I filed an issue to track this problem here:

    https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/issues/978


> On Oct 5, 2015, at 1:01 PM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Marcin. I think we have three things we need to address:
> 
> 1. the warning needs to be emitted regardless of whether or not 
> —report-bindings was given. Not sure how that warning got “covered” by the 
> option, but it is clearly a bug
> 
> 2. improve the warning to include binding info - relatively easy to do
> 
> 3. fix the mapping/binding under asymmetric topologies. Given further info 
> and consideration, I’m increasingly pushed towards the “fallback to the 
> map-by core default” solution. It provides a predictable and consistent 
> pattern. The other solution is technically viable, but leads to an 
> unpredictable “opportunistic” result that might cause odd application 
> behavior. If the user specifies a mapping option and we can’t do it because 
> of asymmetry, then error out.
> 
> HTH
> Ralph
> 
> 
>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 9:36 AM, marcin.krotkiewski 
>> <marcin.krotkiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Gilles
>>> you mentionned you had one failure with 1.10.1rc1 and -bind-to core
>>> could you please send the full details (script, allocation and output)
>>> in your slurm script, you can do
>>> srun -N $SLURM_NNODES -n $SLURM_NNODES --cpu_bind=none -l grep 
>>> Cpus_allowed_list /proc/self/status
>>> before invoking mpirun
>>> 
>> It was an interactive job allocated with
>> 
>> salloc --account=staff --ntasks=32 --mem-per-cpu=2G --time=120:0:0
>> 
>> The slurm environment is the following
>> 
>> SLURM_JOBID=12714491
>> SLURM_JOB_CPUS_PER_NODE='4,2,5(x2),4,7,5'
>> SLURM_JOB_ID=12714491
>> SLURM_JOB_NODELIST='c1-[2,4,8,13,16,23,26]'
>> SLURM_JOB_NUM_NODES=7
>> SLURM_JOB_PARTITION=normal
>> SLURM_MEM_PER_CPU=2048
>> SLURM_NNODES=7
>> SLURM_NODELIST='c1-[2,4,8,13,16,23,26]'
>> SLURM_NODE_ALIASES='(null)'
>> SLURM_NPROCS=32
>> SLURM_NTASKS=32
>> SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR=/cluster/home/marcink
>> SLURM_SUBMIT_HOST=login-0-1.local
>> SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE='4,2,5(x2),4,7,5'
>> 
>> The output of the command you asked for is
>> 
>> 0: c1-2.local  Cpus_allowed_list:        1-4,17-20
>> 1: c1-4.local  Cpus_allowed_list:        1,15,17,31
>> 2: c1-8.local  Cpus_allowed_list:        0,5,9,13-14,16,21,25,29-30
>> 3: c1-13.local  Cpus_allowed_list:       3-7,19-23
>> 4: c1-16.local  Cpus_allowed_list:       12-15,28-31
>> 5: c1-23.local  Cpus_allowed_list:       2-4,8,13-15,18-20,24,29-31
>> 6: c1-26.local  Cpus_allowed_list:       1,6,11,13,15,17,22,27,29,31
>> 
>> Running with command
>> 
>> mpirun --mca rmaps_base_verbose 10 --hetero-nodes --bind-to core 
>> --report-bindings --map-by socket -np 32 ./affinity
>> 
>> I have attached two output files: one for the original 1.10.1rc1, one for 
>> the patched version.
>> 
>> When I said 'failed in one case' I was not precise. I got an error on node 
>> c1-8, which was the first one to have different number of MPI processes on 
>> the two sockets. It would also fail on some later nodes, just that because 
>> of the error we never got there.
>> 
>> Let me know if you need more.
