Subject: Re: [MTT users] [MTT bugs] [MTT] #212: Generic network locking server *REVIEW NEEDED*
From: Ethan Mallove (Ethan.Mallove_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-11 12:09:13
This apparently got lost in the shuffle a few months ago. The fix
allows one to kick off all of their MPI Installs and Test Builds in
parallel. Give it a try when you have a chance.
-Ethan
> On Sat, Nov/07/2009 04:15:42PM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> >
> >> I'm running multiple MTT clients out of the same scratch directory
> >> using SGE. I'm running into race conditions between the multiple
> >> clients, where one client is overwriting another's data in the .dump
> >> files - which is a Very Bad Thing(tm). I'm running the
> >> client/mtt-lock-server, and I've added the corresponding [Lock]
> >> section in my INI file. Will my MTT clients now not interfere with
> >> each other's .dump files? I'm skeptical of this because I don't see,
> >> e.g., Lock() calls in SaveRuns(). How do I make my .dump files safe?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Err... perhaps this part wasn't tested well...?
> >
> > I'm afraid it's been forever since I've looked at this code and I'm gearing
> > up to leave for the Forum on Tuesday and then staying on for SC09, so it's
> > quite likely that you'll be able to look at this in more detail before I
> > will. Sorry to pass the buck; just trying to be realistic... :-(
>
> After some digging, I discover that MTT is not designed to execute
> multiple INI sections out of a single scratch directory in parallel.
> There's a ticket for this:
>
> https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/mtt/ticket/167
>
> The way around this limitation is to have MTT split up the .dump files
> by INI section so that two MTT client running simultaneously never
> conflict with each other. (This change did not need to be made for the
> Test run .dump files, as MTT already splits them up.) I have attached
> a patch, which makes a simple wrapper script for #167 possible. The
> changes should not disrupt normal (non-parallel) execution. Anyone
> care to give it a try?
>
> -Ethan
>
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Squyres
> > jsquyres_at_[hidden]
> >
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