Subject: Re: [MTT users] Patch to add --local-scratch option
From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-18 09:10:38
Patch looks good. Please also update the CHANGES file (this file
reflects bullets for things that have happened since the core testers
branch).
On Sep 15, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Tim Mattox wrote:
> Hello,
> Attached is a patchfile for the mtt trunk that adds a
> --local-scratch <dir_name>
> option to client/mtt. You can also specify something like
> this in your [MTT] ini section:
> local_scratch = &shell("echo /tmp/`whoami`_mtt")
>
> This local-scratch directory is then used for part of the --mpi-
> install
> phase to speed up your run. Specifically, the source-code of the
> MPI is untarred there, configure is run, make all, and make check.
> Then, when make install is invoked the MPI is installed into the
> usual place as if you hadn't used --local-scratch. If you don't
> use --local-scratch, then the builds occur in the usual place that
> they have before.
>
> For the clusters at IU that seem to have slow NSF home directories,
> this cuts the --mpi-install phase time in half.
>
> The downside is that if the MPI build fails, your build directory is
> out
> on some compile-node's /tmp and is harder to go debug. But, since
> mpi build failures are now rare, this should make for quicker
> turnaround
> for the general case.
>
> I think I adjusted the code properly for the vpath build case, but
> I've
> never used that so haven't tested it. Also, I adjusted the free
> disk space
> check code. Right now it only checks the free space on --scratch,
> and won't detect if --local-scratch is full. If people really care, I
> could make it check both later. But for now, if your /tmp is full
> you probably have other problems to worry about.
>
> Comments? Can you try it out, and if I get no objections, I'd like
> to put this into the MTT trunk this week.
> --
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