>> 
>> Marcin
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Gilles
>>> 
>>> On 10/4/2015 11:55 PM, marcin.krotkiewski wrote:
>>>> Hi, all,
>>>> 
>>>> I played a bit more and it seems that the problem results from
>>>> 
>>>> trg_obj = opal_hwloc_base_find_min_bound_target_under_obj()
>>>> 
>>>> called in rmaps_base_binding.c / bind_downwards being wrong. I do not know 
>>>> the reason, but I think I know when the problem happens (at least on 
>>>> 1.10.1rc1). It seems that by default openmpi maps by socket. The error 
>>>> happens when for a given compute node there is a different number of cores 
>>>> used on each socket. Consider previously studied case (the debug outputs I 
>>>> sent in last post). c1-8, which was source of error, has 5 mpi processes 
>>>> assigned, and the cpuset is the following:
>>>> 
>>>> 0, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16, 21, 25, 29, 30
>>>> 
>>>> Cores 0,5 are on socket 0, cores 9, 13, 14 are on socket 1. Binding 
>>>> progresses correctly up to and including core 13 (see end of file 
>>>> out.1.10.1rc2, before the error). That is 2 cores on socket 0, and 2 cores 
>>>> on socket 1. Error is thrown when core 14 should be bound - extra core on 
>>>> socket 1 with no corresponding core on socket 0. At that point the 
>>>> returned trg_obj points to the first core on the node (os_index 0, socket 
>>>> 0).
>>>> 
>>>> I have submitted a few other jobs and I always had an error in such 
>>>> situation. Moreover, if I now use --map-by core instead of socket, the 
>>>> error is gone, and I get my expected binding:
>>>> 
>>>> rank 0 @ compute-1-2.local  1, 17,
>>>> rank 1 @ compute-1-2.local  2, 18,
>>>> rank 2 @ compute-1-2.local  3, 19,
>>>> rank 3 @ compute-1-2.local  4, 20,
>>>> rank 4 @ compute-1-4.local  1, 17,
>>>> rank 5 @ compute-1-4.local  15, 31,
>>>> rank 6 @ compute-1-8.local  0, 16,
>>>> rank 7 @ compute-1-8.local  5, 21,
>>>> rank 8 @ compute-1-8.local  9, 25,
>>>> rank 9 @ compute-1-8.local  13, 29,
>>>> rank 10 @ compute-1-8.local  14, 30,
>>>> rank 11 @ compute-1-13.local  3, 19,
>>>> rank 12 @ compute-1-13.local  4, 20,
>>>> rank 13 @ compute-1-13.local  5, 21,
>>>> rank 14 @ compute-1-13.local  6, 22,
>>>> rank 15 @ compute-1-13.local  7, 23,
>>>> rank 16 @ compute-1-16.local  12, 28,
>>>> rank 17 @ compute-1-16.local  13, 29,
>>>> rank 18 @ compute-1-16.local  14, 30,
>>>> rank 19 @ compute-1-16.local  15, 31,
>>>> rank 20 @ compute-1-23.local  2, 18,
>>>> rank 29 @ compute-1-26.local  11, 27,
>>>> rank 21 @ compute-1-23.local  3, 19,
>>>> rank 30 @ compute-1-26.local  13, 29,
>>>> rank 22 @ compute-1-23.local  4, 20,
>>>> rank 31 @ compute-1-26.local  15, 31,
>>>> rank 23 @ compute-1-23.local  8, 24,
>>>> rank 27 @ compute-1-26.local  1, 17,
>>>> rank 24 @ compute-1-23.local  13, 29,
>>>> rank 28 @ compute-1-26.local  6, 22,
>>>> rank 25 @ compute-1-23.local  14, 30,
>>>> rank 26 @ compute-1-23.local  15, 31,
>>>> 
>>>> Using --map-by core seems to fix the issue on 1.8.8, 1.10.0 and 1.10.1rc1. 
>>>> However, there is still a difference in behavior between 1.10.1rc1 and 
>>>> earlier versions. In the SLURM job described in last post, 1.10.1rc1 fails 
>>>> to bind only in 1 case, while the earlier versions fail in 21 out of 32 
>>>> cases. You mentioned there was a bug in hwloc. Not sure if it can explain 
>>>> the difference in behavior.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this helps to nail this down.
>>>> 
>>>> Marcin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/04/2015 09:55 AM, Gilles Gouaillardet wrote:
>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I suspect ompi tries to bind to threads outside the cpuset.
>>>>> this could be pretty similar to a previous issue when ompi tried to bind 
>>>>> to cores outside the cpuset.
