Ok, thank you for your answer. I think this rankfile feature is very
interesting to run some jobs like MPMD jobs or hybrid jobs
(multithreaded or GPU for examples).
Regards,
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Terry Dontje <terry.dontje_at_[hidden]> a écrit :
> NGUYEN Laurent wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to understand the difference between theses two options:
>>
>> " --mca mpi_paffinity_alone 1 "
>> and
>> " --bind-to-core "
>>
>> To me, it's the same thing (may be paffinity have maffinity in
>> addition) but the purpose af theses options is to bind MPI process
>> to processors. Which is the best to obtain performances?
>>
> They are essentially the same thing. The history is that
> mpi_paffinity_alone came first. Then a group of us decided that we
> wanted to be able to do more than just core binding (like
> bind-to-socket and eventually others) so we decided a more
> descriptive name made sense. I would suggest sticking with
> --bind-to-core just so thinks look clear in your mpirun command.
> That and the possibility that one day mpi_paffinity_alone is
> deprecated.
>> I have another question about processes bindings: I use rankfiles
>> to have a precise binding of my process on processor or socket (it
>> useful for hybrid computing like pthread or OpenMP). I read you
>> don't want to maintain this feature: how can I substitute it?
> IMO, I say we do support it and will until we find a suitable
> replacement (there is a proposal that Jeff and I have bounced around
> to each other intermittently but have not brought it to the
> community). There have been discussion about lack of testing of
> rankfiles and other binding related items making it hard for some to
> feel comfortable about putting code back that may have side negative
> side affects. But I don't equate that to mean we will not support
> or take bug reports on the rankfile feature.
>
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