Khalid, The way we designed these rules was to define intervals in a 2 dimension space (communicator size, message size). You should imagine these rules as exclusive, you match them in the order defined by the configuration file and you use the algorithm defined by the last matching rule.
George. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Khalid Hasanov <xali...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gilles, > > Thank you a lot, it works now. > > Just one minor thing I have seen now. If I use some communicator size > which does not exist in the configuration file, it will still use the > configuration file. For example, if I use the previous config file with > mpirun -n 4 it will use the config for the comm size 5 (the first one). The > same happens if n is less than 16. If n > 16 it will use the config for the > communicator size 16 (the second one). I am writing this just in case it is > not expected behaviour. > > Thanks again. > > Best regards, > Khalid > > > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gilles Gouaillardet <gil...@rist.or.jp> > wrote: > >> Hi Khalid, >> >> i checked the source code and it turns out rules must be ordered : >> - first by communicator size >> - second by message size >> >> Here is attached an updated version of the ompi_tuned_file.conf you >> should use >> >> Cheers, >> >> Gilles >> >> >> On 5/20/2015 8:39 AM, Khalid Hasanov wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to use coll_tuned_dynamic_rules_filename option. >> >> I am not sure if I do everything right or not. But my impression is >> that config file feature does not work as expected. >> >> For example, if I specify config file as in the attached >> ompi_tuned_file.conf and execute the attached simple broadcast example as : >> >> >>> mpirun -n 16 --mca coll_tuned_use_dynamic_rules 1 --mca >>> coll_tuned_dynamic_rules_filename ompi_tuned_file.conf -mca >>> coll_base_verbose 1 bcast_example >>> >>> >>> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e63390c27f&view=att&th=14d6e6bef2c6fbca&attid=0.2&disp=safe&realattid=f_i9vxd25k1&zw> >>> I would expect that during run time the config file should be ignored as >>> it does not contain any configuration for communicator size 16. However, it >>> uses configuration for the last communicator for which the size is 5. I >>> have attached tuned_output file for more information. >>> >>> Similar problem exists even if the configuration file contains config >>> for communicator size 16. For example , I added to the configuration file >>> first communicator size 16 then communicator size 5. But it used >>> configuration for communicator size 5. >>> >>> Another interesting thing is that if the second communicator size is >>> greater than the first communicator in the config file then it seems to >>> work correctly. At least I tested it for the case where communicator one >>> had size 16 and second had 55. >>> >>> >>> I used a development version of Open MPI (1.9.0a1). I forked it into >>> my own github (https://github.com/khalid-hasanov/ompi) and I have >>> attached ompi_info outputs as well. >>> >>> I have added some printfs into coll_tuned_decision_dynamic.c file to >>> double check it: >>> >>> if (alg) { >>> >>> printf("Men burdayam: alg=%d\n", alg); >>> >>> /* we have found a valid choice from the file based rules >>> for this message size */ >>> >>> return ompi_coll_tuned_bcast_intra_do_this (buff, count, >>> datatype, root, >>> >>> comm, module, >>> >>> alg, faninout, >>> segsize); >>> >>> } /* found a method */ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Khalid >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing listus...@open-mpi.org >> Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> Link to this post: >> http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/05/26882.php >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> Link to this post: >> http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/05/26885.php >> > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2015/05/26886.php >