>>>>> /* when a core has more than one thread, would ompi assume all the 
>>>>> threads are available if the core is available ? */
>>>>> I will investigate this from tomorrow
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gilles
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sunday, October 4, 2015, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks - please go ahead and release that allocation as I’m not going to 
>>>>> get to this immediately. I’ve got several hot irons in the fire right 
>>>>> now, and I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to track this down.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gilles or anyone else who might have time - feel free to take a gander 
>>>>> and see if something pops out at you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ralph
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 11:05 AM, marcin.krotkiewski 
>>>>>> <marcin.krotkiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Done. I have compiled 1.10.0 and 1.10.rc1 with --enable-debug and 
>>>>>> executed
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> mpirun --mca rmaps_base_verbose 10 --hetero-nodes --report-bindings 
>>>>>> --bind-to core -np 32 ./affinity
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In case of 1.10.rc1 I have also added :overload-allowed - output in a 
>>>>>> separate file. This option did not make much difference for 1.10.0, so I 
>>>>>> did not attach it here.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> First thing I noted for 1.10.0 are lines like
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [login-0-1.local:03399] [[37945,0],0] GOT 1 CPUS
>>>>>> [login-0-1.local:03399] [[37945,0],0] PROC [[37945,1],27] BITMAP
>>>>>> [login-0-1.local:03399] [[37945,0],0] PROC [[37945,1],27] ON c1-26 IS 
>>>>>> NOT BOUND
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> with an empty BITMAP.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The SLURM environment is
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> set | grep SLURM
>>>>>> SLURM_JOBID=12714491
>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_CPUS_PER_NODE='4,2,5(x2),4,7,5'
>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_ID=12714491
>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_NODELIST='c1-[2,4,8,13,16,23,26]'
>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_NUM_NODES=7
>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_PARTITION=normal
>>>>>> SLURM_MEM_PER_CPU=2048
>>>>>> SLURM_NNODES=7
>>>>>> SLURM_NODELIST='c1-[2,4,8,13,16,23,26]'
>>>>>> SLURM_NODE_ALIASES='(null)'
>>>>>> SLURM_NPROCS=32
>>>>>> SLURM_NTASKS=32
>>>>>> SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR=/cluster/home/marcink
>>>>>> SLURM_SUBMIT_HOST=login-0-1.local
>>>>>> SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE='4,2,5(x2),4,7,5'
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have submitted an interactive job on screen for 120 hours now to work 
>>>>>> with one example, and not change it for every post :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you need anything else, let me know. I could introduce some 
>>>>>> patch/printfs and recompile, if you need it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marcin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10/03/2015 07:17 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>>>> Rats - just realized I have no way to test this as none of the machines 
>>>>>>> I can access are setup for cgroup-based multi-tenant. Is this a debug 
>>>>>>> version of OMPI? If not, can you rebuild OMPI with —enable-debug?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Then please run it with —mca rmaps_base_verbose 10 and pass along the 
>>>>>>> output.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> What version of slurm is this? I might try to debug it here. I’m not 
>>>>>>>> sure where the problem lies just yet.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 8:59 AM, marcin.krotkiewski 
>>>>>>>>> <marcin.krotkiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Here is the output of lstopo. In short, (0,16) are core 0, (1,17) - 
>>>>>>>>> core 1 etc.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Machine (64GB)
>>>>>>>>>   NUMANode L#0 (P#0 32GB)
>>>>>>>>>     Socket L#0 + L3 L#0 (20MB)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#0 (256KB) + L1d L#0 (32KB) + L1i L#0 (32KB) + Core L#0
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#0 (P#0)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#1 (P#16)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#1 (256KB) + L1d L#1 (32KB) + L1i L#1 (32KB) + Core L#1
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#2 (P#1)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#3 (P#17)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#2 (256KB) + L1d L#2 (32KB) + L1i L#2 (32KB) + Core L#2
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#4 (P#2)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#5 (P#18)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#3 (256KB) + L1d L#3 (32KB) + L1i L#3 (32KB) + Core L#3
