Actually we were already aware of this FAQ and already have the limits set to hard and soft unlimited in the PAM limits.conf as well as in the pbs_mom resource manager startup script. We encountered those issues a few years ago and definitely are aware of having process limits set too low. I don't think we are suffering from that particular problem.
Samuel's suggestion worked, and we're trying Nathan's suggestion now. -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@open-mpi.org [mailto:users-boun...@open-mpi.org] On Behalf Of Shamis, Pavel Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 11:39 AM To: Open MPI Users Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [OMPI users] qp memory allocation problem Alternative solution for the problem is updating your memory limits Please see below: http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=openfabrics#ib-locked-pages Apparently you memory limit is low and the driver fails to create QPs What happens when you add the following to your mpirun command? -mca btl_openib_receive_queues S,4096,128:S,12288,128:S,65536,12 And if you have connectX-2/or 3 device I would suggest replace "S" by "X" - X enables much more efficient XRC QP, instead of SRQ. OMPI Developers: Maybe we should consider disabling the use of per-peer queue pairs by default. Do they buy us anything? For what it is worth, we have stopped using them on all of our large systems here at LANL. It is cons-and-pros of using per-peer queues. It really depends on application behavior. I would suggest some dynamic-adjustment solution. If NP > some_threshould -> switch to SRQ or XRC. Also I would recommend to print our some informative error message for "qp errno says Cannot allocate memory" error. Regards, Pasha. Thanks, Samuel K. Gutierrez Los Alamos National Laboratory On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Blosch, Edwin L wrote: I am getting this error message below and I don't know what it means or how to fix it. It only happens when I run on a large number of processes, e.g. 960. Things work fine on 480, and I don't think the application has a bug. Any help is appreciated... [c1n01][[30697,1],3][connect/btl_openib_connect_oob.c:464:qp_create_one] error creating qp errno says Cannot allocate memory [c1n01][[30697,1],4][connect/btl_openib_connect_oob.c:464:qp_create_one] error creating qp errno says Cannot allocate memory Here's the mpirun command I used: mpirun --prefix /usr/mpi/intel/openmpi-1.4.3 --machinefile <host file> -np 960 --mca btl ^tcp --mca mpool_base_use_mem_hooks 1 --mca mpi_leave_pinned 1 -x LD_LIBRARY_PATH -x MPI_ENVIRONMENT=1 <application name + arguments> Here's the applicable hardware from the /usr/mpi/intel/openmpi-1.4.3/share/openmpi/mca-btl-openib-device-params.ini file: # A.k.a. ConnectX [Mellanox Hermon] vendor_id = 0x2c9,0x5ad,0x66a,0x8f1,0x1708,0x03ba,0x15b3,0x119f vendor_part_id = 25408,25418,25428,26418,26428,25448,26438,26448,26468,26478,26488 use_eager_rdma = 1 mtu = 2048 max_inline_data = 128 And this is the output of ompi_info -param btl openib: MCA btl: parameter "btl_base_verbose" (current value: "0", data source: default value) Verbosity level of the BTL framework MCA btl: parameter "btl" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Default selection set of components for the btl framework (<none> means use all components that can be found) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_verbose" (current value: "0", data source: default value) Output some verbose OpenIB BTL information (0 = no output, nonzero = output) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_warn_no_device_params_found" (current value: "1", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_warn_no_hca_params_found) Warn when no device-specific parameters are found in the INI file specified by the btl_openib_device_param_files MCA parameter (0 = do not warn; any other value = warn) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_warn_no_hca_params_found" (current value: "1", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_warn_no_device_params_found) Warn when no device-specific parameters are found in the INI file specified by the btl_openib_device_param_files MCA parameter (0 = do not warn; any other value = warn) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_warn_default_gid_prefix" (current value: "1", data source: default value) Warn when there is more than one active ports and at least one of them connected to the network with only default GID prefix configured (0 = do not warn; any other value = warn) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_warn_nonexistent_if" (current value: "1", data source: default value) Warn if non-existent devices and/or ports are specified in the btl_openib_if_[in|ex]clude MCA parameters (0 = do not warn; any other value = warn) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_want_fork_support" (current value: "-1", data source: default value) Whether fork support is desired or not (negative = try to enable fork support, but continue even if it is not available, 0 = do not enable fork support, positive = try to enable fork support and fail if it is not available) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_device_param_files" (current value: "/usr/mpi/intel/openmpi-1.4.3/share/openmpi/mca-btl-openib-device-params.ini", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_hca_param_files) Colon-delimited list of INI-style files that contain device vendor/part-specific parameters MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_hca_param_files" (current value: "/usr/mpi/intel/openmpi-1.4.3/share/openmpi/mca-btl-openib-device-params.ini", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_device_param_files) Colon-delimited list of INI-style files that contain device vendor/part-specific parameters MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_device_type" (current value: "all", data source: default value) Specify to only use IB or iWARP network adapters (infiniband = only use InfiniBand HCAs; iwarp = only use iWARP NICs; all = use any available adapters) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_max_btls" (current value: "-1", data source: default value) Maximum number of device ports to use (-1 = use all available, otherwise must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_free_list_num" (current value: "8", data source: default value) Intial size of free lists (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_free_list_max" (current value: "-1", data source: default value) Maximum size of free lists (-1 = infinite, otherwise must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_free_list_inc" (current value: "32", data source: default value) Increment size of free lists (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_mpool" (current value: "rdma", data source: default value) Name of the memory pool to be used (it is unlikely that you will ever want to change this MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_reg_mru_len" (current value: "16", data source: default value) Length of the registration cache most recently used list (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_cq_size" (current value: "1000", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_ib_cq_size) Size of the OpenFabrics completion queue (will automatically be set to a minimum of (2 * number_of_peers * btl_openib_rd_num)) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_cq_size" (current value: "1000", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_cq_size) Size of the OpenFabrics completion queue (will automatically be set to a minimum of (2 * number_of_peers * btl_openib_rd_num)) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_max_inline_data" (current value: "-1", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_ib_max_inline_data) Maximum size of inline data segment (-1 = run-time probe to discover max value, otherwise must be >= 0). If not explicitly set, use max_inline_data from the INI file containing device-specific parameters MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_max_inline_data" (current value: "-1", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_max_inline_data) Maximum size of inline data segment (-1 = run-time probe to discover max value, otherwise must be >= 0). If not explicitly set, use max_inline_data from the INI file containing device-specific parameters MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_pkey" (current value: "0", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_ib_pkey_val) OpenFabrics partition key (pkey) value. Unsigned integer decimal or hex values are allowed (e.g., "3" or "0x3f") and will be masked against the maximum allowable IB paritition key value (0x7fff) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_pkey_val" (current value: "0", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_pkey) OpenFabrics partition key (pkey) value. Unsigned integer decimal or hex values are allowed (e.g., "3" or "0x3f") and will be masked against the maximum allowable IB paritition key value (0x7fff) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_psn" (current value: "0", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_ib_psn) OpenFabrics packet sequence starting number (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_psn" (current value: "0", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_psn) OpenFabrics packet sequence starting number (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_qp_ous_rd_atom" (current value: "4", data source: default value) InfiniBand outstanding atomic reads (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_mtu" (current value: "3", data source: default value, synonyms: btl_openib_ib_mtu) OpenFabrics MTU, in bytes (if not specified in INI files). Valid values are: 1=256 bytes, 2=512 bytes, 3=1024 bytes, 4=2048 bytes, 5=4096 bytes MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_mtu" (current value: "3", data source: default value, deprecated, synonym of: btl_openib_mtu) OpenFabrics MTU, in bytes (if not specified in INI files). Valid values are: 1=256 bytes, 2=512 bytes, 3=1024 bytes, 4=2048 bytes, 5=4096 bytes MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_min_rnr_timer" (current value: "25", data source: default value) InfiniBand minimum "receiver not ready" timer, in seconds (must be >= 0 and <= 31) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_timeout" (current value: "20", data source: default value) InfiniBand