On top of XPMEM, try to also force btl/vader with
mpirun --mca pml ob1 --mca btl vader,self, ...

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 8:37 AM Nathan Hjelm via users
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> I would run the v4.x series and install xpmem if you can 
> (http://github.com/hjelmn/xpmem). You will need to build with 
> —with-xpmem=/path/to/xpmem to use xpmem otherwise vader will default to using 
> CMA. This will provide the best possible performance.
>
> -Nathan
>
> On Mar 4, 2021, at 5:55 AM, Raut, S Biplab via users 
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> It is a single node execution, so it should be using shared memory (vader).
>
> With Regards,
> S. Biplab Raut
>
> From: Heinz, Michael William <michael.william.he...@cornelisnetworks.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:17 PM
> To: Open MPI Users <users@lists.open-mpi.org>
> Cc: Raut, S Biplab <biplab.r...@amd.com>
> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Stable and performant openMPI version for 
> Ubuntu20.04 ?
>
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> What interconnect are you using at run time? That is, are you using Ethernet 
> or InfiniBand or Omnipath?
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Mar 4, 2021, at 5:05 AM, Raut, S Biplab via users 
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> After downloading a particular openMPI version, let’s say v3.1.1 from 
> https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v3.1/openmpi-3.1.1.tar.gz , I 
> follow the below steps.
> ./configure --prefix="$INSTALL_DIR" --enable-mpi-fortran --enable-mpi-cxx 
> --enable-shared=yes --enable-static=yes --enable-mpi1-compatibility
>               make -j
>               make install
>               export PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/bin:$PATH
>               export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$INSTALL_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> Additionally, I also install libnuma-dev on the machine.
>
> For all the machines having Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04, it works correctly and 
> results in expected performance/GFLOPS.
> But, when OS is changed to Ubuntu 20.04, then I start getting the issues as 
> mentioned in my original/previous mail below.
>
> With Regards,
> S. Biplab Raut
>
> From: users <users-boun...@lists.open-mpi.org> On Behalf Of John Hearns via 
> users
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:53 PM
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> Cc: John Hearns <hear...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] Stable and performant openMPI version for 
> Ubuntu20.04 ?
>
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> How are you installing the OpenMPI versions? Are you using packages which are 
> distributed by the OS?
>
> It might be worth looking at using Easybuid or Spack
> https://docs.easybuild.io/en/latest/Introduction.html
> https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 07:35, Raut, S Biplab via users 
> <users@lists.open-mpi.org> wrote:
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> [AMD Official Use Only - Internal Distribution Only]
>
> Dear Experts,
>                         Until recently, I was using openMPI3.1.1 to run 
> single node 128 ranks MPI application on Ubuntu18.04 and Ubuntu19.04.
> But, now the OS on these machines are upgraded to Ubuntu20.04, and I have 
> been observing program hangs with openMPI3.1.1 version.
> So, I tried with openMPI4.0.5 version – The program ran properly without any 
> issues but there is a performance regression in my application.
>
> Can I know the stable openMPI version recommended for Ubuntu20.04 that has no 
> known regression compared to v3.1.1.
>
> With Regards,
> S. Biplab Raut
>
>

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