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#2551 (bug with nn_fwb=1 (mpp_delay_sum): global sum not updated) – NEMO

Opened 4 years ago

Closed 4 years ago

#2551 closed Bug (fixed)

bug with nn_fwb=1 (mpp_delay_sum): global sum not updated

Reported by: mathiot Owned by: systeam
Priority: low Milestone:
Component: LBC Version: trunk
Severity: minor Keywords: lib_mpp
Cc:

Description

Context

results of mpp_delay_sum are not updated between the first time step and the time step when restarts are written. This is similar to #2381. I suspect similar error in mpp_delay_max (not tested). The concern file is LBC/lib_mpp.F90.

Analysis

On UGA cluster, the MPI request handle value after call to mpi_iallreduce (ie, variable: ndelayid(idvar)) is not necessary a positive integer (test on my cluster always output negative integer for the handle), so mpp_delay_rcv is not call and so the value not updated.

Question: MPI3 (which allow non blocking mpi_allreduce) is 8 years old. Maybe the support to mpi2 is no more needed ?

Similar ticket: #2381 (nn_fwb=1 and key_mpi2)

Not tested, but I suspect it also affects NEMO4.

Fix

Suggestion for a fix:

  • 1: make sure than after initialisatoin (case when we start from a restart or without a restart), ndelayid(idvar) have MPI_REQUEST_NULL value if a mpi_wait is not needed.
  • 2: always call mpp_delay_rcv
  • 3: if ndelayid(idvar) .NE. MPI_REQUEST_NULL => wait the request to be completed
  • 4: compute todelay(kid)%z1d( : ) if needed (only for the sum)
  • 5: in case of mpi2, force correct value for ndelayid(idvar) because not defined by mpi_allreduce (MPI_REQUEST_NULL)
  • 6: apply similar change in mpp_delay_max where needed.

Test with mpi (not mpi2) shows a correct behavior:
mpp_delay_sum output at time steep k = glob_sum at time step k-1

Review of the analysis and suggested changes are needed because I am out of my comfort zone here.

--- lib_mpp.F90   (revision 13582)
+++ lib_mpp.F90   (working copy)
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@
          ELSE
             ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%y1d(isz))
             todelay(idvar)%y1d(:) = CMPLX(todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), 0., wp)   ! create %y1d, complex variable needed by mpi_sumdd
+            ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL                             ! initialised request to a valid value
          END IF
       ENDIF
       
@@ -517,10 +518,10 @@
          !                                       --------------------------
          ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%z1d(isz), todelay(idvar)%y1d(isz))   ! allocate also %z1d as used for the restart
          CALL mpi_allreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ierr )   ! get %y1d
-         todelay(idvar)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), wp)      ! define %z1d from %y1d
+         ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL
       ENDIF
 
-      IF( ndelayid(idvar) > 0 )   CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received
+      CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received
 
       ! send back pout from todelay(idvar)%z1d defined at previous call
       pout(:) = todelay(idvar)%z1d(:)
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@
 # if defined key_mpi2
       IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
       CALL  mpi_allreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ierr )
-      ndelayid(idvar) = 1
+      ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL
       IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
 # else
       CALL mpi_iallreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr )
@@ -597,9 +598,10 @@
          !                                       --------------------------
          ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%z1d(isz))
          CALL mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ierr )   ! get %z1d
+         ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL
       ENDIF
 
-      IF( ndelayid(idvar) > 0 )   CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received
+      CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received
 
       ! send back pout from todelay(idvar)%z1d defined at previous call
       pout(:) = todelay(idvar)%z1d(:)
@@ -607,7 +609,7 @@
       ! send p_in into todelay(idvar)%z1d with a non-blocking communication
 # if defined key_mpi2
       IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
-      CALL  mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr )
+      CALL  mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ierr )
       IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
 # else
       CALL mpi_iallreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr )
@@ -628,17 +630,15 @@
       !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
       INTEGER,INTENT(in   )      ::  kid 
       INTEGER ::   ierr
       !!----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #if defined key_mpp_mpi
-      IF( ndelayid(kid) /= -2 ) THEN  
-#if ! defined key_mpi2
+      IF( ndelayid(kid) .NE. MPI_REQUEST_NULL ) THEN             ! if could probably be removed as it seems mpi_wait can digest MPI_REQUEST_NULL as input (nothing is done, return immediately)
          IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
-         CALL mpi_wait( ndelayid(kid), MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, ierr )                        ! make sure todelay(kid) is received
-         IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
-#endif
-         IF( ASSOCIATED(todelay(kid)%y1d) )   todelay(kid)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(kid)%y1d(:), wp)  ! define %z1d from %y1d
-         ndelayid(kid) = -2   ! add flag to know that mpi_wait was already called on kid
+         CALL mpi_wait( ndelayid(kid), MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, ierr ) ! after this ndelayid(kid) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL
+         IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.)
       ENDIF
+      IF( ASSOCIATED(todelay(kid)%y1d) )   todelay(kid)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(kid)%y1d(:), wp)  ! define %z1d from %y1d
 #endif
    END SUBROUTINE mpp_delay_rcv