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#6 (P#3)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#7 (P#19)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#4 (256KB) + L1d L#4 (32KB) + L1i L#4 (32KB) + Core L#4
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#8 (P#4)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#9 (P#20)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#5 (256KB) + L1d L#5 (32KB) + L1i L#5 (32KB) + Core L#5
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#10 (P#5)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#11 (P#21)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#6 (256KB) + L1d L#6 (32KB) + L1i L#6 (32KB) + Core L#6
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#12 (P#6)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#13 (P#22)
>>>>>>>>>       L2 L#7 (256KB) + L1d L#7 (32KB) + L1i L#7 (32KB) + Core L#7
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#14 (P#7)
>>>>>>>>>         PU L#15 (P#23)
>>>>>>>>>     HostBridge L#0
>>>>>>>>>       PCIBridge
>>>>>>>>>         PCI 8086:1521
>>>>>>>>>           Net L#0 "eth0"
>>>>>>>>>         PCI 8086:1521
>>>>>>>>>           Net L#1 "eth1"
>>>>>>>>>       PCIBridge
>>>>>>>>>         PCI 15b3:1003
>>>>>>>>>           Net L#2 "ib0"
>>>>>>>>>           OpenFabrics L#3 "mlx4_0"
>>>>>>>>>       PCIBridge
>>>>>>>>>         PCI 102b:0532
>>>>>>>>>       PCI 8086:1d02
>>>>>>>>>         Block L#4 "sda"
>>>>>>>>>   NUMANode L#1 (P#1 32GB) + Socket L#1 + L3 L#1 (20MB)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#8 (256KB) + L1d L#8 (32KB) + L1i L#8 (32KB) + Core L#8
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#16 (P#8)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#17 (P#24)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#9 (256KB) + L1d L#9 (32KB) + L1i L#9 (32KB) + Core L#9
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#18 (P#9)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#19 (P#25)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#10 (256KB) + L1d L#10 (32KB) + L1i L#10 (32KB) + Core L#10
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#20 (P#10)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#21 (P#26)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#11 (256KB) + L1d L#11 (32KB) + L1i L#11 (32KB) + Core L#11
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#22 (P#11)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#23 (P#27)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#12 (256KB) + L1d L#12 (32KB) + L1i L#12 (32KB) + Core L#12
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#24 (P#12)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#25 (P#28)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#13 (256KB) + L1d L#13 (32KB) + L1i L#13 (32KB) + Core L#13
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#26 (P#13)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#27 (P#29)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#14 (256KB) + L1d L#14 (32KB) + L1i L#14 (32KB) + Core L#14
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#28 (P#14)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#29 (P#30)
>>>>>>>>>     L2 L#15 (256KB) + L1d L#15 (32KB) + L1i L#15 (32KB) + Core L#15
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#30 (P#15)
>>>>>>>>>       PU L#31 (P#31)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 10/03/2015 05:46 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I’m just misreading your HT map - that slurm nodelist syntax 
>>>>>>>>>> is a new one to me, but they tend to change things around. Could you 
>>>>>>>>>> run lstopo on one of those compute nodes and send the output?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I’m just suspicious because I’m not seeing a clear pairing of HT 
>>>>>>>>>> numbers in your output, but HT numbering is BIOS-specific and I may 
>>>>>>>>>> just not be understanding your particular pattern. Our error message 
>>>>>>>>>> is clearly indicating that we are seeing individual HTs (and not 
>>>>>>>>>> complete cores) assigned, and I don’t know the source of that 
>>>>>>>>>> confusion.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 8:28 AM, marcin.krotkiewski 
>>>>>>>>>>> <marcin.krotkiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/03/2015 04:38 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> If mpirun isn’t trying to do any binding, then you will of course 
>>>>>>>>>>>> get the right mapping as we’ll just inherit whatever we received.
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. I meant that whatever you received (what SLURM gives) is a 
>>>>>>>>>>> correct cpu map and assigns _whole_ CPUs, not a single HT to MPI 
>>>>>>>>>>> processes. In the case mentioned earlier openmpi should start 6 
>>>>>>>>>>> tasks on c1-30. If HT would be treated as separate and independent 
>>>>>>>>>>> cores, sched_getaffinity of an MPI process started on c1-30 would 
>>>>>>>>>>> return a map with 6 entries only. In my case it returns a map with 
>>>>>>>>>>> 12 entries - 2 for each core. So one  process is in fact allocated 
>>>>>>>>>>> both HTs, not only one. Is what I'm saying correct?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking at your output, it’s pretty clear that you are getting 
>>>>>>>>>>>> independent HTs assigned and not full cores. 