transmit timeout, plugged into formula: 4.096 microseconds * (2^btl_openib_ib_timeout)(must be >= 0 and <= 31) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_retry_count" (current value: "7", data source: default value) InfiniBand transmit retry count (must be >= 0 and <= 7) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_rnr_retry" (current value: "7", data source: default value) InfiniBand "receiver not ready" retry count; applies *only* to SRQ/XRC queues. PP queues use RNR retry values of 0 because Open MPI performs software flow control to guarantee that RNRs never occur (must be >= 0 and <= 7; 7 = "infinite") MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_max_rdma_dst_ops" (current value: "4", data source: default value) InfiniBand maximum pending RDMA destination operations (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ib_service_level" (current value: "0", data source: default value) InfiniBand service level (must be >= 0 and <= 15) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_use_eager_rdma" (current value: "-1", data source: default value) Use RDMA for eager messages (-1 = use device default, 0 = do not use eager RDMA, 1 = use eager RDMA) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_eager_rdma_threshold" (current value: "16", data source: default value) Use RDMA for short messages after this number of messages are received from a given peer (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_max_eager_rdma" (current value: "16", data source: default value) Maximum number of peers allowed to use RDMA for short messages (RDMA is used for all long messages, except if explicitly disabled, such as with the "dr" pml) (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_eager_rdma_num" (current value: "16", data source: default value) Number of RDMA buffers to allocate for small messages(must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_btls_per_lid" (current value: "1", data source: default value) Number of BTLs to create for each InfiniBand LID (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_max_lmc" (current value: "0", data source: default value) Maximum number of LIDs to use for each device port (must be >= 0, where 0 = use all available) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_enable_apm_over_lmc" (current value: "0", data source: default value) Maximum number of alterative paths for each device port (must be >= -1, where 0 = disable apm, -1 = all availible alternative paths ) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_enable_apm_over_ports" (current value: "0", data source: default value) Enable alterative path migration (APM) over different ports of the same device (must be >= 0, where 0 = disable APM over ports , 1 = enable APM over ports of the same device) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_use_async_event_thread" (current value: "1", data source: default value) If nonzero, use the thread that will handle InfiniBand asyncihronous events MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_buffer_alignment" (current value: "64", data source: default value) Prefered communication buffer alignment, in bytes (must be > 0 and power of two) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_use_message_coalescing" (current value: "1", data source: default value) Use message coalescing MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_cq_poll_ratio" (current value: "100", data source: default value) how often poll high priority CQ versus low priority CQ MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_eager_rdma_poll_ratio" (current value: "100", data source: default value) how often poll eager RDMA channel versus CQ MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_hp_cq_poll_per_progress" (current value: "10", data source: default value) max number of completion events to process for each call of BTL progress engine MCA btl: information "btl_openib_have_fork_support" (value: "1", data source: default value) Whether the OpenFabrics stack supports applications that invoke the "fork()" system call or not (0 = no, 1 = yes). Note that this value does NOT indicate whether the system being run on supports "fork()" with OpenFabrics applications or not. MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_exclusivity" (current value: "1024", data source: default value) BTL exclusivity (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_flags" (current value: "310", data source: default value) BTL bit flags (general flags: SEND=1, PUT=2, GET=4, SEND_INPLACE=8, RDMA_MATCHED=64, HETEROGENEOUS_RDMA=256; flags only used by the "dr" PML (ignored by others): ACK=16, CHECKSUM=32, RDMA_COMPLETION=128) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_rndv_eager_limit" (current value: "12288", data source: default value) Size (in bytes) of "phase 1" fragment sent for all large messages (must be >= 0 and <= eager_limit) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_eager_limit" (current value: "12288", data source: default value) Maximum size (in bytes) of "short" messages (must be >= 1). MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_max_send_size" (current value: "65536", data source: default value) Maximum size (in bytes) of a single "phase 