[Swift-devel] null pointer exception from nested loops

Michael Wilde wilde at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Mar 17 16:46:21 CDT 2009


I got the error narrowed down to this example:

type file;

app (file editedParams) setTemps ( file inParams )
{
   echo @inParams stdout=@editedParams;
}

file inParams<single_file_mapper; file="params.tloop" >;

string config [] = readData( setTemps(inParams ) );
trace(0,config[0]);
trace(1,config[1]);
trace(2,config[2]);

--

params.tloops contains:

DEFAULT_INIT_TEMP_=_ at DTI@
TEMP_UPDATE_INTERVAL_=_ at TUI@
KILL_TIME_=_3
MAX_NUMBER_OF_ANNEALING_STEPS_=_0

--

In other code, readData() seemed happy to take a file *or* a filename 
string as input, but I wonder if it was not as happy as it seemed.

I'd been taking advantage of the flexibility with good results (luck?) 
so far, though.

On 3/17/09 4:25 PM, Michael Wilde wrote:
> The log contains this just before the NPE, including the suspicious 
> message: WARN  FlowNode Ex098:
> 
> Thats giving me a clue as to the offending statements.
> 
> ---
> 
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,723-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode Adding handle 
> listener "F/org.griphyn.vdl.mapping.DataNode identifier 
> tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090\
> 317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000071 type SecSeq with no value at 
> dataset=secseq path=[0] (not closed)" to 
> "org.griphyn.vdl.mapping.DataNode identifier tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,\
> 2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000071 type SecSeq with 
> no value at dataset=secseq path=[0] (not closed)"
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,724-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode closed 
> org.griphyn.vdl.mapping.RootDataNode identifier 
> tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz\
> 3g:720000000092 type string value=s/@DIT@/10/ dataset=unnamed 
> SwiftScript value (closed)
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,724-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode ROOTPATH 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000092 
> path=$
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,724-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode VALUE 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000092 
> VALUE=s/@DIT@/10/
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,725-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode closed 
> org.griphyn.vdl.mapping.RootDataNode identifier 
> tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz\
> 3g:720000000093 type string value=s/@TUI@/1/ dataset=unnamed SwiftScript 
> value (closed)
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,725-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode ROOTPATH 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000093 
> path=$
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,725-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode VALUE 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000093 
> VALUE=s/@TUI@/1/
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,726-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode closed 
> org.griphyn.vdl.mapping.RootDataNode identifier 
> tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz\
> 3g:720000000094 type string value=params.tloop dataset=unnamed 
> SwiftScript value (closed)
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,726-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode ROOTPATH 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000094 
> path=$
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,726-0500 INFO  AbstractDataNode VALUE 
> dataset=tag:benc at ci.uchicago.edu,2008:swift:dataset:20090317-1620-e1n1bz3g:720000000094 
> VALUE=params.tloop
> 2009-03-17 16:20:34,727-0500 WARN  FlowNode Ex098
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at 
> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.leafFileName(VDLFunction.java:285)
>         at 
> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:201)
>         at 
> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:182)
>         at 
> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.swiftscript.FileName.function(FileName.java:19)
>         at 
> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.post(VDLFunction.java:67)
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/17/09 4:17 PM, Michael Wilde wrote:
>> It seems not related to scale or Falkon.
>>
>> It occurs when running on localhost (but on bgp) and when I cut all 
>> the loops down to a single iteration.
>>
>> I'm still debugging.
>>
>> On 3/17/09 4:07 PM, Michael Wilde wrote:
>>> I just expanded my oops protein folding script to add another level 
>>> of parameter sweep. This script is getting pretty complex now (at 
>>> least, for a swift script).
>>>
>>> I got the following npe on my first two tries. Im going to start 
>>> debugging, but any clues as to the cause would be helpful.
>>>
>>> The outer loops are:
>>>
>>> main()
>>> {
>>>   string protein[] = readData(@arg("plist"));
>>>   string startTemp[] = ["10","20"];
>>>   string tempUpdate[] = ["1","2","3"];
>>>
>>>   foreach p in protein {
>>>     foreach st in startTemp {
>>>       foreach tu in tempUpdate {
>>>         doRoundSet(p,st,tu);
>>>       }
>>>     }
>>>   }
>>> }
>>>
>>> There are two levels of inner loops further down below doRoundSet().
>>>
>>> The script, output, command line args and log are in:
>>> http://ww.ci.uchicago.edu/~wilde/swift3.tar.gz
>>>
>>> I suspect it will take a while to narrow the cause to a simpler test 
>>> case thats easy tp reproduce without a lot of setup.
>>>
>>> I'll try on a vanilla swift on local execution; this is on bgp with 
>>> Falkon.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> ...
>>> Progress:  uninitialized:1 Selecting site:2
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 7
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 2
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 8
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 0
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 5
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 9
