On Mar 23, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Gus Correa wrote:
> Ralph Castain wrote:
>> On Mar 21, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Eugene Loh wrote:
>>> Gustavo Correa wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear OpenMPI Pros
>>>>
>>>> Is there an MCA parameter that would do the same as the mpiexec switch
>>>> '-bind-to-core'?
>>>> I.e., something that I could set up not in the mpiexec command line,
>>>> but for the whole cluster, or for an user, etc.
>>>>
>>>> In the past I used '-mca mpi mpi_paffinity_alone=1'.
>> Must be a typo here - the correct command is '-mca mpi_paffinity_alone 1'
>>>> But that was before '-bind-to-core' came along.
>>>> However, my recollection of some recent discussions here in the list
>>>> is that the latter would not do the same as '-bind-to-core',
>>>> and that the recommendation was to use '-bind-to-core' in the mpiexec
>>>> command line.
>> Just to be clear: mpi_paffinity_alone=1 still works and will cause the same
>> behavior as bind-to-core.
>>> A little awkward, but how about
>>>
>>> --bycore rmaps_base_schedule_policy core
>>> --bysocket rmaps_base_schedule_policy socket
>>> --bind-to-core orte_process_binding core
>>> --bind-to-socket orte_process_binding socket
>>> --bind-to-none orte_process_binding none
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>
> Thank you Ralph and Eugene
>
> Ralph, forgive me the typo in the previous message, please.
> Equal sign inside the openmpi-mca-params.conf file,
> but no equal sign on the mpiexec command line, right?
>
> I am using OpenMPI 1.4.3
> I inserted the line
> "mpi_paffinity_alone = 1"
> in my openmpi-mca-params.conf file, following Ralph's suggestion
> that it is equivalent to '-bind-to-core'.
>
> However, now when I do "ompi_info -a",
> the output shows the non-default value 1 twice in a row,
> then later it shows the default value 0 again!
> Please see the output enclosed below.
>
> I am confused.
>
> 1) Is this just a glitch in ompi_info,
> or did mpi_paffinity_alone get reverted to zero?
>
Just tested it myself, and it looks like the output has a weird behavior in it
- only shows when you use "-a" option. If you instead do:
ompi_info --params opal all
you'll get the correct output:
MCA opal: parameter "opal_paffinity_alone" (current value: "1",
data source: file
[/Users/rhc/openmpi/build/etc/openmpi-mca-params.conf], synonyms:
mpi_paffinity_alone, mpi_paffinity_alone)
If nonzero, assume that this job is the only (set of)
process(es) running on each node and bind processes to processors,
starting with processor ID 0
I'll have to pass that on to Jeff - I suspect it is because mpi_paffinity_alone
is a synonym for opal_paffinity_alone, and so it sorta gets defined twice in
the code.
> 2) How can I increase the verbosity level to make sure I have processor
> affinity set (i.e. that the processes are bound to cores/processors)?
As Eugene said, just --report-bindings, which is tied to "-mca
orte_report_bindings 1"
>
>
> Many thanks,
> Gus Correa
>
> ##########
>
> ompi_info -a
>
> ...
>
> MCA mpi: parameter "mpi_paffinity_alone" (current value: "1",
> data source: file
> [/home/soft/openmpi/1.4.3/gnu-intel/etc/openmpi-mca-params.conf], synonym of:
> opal_paffinity_alone)
> If nonzero, assume that this job is the only (set
> of) process(es) running on each node and bind processes to processors,
> starting with processor ID 0
>
> MCA mpi: parameter "mpi_paffinity_alone" (current value: "1",
> data source: file
> [/home/soft/openmpi/1.4.3/gnu-intel/etc/openmpi-mca-params.conf], synonym of:
> opal_paffinity_alone)
> If nonzero, assume that this job is the only (set
> of) process(es) running on each node and bind processes to processors,
> starting with processor ID 0
>
> ...
>
> [ ... and after 'mpi_leave_pinned_pipeline' ...]
>
> MCA mpi: parameter "mpi_paffinity_alone" (current value: "0",
> data source: default value)
> If nonzero, assume that this job is the only (set
> of) process(es) running on each node and bind processes to processors,
> starting with processor ID 0
>
> ...
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