>>>>>>>>>>> How do you mean? Is the above understanding wrong? I would expect 
>>>>>>>>>>> that on c1-30 with --bind-to core openmpi should bind to logical 
>>>>>>>>>>> cores 0 and 16 (rank 0), 1 and 17 (rank 2) and so on. All those 
>>>>>>>>>>> logical cores are available in sched_getaffinity map, and there is 
>>>>>>>>>>> twice as many logical cores as there are MPI processes started on 
>>>>>>>>>>> the node.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> My guess is that something in slurm has changed such that it 
>>>>>>>>>>>> detects that HT has been enabled, and then begins treating the HTs 
>>>>>>>>>>>> as completely independent cpus.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Try changing “-bind-to core” to “-bind-to hwthread  
>>>>>>>>>>>> -use-hwthread-cpus” and see if that works
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I have and the binding is wrong. For example, I got this output
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 0 @ compute-1-30.local  0,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 1 @ compute-1-30.local  16,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Which means that two ranks have been bound to the same physical 
>>>>>>>>>>> core (logical cores 0 and 16 are two HTs of the same core). If I 
>>>>>>>>>>> use --bind-to core, I get the following correct binding
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 0 @ compute-1-30.local  0, 16,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The problem is many other ranks get bad binding with 'rank XXX is 
>>>>>>>>>>> not bound (or bound to all available processors)' warning.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> But I think I was not entirely correct saying that 1.10.1rc1 did 
>>>>>>>>>>> not fix things. It still might have improved something, but not 
>>>>>>>>>>> everything. Consider this job:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_CPUS_PER_NODE='5,4,6,5(x2),7,5,9,5,7,6'
>>>>>>>>>>> SLURM_JOB_NODELIST='c8-[31,34],c9-[30-32,35-36],c10-[31-34]'
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> If I run 32 tasks as follows (with 1.10.1rc1)
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> mpirun --hetero-nodes --report-bindings --bind-to core -np 32 
>>>>>>>>>>> ./affinity
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I get the following error:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> A request was made to bind to that would result in binding more
>>>>>>>>>>> processes than cpus on a resource:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>    Bind to:     CORE
>>>>>>>>>>>    Node:        c9-31
>>>>>>>>>>>    #processes:  2
>>>>>>>>>>>    #cpus:       1
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You can override this protection by adding the "overload-allowed"
>>>>>>>>>>> option to your binding directive.
>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> If I now use --bind-to core:overload-allowed, then openmpi starts 
>>>>>>>>>>> and _most_ of the threads are bound correctly (i.e., map contains 
>>>>>>>>>>> two logical cores in ALL cases), except this case that required the 
>>>>>>>>>>> overload flag:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 15 @ compute-9-31.local   1, 17,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 16 @ compute-9-31.local  11, 27,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 17 @ compute-9-31.local   2, 18, 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 18 @ compute-9-31.local  12, 28,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 19 @ compute-9-31.local   1, 17,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Note pair 1,17 is used twice. The original SLURM delivered map (no 
>>>>>>>>>>> binding) on this node is
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 15 @ compute-9-31.local  1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29, 
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 16 @ compute-9-31.local  1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 17 @ compute-9-31.local  1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 18 @ compute-9-31.local  1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29,
>>>>>>>>>>> rank 19 @ compute-9-31.local  1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Why does openmpi use cores (1,17) twice instead of using core 
>>>>>>>>>>> (13,29)? Clearly, the original SLURM-delivered map has 5 CPUs 
>>>>>>>>>>> included, enough for 5 MPI processes. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Marcin
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 7:12 AM, marcin.krotkiewski 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <marcin.krotkiew...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/03/2015 01:06 PM, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Marcin. Looking at this, I’m guessing that Slurm may be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> treating HTs as “cores” - i.e., as independent cpus. Any chance 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that is true?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not to the best of my knowledge, and at least not intentionally. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> SLURM starts as many processes as there are physical cores, not 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> threads. To verify this, consider this test case:
>>>>> 
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