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 1
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 6
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 3
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 4
>>> Ex098
>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.leafFileName(VDLFunction.java:285) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:201)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:182)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.swiftscript.FileName.function(FileName.java:19) 
>>>
>>>     at org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.post(VDLFunction.java:67)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.AbstractSequentialWithArguments.childCompleted(AbstractSequentialWithArguments.java:192) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.notificationEvent(Sequential.java:33) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:332)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.fireNotificationEvent(FlowNode.java:176) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.complete(FlowNode.java:296) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.post(FlowContainer.java:58) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.post(AbstractFunction.java:46) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.startNext(Sequential.java:51) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.executeChildren(Sequential.java:27) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.executeChildren(AbstractFunction.java:40) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.execute(FlowContainer.java:63) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.restart(FlowNode.java:233) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.start(FlowNode.java:278)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.controlEvent(FlowNode.java:391) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:329)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.FlowElementWrapper.event(FlowElementWrapper.java:227) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventWorker.run(EventWorker.java:69) 
>>>
>>> Execution failed:
>>>     java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.leafFileName(VDLFunction.java:285) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:201)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:182)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.swiftscript.FileName.function(FileName.java:19) 
>>>
>>>     at org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.post(VDLFunction.java:67)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.AbstractSequentialWithArguments.childCompleted(AbstractSequentialWithArguments.java:192) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.notificationEvent(Sequential.java:33) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:332)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.fireNotificationEvent(FlowNode.java:176) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.complete(FlowNode.java:296) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.post(FlowContainer.java:58) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.post(AbstractFunction.java:46) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.startNext(Sequential.java:51) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.executeChildren(Sequential.java:27) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.executeChildren(AbstractFunction.java:40) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.execute(FlowContainer.java:63) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.restart(FlowNode.java:233) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.start(FlowNode.java:278)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.controlEvent(FlowNode.java:391) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:329)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.FlowElementWrapper.event(FlowElementWrapper.java:227) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventWorker.run(EventWorker.java:69) 
>>>
>>>
>>> Ex098
>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.leafFileName(VDLFunction.java:285) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:201)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.filename(VDLFunction.java:182)
>>>     at 
>>> org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.swiftscript.FileName.function(FileName.java:19) 
>>>
>>>     at org.griphyn.vdl.karajan.lib.VDLFunction.post(VDLFunction.java:67)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.AbstractSequentialWithArguments.childCompleted(AbstractSequentialWithArguments.java:192) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.notificationEvent(Sequential.java:33) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:332)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.fireNotificationEvent(FlowNode.java:176) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.complete(FlowNode.java:296) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.post(FlowContainer.java:58) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.post(AbstractFunction.java:46) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.startNext(Sequential.java:51) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.Sequential.executeChildren(Sequential.java:27) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.functions.AbstractFunction.executeChildren(AbstractFunction.java:40) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowContainer.execute(FlowContainer.java:63) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.restart(FlowNode.java:233) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.start(FlowNode.java:278)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.controlEvent(FlowNode.java:391) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.nodes.FlowNode.event(FlowNode.java:329)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.FlowElementWrapper.event(FlowElementWrapper.java:227) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.send(EventBus.java:125)
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventBus.sendHooked(EventBus.java:99) 
>>>
>>>     at 
>>> org.globus.cog.karajan.workflow.events.EventWorker.run(EventWorker.java:69) 
>>>
>>> SwiftScript trace: T1af7, Round, 0, Sim, 7
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