Re: [OMPI users] values of mca parameters whilst running program

2007-08-03 Thread Glenn Carver
Hi Don, If the error message is about "privileged" memory, i.e. locked or We don't actually get an error message. What we see is the system gradually losing free memory whilst running batch jobs, until such point where it begins swapping like mad and performance plummets (this happens on al

Re: [OMPI users] values of mca parameters whilst running program

2007-08-03 Thread Don Kerr
Glenn, If the error message is about "privileged" memory, i.e. locked or pinned memory, on Solaris you can increase the amount of available privileged memory by editing the /etc/project file on the nodes. Amount available (example of typical value is 900MB): % prctl -n project.max-device-locked-

Re: [OMPI users] values of mca parameters whilst running program

2007-08-02 Thread Brian Barrett
On Aug 2, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Glenn Carver wrote: Hopefully an easy question to answer... is it possible to get at the values of mca parameters whilst a program is running? What I had in mind was either an open-mpi function to call which would print the current values of mca parameters or a func