Re: [OMPI users] Several threads making progress - How to disable them

2016-08-04 Thread r...@open-mpi.org
Yep, there are indeed two progress threads running - and no, you cannot disable them. They are, however, “blocked” so they aren’t eating any cycles during normal operation unless an event that requires their attention wakes them up. So they shouldn’t interfere with your app. > On Aug 4, 2016,

[OMPI users] Several threads making progress - How to disable them

2016-08-04 Thread Jaime Arteaga
Hi: ​When running a simple MPI program in the form of: int main() { ... MPI_Init(); ... sleep(10); ... MPI_Finalize() ​; ...​ ​}​ ​Two threads, additionally to the master, can be seen when using gstack: ​ ​Thread 3 (Thread 0x7f2238a6c700 (LWP 106578)): #0 0x7f223a869783 in epoll_wait () f