[Difx-users] mpicorrdifx cannot be loaded correctly on more than a single node
Arash Roshanineshat
arash.roshanineshat at cfa.harvard.edu
Wed Jun 28 19:58:28 EDT 2017
Hi Adam
Thank you for your information.
I disabled each node by putting 0 in the third column of cluster
configuration file (C.txt) one by one and I doubled checked to see if
the disabled node is removed from "threads" and "machines" file.
However, the problem is still there with the same error message in both
cases.
Yes, the nodes in the cluster are connected to each other using 40G
cables and the master node that I want it to run difx is connected to my
workstation using a regular LAN (RJ-45) cable. So the master node has
two interfaces up.
Best Regards
Arash Roshanineshat
On 06/28/2017 07:42 PM, Adam Deller wrote:
> Hi Arash,
>
> I'm fairly sure this is an openmpi issue and not a DiFX issue, hence the
> number of threads should not be important - it is barfing well before
> the stage of trying to start processing threads. For some reason,
> openmpi thinks there are not enough CPUs available to bind processes on
> your first machine (although there should be, given that you're only
> allocating 5 processes to it and it has 20 cores). I know Lupin Liu
> posted a similar problem about 2 years ago, but when I Iook at that
> thread there was never a resolution - perhaps Lupin can comment? (You
> can search through the difx-users archive for "While computing
> bindings", and you'll see it).
>
> If you change C.txt to only have one machine enabled (first
> fringes-difx0, then fringes-difx1), does it work in both cases? Do you
> have any funny networking infrastructure like infiniband in parallel
> with ethernet? Sometimes mpi gets confused when multiple interfaces are
> present.
>
> If you can easily do so, I also suggest trying a different version of
> openmpi.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
> On 29 June 2017 at 09:21, Arash Roshanineshat <arashroshani92 at gmail.com
> <mailto:arashroshani92 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thank you Chris.
>
> I reduced the number of threads to 5 in the cluster configuration
> file (C.txt) and the same problem is still there.
>
> As per your request, I have attached the files to this email.
>
> "errormon2" does not report anything when I execute startdifx. I
> mean the output of errormon2 is blank.
>
> It might be useful to say that, executing "mpispeed", as it was
> suggested in an archived mail-list email, using the following
> command and the same configuration files, works correctly. It uses 6
> cpus in total in both cluster nodes and returns "done" outputs.
>
> $ mpirun -np 6 --hostfile
> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.machines
> /home/arash/difx/bin/mpispeed
>
> Regarding the large number of threads, If I have understood
> correctly from NRAO's difx tutorial, MPI should handle the
> threads(and hyperthreads) automatically. So I chose a large number
> to use whole system's resources and speed up the difx.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Arash Roshanineshat
>
>
>
> On 06/28/2017 07:03 PM, Chris.Phillips at csiro.au wrote:
>
> Hi Arash,
>
> Without the full setup, it is basically impossible to debug such
> problems. We would need to see the .input file and preferably
> the .v2d and .vex file also. Also the full output from DIFX for
> the entire run (use errormon or errormon2)
>
> Specifically how many antennas are being correlated? Maybe you
> just have too few DIFX processes.
>
> Given you are running all the DataStream processes in a single
> node, I would suggest you probably have too many threads running
> per core. I doubt that is the problem you are seeing though.
>
> Actually maybe it is - stardifx maybe is being clever (I don't
> use it) and not being willing to allocate more than 20 processes
> (ignore hyperthreads, they tend to be useless for DIFX). Try
> changing # threads to, say, 5.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
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> <mailto:difx-users-bounces at listmgr.nrao.edu>> on behalf of Arash
> Roshanineshat <arashroshani92 at gmail.com
> <mailto:arashroshani92 at gmail.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 7:34 AM
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> Cc: arash.roshanineshat at cfa.harvard.edu
> <mailto:arash.roshanineshat at cfa.harvard.edu>
> Subject: [Difx-users] mpicorrdifx cannot be loaded correctly on
> more than a single node
>
> Hi,
>
> I could install difx but it can only be run on a single node
> cluster.
>
> The *.machines and *.threads files are attached to this email.
>
> Openmpi is installed on all nodes and difx folder and data folder is
> shared among the clusters using NFS filesystem. Difx works perfectly
> with correct output on single machines.
>
> executing "startdifx -v -f e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.input" returns the
> following error:
>
> DIFX_MACHINES -> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/C.txt
> Found modules:
> Executing: mpirun -np 6 --hostfile
> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.machines
> --mca
> mpi_yield_when_idle 1 --mca rmaps seq runmpifxcorr.DiFX-2.5
> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.input
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> While computing bindings, we found no available cpus on
> the following node:
>
> Node: fringes-difx0
>
> Please check your allocation.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Elapsed time (s) = 0.50417590141
>
> and executing
>
> $ mpirun -np 6 --hostfile
> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.machines
> /home/arash/difx/bin/mpifxcorr
> /home/arash/Shared_Examples/Example2/e17d05-Sm-Sr_1000.input
>
> seems to be working but by observing the cpu usage, I see only 6
> cpus
> involving "5 in fringes-difx0 and 1 in fringes-difx1". I was
> expecting
> it to use the number of cpus equal to the number in "*.threads"
> file.
> How can I solve this issue?
>
> the specification of the cluster is Socket=2, Core per Socket=10 and
> Threads per core=2.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Arash Roshanineshat
>
>
>
>
>
>
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