[mpich-discuss] regarding parallel proramming error

Wesley Bland wbland at mcs.anl.gov
Fri Aug 23 07:56:56 CDT 2013


You code looks pretty much fine to me. The only issue I see is that you
should pass argc and argv to MPI_Init, not NULL. That probably isn't
causing the issue though.

Which version of MPICH are you using (mpicc -v)?


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:35 AM, urmila pol <urmilec at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear sir,
>
>      I have attached all the files and my errors into errorfile please
> guide me what happen
> in that case. program is not working for multiple host.
> my host file is mfile. code is hello2.c
> waitibg for ur reply.
>
> On 8/22/13, Wesley Bland <wbland at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > Edit:
> >
> > Can you attach you machine file and the *smallest amount of code that
> will
> > reproduce the error*. It's tough to dig through huge amounts of someone
> > else's code to find the error and while you're trying to reduce the
> amount
> > of code, you often find the issue.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wesley
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Mahesh Doijade
> > <maheshdoijade at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Can you attached your machinefile, your code and detailed error output.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:11 PM, urmila pol <urmilec at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear sir,
> >>>
> >>> I was given following command it will give floating point error .
> >>> #mpirun -f mfile -np 2  hello4
> >>> Floating point exception
> >>>
> >>> if I give following it will execute for single node
> >>>
> >>> [root at masternode ~]# mpirun -np 2 hello4
> >>> Hello world from processor masternode.csd.com, rank 0 out of 2
> >>> processors
> >>> Hello world from processor masternode.csd.com, rank 1 out of 2
> >>> processors
> >>> [root at masternode ~]#
> >>>
> >>> Please guide me for above error .waiting for ur reply.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 8/20/13, urmila pol <urmilec at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > I do everything now i have one error flaoting point exception i am
> >>> > running my program now
> >>> > waiting for ur reply
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > With regards,
> >>> >
> >>> > Dr.Urmila R. Pol
> >>> > Assistant Professor,
> >>> > Department of computer Science,
> >>> > Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Mahesh Doijade
> >>> > <maheshdoijade at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> >>
> >>> >>      The issue seems to be that you have probably not created a
> >>> >> machinefile which consists of node name to number of processes
> >>> >> mapping
> >>> >> and
> >>> >> this file should be present in the same dir. of the other nodes on
> >>> which
> >>> >> you are launching other MPI processes, this is required in case you
> >>> want
> >>> >> to
> >>> >> run the MPI program across the two or more nodes, you can find more
> >>> >> details
> >>> >> of the format in which this information has to be in the machinefile
> >>> and
> >>> >> the other requisite steps need for running your MPI program across
> >>> >> multiple
> >>> >> nodes from this link
> >>> >>
> http://wiki.mpich.org/mpich/index.php/Using_the_Hydra_Process_Manager
> >>> >>        Also, in order to launch the processes across multiple nodes
> >>> >> you
> >>> >> need to do ssh passwordless login among those nodes, in case you are
> >>> >> using
> >>> >> ssh as the connection mechanism, you can find more details about the
> >>> >> procedure for ssh passwordless login over here
> >>> >> http://www.techlitic.com/ssh-passwordless-login.html
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Regards,
> >>> >> Mahesh Doijade,
> >>> >> http://www.techdarting.com/
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Pavan Balaji <balaji at mcs.anl.gov>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I'm pasting the error inline, for others' information.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> FYI, the error is "unable to open host file: machinefile".
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> ----8<----
> >>> >>> mpirun -f machinefile -n 2 /home/urp/mpich-install/hello
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] HYDU_parse_hostfile
> >>> >>> (./utils/args/args.c:323): unable to open host file: machinefile
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] mfile_fn (./ui/mpich/utils.c:341):
> >>> >>> error
> >>> >>> parsing hostfile
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] match_arg (./utils/args/args.c:153):
> >>> match
> >>> >>> handler returned error
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] HYDU_parse_array
> >>> (./utils/args/args.c:175):
> >>> >>> argument matching returned error
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] parse_args (./ui/mpich/utils.c:1609):
> >>> error
> >>> >>> parsing input array
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] HYD_uii_mpx_get_parameters
> >>> >>> (./ui/mpich/utils.c:1660): unable to parse user arguments
> >>> >>> [mpiexec at masternode.csd.com] main (./ui/mpich/mpiexec.c:153):
> error
> >>> >>> parsing parameters
> >>> >>> [root at masternode ~]#
> >>> >>> ----8<----
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On 08/19/2013 01:27 AM, urmila pol wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>> Dear sir,
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I have attaching the screenshots of my errors please guide me
> >>> .waiting
> >>> >>>> for reply.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> With regards,
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Dr.Urmila R. Pol
> >>> >>>> Assistant Professor,
> >>> >>>> Department of computer Science,
> >>> >>>> Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>> --
> >>> >>> Pavan Balaji
> >>> >>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji
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> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> With regards,
> >>>
> >>> Dr.Urmila R. Pol
> >>> Assistant Professor,
> >>> Department of computer Science,
> >>> Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> -- Mahesh Doijade
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> --
> With regards,
>
> Dr.Urmila R. Pol
> Assistant Professor,
> Department of computer Science,
> Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
>
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