2" fragment of a long message when using the pipeline protocol (must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_rdma_pipeline_send_length" (current value: "1048576", data source: default value) Length of the "phase 2" portion of a large message (in bytes) when using the pipeline protocol. This part of the message will be split into fragments of size max_send_size and sent using send/receive semantics (must be >= 0; only relevant when the PUT flag is set) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_rdma_pipeline_frag_size" (current value: "1048576", data source: default value) Maximum size (in bytes) of a single "phase 3" fragment from a long message when using the pipeline protocol. These fragments will be sent using RDMA semantics (must be >= 1; only relevant when the PUT flag is set) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_min_rdma_pipeline_size" (current value: "262144", data source: default value) Messages smaller than this size (in bytes) will not use the RDMA pipeline protocol. Instead, they will be split into fragments of max_send_size and sent using send/receive semantics (must be >=0, and is automatically adjusted up to at least (eager_limit+btl_rdma_pipeline_send_length); only relevant when the PUT flag is set) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_bandwidth" (current value: "800", data source: default value) Approximate maximum bandwidth of interconnect(must be >= 1) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_latency" (current value: "10", data source: default value) Approximate latency of interconnect (must be >= 0) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_receive_queues" (current value: "P,128,256,192,128:S,2048,256,128,32:S,12288,256,128,32:S,65536,256,128,32", data source: default value) Colon-delimited, comma delimited list of receive queues: P,4096,8,6,4:P,32768,8,6,4 MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_if_include" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Comma-delimited list of devices/ports to be used (e.g. "mthca0,mthca1:2"; empty value means to use all ports found). Mutually exclusive with btl_openib_if_exclude. MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_if_exclude" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Comma-delimited list of device/ports to be excluded (empty value means to not exclude any ports). Mutually exclusive with btl_openib_if_include. MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ipaddr_include" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Comma-delimited list of IP Addresses to be used (e.g. "192.168.1.0/24"). Mutually exclusive with btl_openib_ipaddr_exclude. MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_ipaddr_exclude" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Comma-delimited list of IP Addresses to be excluded (e.g. "192.168.1.0/24"). Mutually exclusive with btl_openib_ipaddr_include. MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_cpc_include" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Method used to select OpenFabrics connections (valid values: oob,xoob,rdmacm) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_cpc_exclude" (current value: <none>, data source: default value) Method used to exclude OpenFabrics connections (valid values: oob,xoob,rdmacm) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_oob_priority" (current value: "50", data source: default value) The selection method priority for oob MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_xoob_priority" (current value: "60", data source: default value) The selection method priority for xoob MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_rdmacm_priority" (current value: "30", data source: default value) The selection method priority for rdma_cm MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_rdmacm_port" (current value: "0", data source: default value) The selection method port for rdma_cm MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_rdmacm_resolve_timeout" (current value: "1000", data source: default value) The timeout (in miliseconds) for address and route resolution MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_rdmacm_retry_count" (current value: "20", data source: default value) Maximum number of times rdmacm will retry route resolution MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_connect_rdmacm_reject_causes_connect_error" (current value: "0", data source: default value) The drivers for some devices are buggy such that an RDMA REJECT action may result in a CONNECT_ERROR event instead of a REJECTED event. Setting this MCA parameter to true tells Open MPI to treat CONNECT_ERROR events on connections where a REJECT is expected as a REJECT (default: false) MCA btl: parameter "btl_openib_priority" (current value: "0", data source: default value) MCA btl: parameter "btl_base_warn_component_unused" (current value: "1", data source: default value) This parameter is used to turn on warning messages when certain NICs are not used _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org<mailto:us...@open-mpi.org> hxxp://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org<mailto:us...@open-mpi.org> hxxp://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
