpthread -Wl,-rpath,/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib -L/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -limf -lirc -lcprts -lcxa
> > -lunwind -ldl -lmpichf90 -Wl,-rpath,/opt/gm/lib -L/opt/gm/lib -lPEPCF90
> > -Wl,-rpath,/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib -L/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lintrins -lIEPCF90 -lF90 -lm  -Wl,-rpath,\
> > -Wl,-rpath,\ -L\ -ldl -lmpich -Wl,-rpath,\ -L\ -lgm -lpthread
> > -Wl,-rpath,/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib -L/opt/intel/compiler70/ia32/lib
> > -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -limf -lirc -lcprts -lcxa -lunwind -ldl
> > ------------------------------------------
> > 
> >  So is there something wrong with the server's mpi implementation?
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 2/10/07, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks like MatMult = 24sec Out of this the scatter time is: 22sec.
> > > Either something is wrong with your run - or MPI is really broken..
> > >
> > > Satish
> > >
> > > > > > MatMult             3927 1.0 2.4071e+01 1.3 6.14e+06 1.4 2.4e+04
> > > 1.3e+03
> > > > > > VecScatterBegin     3927 1.0 2.8672e-01 3.9 0.00e+00 0.0 2.4e+04
> > > 1.3e+03
> > > > > > VecScatterEnd       3927 1.0 2.2135e+01 1.5 0.00e+00 0.0 0.0e+00
> > > 0.0e+00
> > >
> > >
> > 
> 




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