Dear openmpi developers,

I tried the new function LAMA of openmpi-1.7.3 and
unfortunately it is not stable under my environment, which
is built with torque.

(1) I used 4 scripts as shown below to clarify the problem:

(COMMON PART)
#!/bin/sh
#PBS -l nodes=node03:ppn=8 / nodes=node08:ppn=8
export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
cp $PBS_NODEFILE pbs_hosts
NPROCS=`wc -l < pbs_hosts`

(SCRIPT1)
mpirun -report-bindings -mca rmaps lama -mca rmaps_lama_bind 1c Myprog
(SCRIPT2)
mpirun -oversubscribe -report-bindings -mca rmaps lama \
       -mca rmaps_lama_bind 1c Myprog
(SCRITP3)
mpirun -machinefile pbs_hosts -np ${NPROCS} -oversubscribe \
       -report-bindings -mca rmaps lama -mca rmaps_lama_bind 1c Myprog
(SCRIPT4)
mpirun -machinefile pbs_hosts -np ${NPROCS} -oversubscribe \
       -report-bindings -mca rmaps lama -mca rmaps_lama_bind 1c \
       -mca rmaps_lama_map Nsbnch \
       -mca ess ^tm -mca plm ^tm -mca ras ^tm Myprog

(2) The results are as follows:

             NODE03(32cores) NODE08(8cores)
SCRIPT1      *ERROR1         *ERROR1
SCRIPT2      OK              OK
SCRIPT3      **ABORT         OK
SCRIPT4      **ABORT         **ABORT

(*)ERROR1 means:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
RMaps LAMA detected oversubscription after mapping 1 of 8 processes.
Since you have asked not to oversubscribe the resources the job will not
be launched. If you would instead like to oversubscribe the resources
try using the --oversubscribe option to mpirun.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[node08.cluster:28849] [[50428,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
rmaps_lama_module.c at line 310
[node08.cluster:28849] [[50428,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file
base/rmaps_base_map_job.c at line 166

(**)ABORT means "stuck and no answer" until forced termination.


(3) openmpi-1.7.3 configuration (with PGI compiler)

./configure \
--with-tm \
--with-verbs \
--disable-ipv6 \
CC=pgcc CFLAGS="-fast -tp k8-64e" \
CXX=pgCC CXXFLAGS="-fast -tp k8-64e" \
F77=pgfortran FFLAGS="-fast -tp k8-64e" \
FC=pgfortran FCFLAGS="-fast -tp k8-64e"


(4) Cluster information:

32 cores AMD based node(node03):
Machine (126GB)
  Socket L#0 (32GB)
    NUMANode L#0 (P#0 16GB) + L3 L#0 (5118KB)
      L2 L#0 (512KB) + L1d L#0 (64KB) + L1i L#0 (64KB) + Core L#0 + PU L#0
(P#0)
      L2 L#1 (512KB) + L1d L#1 (64KB) + L1i L#1 (64KB) + Core L#1 + PU L#1
(P#1)
      L2 L#2 (512KB) + L1d L#2 (64KB) + L1i L#2 (64KB) + Core L#2 + PU L#2
(P#2)
      L2 L#3 (512KB) + L1d L#3 (64KB) + L1i L#3 (64KB) + Core L#3 + PU L#3
(P#3)
    NUMANode L#1 (P#1 16GB) + L3 L#1 (5118KB)
      L2 L#4 (512KB) + L1d L#4 (64KB) + L1i L#4 (64KB) + Core L#4 + PU L#4
(P#4)
      L2 L#5 (512KB) + L1d L#5 (64KB) + L1i L#5 (64KB) + Core L#5 + PU L#5
(P#5)
      L2 L#6 (512KB) + L1d L#6 (64KB) + L1i L#6 (64KB) + Core L#6 + PU L#6
(P#6)
      L2 L#7 (512KB) + L1d L#7 (64KB) + L1i L#7 (64KB) + Core L#7 + PU L#7
(P#7)
  Socket L#1 (32GB)
    NUMANode L#2 (P#6 16GB) + L3 L#2 (5118KB)
      L2 L#8 (512KB) + L1d L#8 (64KB) + L1i L#8 (64KB) + Core L#8 + PU L#8
(P#8)
      L2 L#9 (512KB) + L1d L#9 (64KB) + L1i L#9 (64KB) + Core L#9 + PU L#9
(P#9)
      L2 L#10 (512KB) + L1d L#10 (64KB) + L1i L#10 (64KB) + Core L#10 + PU
L#10 (P#10)
      L2 L#11 (512KB) + L1d L#11 (64KB) + L1i L#11 (64KB) + Core L#11 + PU
L#11 (P#11)
    NUMANode L#3 (P#7 16GB) + L3 L#3 (5118KB)
      L2 L#12 (512KB) + L1d L#12 (64KB) + L1i L#12 (64KB) + Core L#12 + PU
L#12 (P#12)
      L2 L#13 (512KB) + L1d L#13 (64KB) + L1i L#13 (64KB) + Core L#13 + PU
L#13 (P#13)
      L2 L#14 (512KB) + L1d L#14 (64KB) + L1i L#14 (64KB) + Core L#14 + PU
L#14 (P#14)
      L2 L#15 (512KB) + L1d L#15 (64KB) + L1i L#15 (64KB) + Core L#15 + PU
L#15 (P#15)
  Socket L#2 (32GB)
    NUMANode L#4 (P#4 16GB) + L3 L#4 (5118KB)
      L2 L#16 (512KB) + L1d L#16 (64KB) + L1i L#16 (64KB) + Core L#16 + PU
L#16 (P#16)
      L2 L#17 (512KB) + L1d L#17 (64KB) + L1i L#17 (64KB) + Core L#17 + PU
L#17 (P#17)
      L2 L#18 (512KB) + L1d L#18 (64KB) + L1i L#18 (64KB) + Core L#18 + PU
L#18 (P#18)
      L2 L#19 (512KB) + L1d L#19 (64KB) + L1i L#19 (64KB) + Core L#19 + PU
L#19 (P#19)
    NUMANode L#5 (P#5 16GB) + L3 L#5 (5118KB)
      L2 L#20 (512KB) + L1d L#20 (64KB) + L1i L#20 (64KB) + Core L#20 + PU
L#20 (P#20)
      L2 L#21 (512KB) + L1d L#21 (64KB) + L1i L#21 (64KB) + Core L#21 + PU
L#21 (P#21)
      L2 L#22 (512KB) + L1d L#22 (64KB) + L1i L#22 (64KB) + Core L#22 + PU
L#22 (P#22)
      L2 L#23 (512KB) + L1d L#23 (64KB) + L1i L#23 (64KB) + Core L#23 + PU
L#23 (P#23)
  Socket L#3 (32GB)
    NUMANode L#6 (P#2 16GB) + L3 L#6 (5118KB)
      L2 L#24 (512KB) + L1d L#24 (64KB) + L1i L#24 (64KB) + Core L#24 + PU
L#24 (P#24)
      L2 L#25 (512KB) + L1d L#25 (64KB) + L1i L#25 (64KB) + Core L#25 + PU
L#25 (P#25)
      L2 L#26 (512KB) + L1d L#26 (64KB) + L1i L#26 (64KB) + Core L#26 + PU
L#26 (P#26)
      L2 L#27 (512KB) + L1d L#27 (64KB) + L1i L#27 (64KB) + Core L#27 + PU
L#27 (P#27)
    NUMANode L#7 (P#3 16GB) + L3 L#7 (5118KB)
      L2 L#28 (512KB) + L1d L#28 (64KB) + L1i L#28 (64KB) + Core L#28 + PU
L#28 (P#28)
      L2 L#29 (512KB) + L1d L#29 (64KB) + L1i L#29 (64KB) + Core L#29 + PU
L#29 (P#29)
      L2 L#30 (512KB) + L1d L#30 (64KB) + L1i L#30 (64KB) + Core L#30 + PU
L#30 (P#30)
      L2 L#31 (512KB) + L1d L#31 (64KB) + L1i L#31 (64KB) + Core L#31 + PU
L#31 (P#31)
  HostBridge L#0
    PCIBridge
      PCI 14e4:1639
        Net L#0 "eth0"
      PCI 14e4:1639
        Net L#1 "eth1"
    PCIBridge
      PCI 14e4:1639
        Net L#2 "eth2"
      PCI 14e4:1639
        Net L#3 "eth3"
    PCIBridge
      PCIBridge
        PCIBridge
          PCI 1000:0072
            Block L#4 "sdb"
            Block L#5 "sda"
    PCI 1002:4390
      Block L#6 "sr0"
    PCIBridge
      PCI 102b:0532
  HostBridge L#7
    PCIBridge
      PCI 15b3:6274
        Net L#7 "ib0"
        OpenFabrics L#8 "mthca0"

8 cores AMD based node(node08):
Machine (32GB)
  NUMANode L#0 (P#0 16GB) + Socket L#0 + L3 L#0 (6144KB)
    L2 L#0 (512KB) + L1d L#0 (64KB) + L1i L#0 (64KB) + Core L#0 + PU L#0
(P#0)
    L2 L#1 (512KB) + L1d L#1 (64KB) + L1i L#1 (64KB) + Core L#1 + PU L#1
(P#1)
    L2 L#2 (512KB) + L1d L#2 (64KB) + L1i L#2 (64KB) + Core L#2 + PU L#2
(P#2)
    L2 L#3 (512KB) + L1d L#3 (64KB) + L1i L#3 (64KB) + Core L#3 + PU L#3
(P#3)
  NUMANode L#1 (P#1 16GB) + Socket L#1 + L3 L#1 (6144KB)
    L2 L#4 (512KB) + L1d L#4 (64KB) + L1i L#4 (64KB) + Core L#4 + PU L#4
(P#4)
    L2 L#5 (512KB) + L1d L#5 (64KB) + L1i L#5 (64KB) + Core L#5 + PU L#5
(P#5)
    L2 L#6 (512KB) + L1d L#6 (64KB) + L1i L#6 (64KB) + Core L#6 + PU L#6
(P#6)
    L2 L#7 (512KB) + L1d L#7 (64KB) + L1i L#7 (64KB) + Core L#7 + PU L#7
(P#7)
  HostBridge L#0
    PCI 10de:036e
    PCI 10de:037f
      Block L#0 "sda"
    PCI 10de:037f
    PCI 10de:037f
    PCIBridge
      PCI 18ca:0020
    PCIBridge
      PCI 15b3:6274
        Net L#1 "ib0"
        OpenFabrics L#2 "mthca0"

Regards,
Tetsuya Mishima

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