I have tried the 1.7 series (specifically 1.7.3) and I get the same behavior.
When I run "mpirun -oversubscribe -np 24 hostname", three instances of "hostname" are run on each node. The contents of the $PBS_NODEFILE are: n0007 n0006 n0005 n0004 n0003 n0002 n0001 n0000 but, since I have compiled OpenMPI using the "--with-tm", it appears that OpenMPI is not using the $PBS_NODEFILE (which I tested by modifying the torque pbs_mom to write a $PBS_NODEFILE that contained "slot=xx" information for each node. mpirun complained when I did this). Regards, Jason ________________________________ From: users [users-boun...@open-mpi.org] on behalf of Ralph Castain [r...@open-mpi.org] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 11:04 AM To: Open MPI Users Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Oversubscription of nodes with Torque and OpenMPI Really shouldn't matter - this is clearly a bug in OMPI if it is doing mapping as you describe. Out of curiosity, have you tried the 1.7 series? Does it behave the same? I can take a look at the code later today and try to figure out what happened. On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Jason Gans <jg...@lanl.gov<mailto:jg...@lanl.gov>> wrote: On 11/22/13 10:47 AM, Reuti wrote: Hi, Am 22.11.2013 um 17:32 schrieb Gans, Jason D: I would like to run an instance of my application on every *core* of a small cluster. I am using Torque 2.5.12 to run jobs on the cluster. The cluster in question is a heterogeneous collection of machines that are all past their prime. Specifically, the number of cores ranges from 2-8. Here is the Torque "nodes" file: n0000 np=2 n0001 np=2 n0002 np=8 n0003 np=8 n0004 np=2 n0005 np=2 n0006 np=2 n0007 np=4 When I use openmpi-1.6.3, I can oversubscribe nodes but the tasks are allocated to nodes without regard to the number of cores on each node (specified by the "np=xx" in the nodes file). For example, when I run "mpirun -np 24 hostname", mpirun places three instances of "hostname" on each node, despite the fact that some nodes only have two processors and some have more. You submitted the job itself by requesting 24 cores for it too? -- Reuti Since there are only 8 Torque nodes in the cluster, I submitted the job by requesting 8 nodes, i.e. "qsub -I -l nodes=8". Is there a way to have OpenMPI "gracefully" oversubscribe nodes by allocating instances based on the "np=xx" information in the Torque nodes file? It this a Torque problem? p.s. I do get the desired behavior when I run *without* Torque and specify the following machine file to mpirun: n0000 slots=2 n0001 slots=2 n0002 slots=8 n0003 slots=8 n0004 slots=2 n0005 slots=2 n0006 slots=2 n0007 slots=4 Regards, Jason _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org<mailto:us...@open-mpi.org> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org<mailto:us...@open-mpi.org> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list us...@open-mpi.org<mailto:us...@open-mpi.org> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