Commit History (2)

ChangesetAuthorTimeChangeLog
13636mathiot2020-10-19T16:15:38+02:00

fix ticket #2551 in trunk

13635mathiot2020-10-19T16:14:38+02:00

fix ticket #2551 in NEMO4

Change History (4)

comment:1 Changed 4 years ago by mathiot

wrong highlighting:

  • lib_mpp.F90

     
    510510         ELSE 
    511511            ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%y1d(isz)) 
    512512            todelay(idvar)%y1d(:) = CMPLX(todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), 0., wp)   ! create %y1d, complex variable needed by mpi_sumdd 
     513            ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL                             ! initialised request to a valid value 
    513514         END IF 
    514515      ENDIF 
    515516       
     
    517518         !                                       -------------------------- 
    518519         ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%z1d(isz), todelay(idvar)%y1d(isz))   ! allocate also %z1d as used for the restart 
    519520         CALL mpi_allreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ierr )   ! get %y1d 
    520          todelay(idvar)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), wp)      ! define %z1d from %y1d 
     521         ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL 
    521522      ENDIF 
    522523 
    523       IF( ndelayid(idvar) > 0 )   CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received 
     524      CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received 
    524525 
    525526      ! send back pout from todelay(idvar)%z1d defined at previous call 
    526527      pout(:) = todelay(idvar)%z1d(:) 
     
    529530# if defined key_mpi2 
    530531      IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    531532      CALL  mpi_allreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ierr ) 
    532       ndelayid(idvar) = 1 
     533      ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL 
    533534      IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    534535# else 
    535536      CALL mpi_iallreduce( y_in(:), todelay(idvar)%y1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_COMPLEX, mpi_sumdd, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr ) 
     
    597598         !                                       -------------------------- 
    598599         ALLOCATE(todelay(idvar)%z1d(isz)) 
    599600         CALL mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ierr )   ! get %z1d 
     601         ndelayid(idvar) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL 
    600602      ENDIF 
    601603 
    602       IF( ndelayid(idvar) > 0 )   CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received 
     604      CALL mpp_delay_rcv( idvar )         ! make sure %z1d is received 
    603605 
    604606      ! send back pout from todelay(idvar)%z1d defined at previous call 
    605607      pout(:) = todelay(idvar)%z1d(:) 
     
    607609      ! send p_in into todelay(idvar)%z1d with a non-blocking communication 
    608610# if defined key_mpi2 
    609611      IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    610       CALL  mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr ) 
     612      CALL  mpi_allreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ierr ) 
    611613      IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    612614# else 
    613615      CALL mpi_iallreduce( p_in(:), todelay(idvar)%z1d(:), isz, MPI_TYPE, mpi_max, ilocalcomm, ndelayid(idvar), ierr ) 
     
    628630      !!---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    629631      INTEGER,INTENT(in   )      ::  kid  
    630632      INTEGER ::   ierr 
     633      LOGICAL ::   lwait 
    631634      !!---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
    632635#if defined key_mpp_mpi 
    633       IF( ndelayid(kid) /= -2 ) THEN   
    634 #if ! defined key_mpi2 
     636      IF( ndelayid(kid) .NE. MPI_REQUEST_NULL ) THEN             ! if could probably be removed as it seems mpi_wait can digest MPI_REQUEST_NULL as input (nothing is done, return immediately) 
    635637         IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .TRUE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    636          CALL mpi_wait( ndelayid(kid), MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, ierr )                        ! make sure todelay(kid) is received 
    637          IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac(.FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    638 #endif 
    639          IF( ASSOCIATED(todelay(kid)%y1d) )   todelay(kid)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(kid)%y1d(:), wp)  ! define %z1d from %y1d 
    640          ndelayid(kid) = -2   ! add flag to know that mpi_wait was already called on kid 
     638         CALL mpi_wait( ndelayid(kid), MPI_STATUS_IGNORE, ierr ) ! after this ndelayid(kid) = MPI_REQUEST_NULL 
     639         IF( ln_timing ) CALL tic_tac( .FALSE., ld_global = .TRUE.) 
    641640      ENDIF 
     641      IF( ASSOCIATED(todelay(kid)%y1d) )   todelay(kid)%z1d(:) = REAL(todelay(kid)%y1d(:), wp)  ! define %z1d from %y1d 
    642642#endif 
    643643   END SUBROUTINE mpp_delay_rcv 

comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by mathiot

In 13635:

Error: Failed to load processor CommitTicketReference
No macro or processor named 'CommitTicketReference' found

comment:3 Changed 4 years ago by mathiot

In 13636:

Error: Failed to load processor CommitTicketReference
No macro or processor named 'CommitTicketReference' found

comment:4 Changed 4 years ago by mathiot

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

After discussion with Seb., we agreed on:

  • the suggested solution (the test on the request value has been removed and a comment has been added to explain why)
  • support of mpi2 should be removed but it is not the purpose of this ticket. So it is not done here. I will let the ST do it if needed.
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