[mpich-discuss] MPICH 3.2.1 build error with icc+ifort: undefined reference to `_Static_assert'

[Jeff Hammond]

You can also just #define HAVE_C11__STATIC_ASSERT 0 in the aforementioned
header file to override the bad preprocessor test.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Why don't you just use a newer ICC?  September 28, 2012 was a long time
> ago...
>
> Jeff
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Gus Correa <gus at ldeo.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jeff and Min!
>>
>> Would you know if MPICH 3.2 has the same issue?
>> I would rather use an older version instead, as long as it builds.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Gus Correa
>>
>> On 06/13/2018 06:34 PM, Min Si wrote:
>>
>>> I was just creating the issue on MPICH github when Jeff replied.
>>>
>>> Please use this issue to keep track:
>>> https://github.com/pmodels/mpich/issues/3178
>>>
>>> Min
>>> On 2018/06/13 15:19, Jeff Hammond wrote:
>>>
>>>> _Static_assert comes from C11.
>>>>
>>>> src/include/mpir_assert.h does a direct test for C11 support based upon
>>>> the GCC version, which is unsafe since ICC (and other non-GCC compilers)
>>>> define these macros.
>>>>
>>>> /* GCC 4.6 added support for _Static_assert:
>>>>  * http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.6/changes.html */
>>>> #if (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6)) &&
>>>> !defined __cplusplus
>>>> #define HAVE_C11__STATIC_ASSERT 1
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>> MPICH needs to test for _Static_assert properly using configure.  You
>>>> should file a GitHub issue to track this.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Gus Correa <gus at ldeo.columbia.edu
>>>> <mailto:gus at ldeo.columbia.edu>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Hi MPICH experts
>>>>
>>>>     I am trying to build MPICH 3.2.1 with Intel
>>>>     compilers (icc, ifort).
>>>>     C++ is disabled.
>>>>
>>>>     The configuration step goes well,
>>>>     but make fails,
>>>>     after a lot of stuff is compiled,
>>>>     with the error below (undefined reference to `_Static_assert').
>>>>
>>>>     FYI, the OS is Linux Fedora Core 26:
>>>>
>>>>     Linux 4.15.17-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Apr 12 18:28:26 UTC 2018
>>>>     x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>>     The Intel compiler version is 12.1.6:
>>>>     ifort (IFORT) 12.1.6 20120928
>>>>     icc (ICC) 12.1.6 20120928
>>>>
>>>>     The Intel compiler environment is set the standard way
>>>>     recommended by Intel:
>>>>
>>>>     source /path/to/intel/bin/compilervars.sh intel64
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Any help is appreciated.
>>>>     Gus Correa
>>>>
>>>>     ****** make errror message *************************************
>>>>     make[2]: Entering directory
>>>>     '/home/sw/mpich/inst/3.2.1/mpich-3.2.1/build_intel-2011.13.367'
>>>>       CCLD     src/env/mpivars
>>>>     lib/.libs/libmpi.a(lib_libmpi_la-ch3_progress.o): In function
>>>>     `MPIDI_CH3I_Shm_send_progress':
>>>>     ../src/mpid/ch3/channels/nemesis/src/ch3_progress.c:(.text+0x1ea2):
>>>> undefined
>>>>     reference to `_Static_assert'
>>>>     lib/.libs/libmpi.a(lib_libmpi_la-ch3i_eagernoncontig.o): In
>>>>     function `MPIDI_CH3I_SendNoncontig':
>>>>     ../src/mpid/ch3/channels/nemesis/src/ch3i_eagernoncontig.c:(
>>>> .text+0x1d3):
>>>>     undefined reference to `_Static_assert'
>>>>     make[2]: *** [Makefile:19701: src/env/mpivars] Error 1
>>>>     make[2]: Leaving directory
>>>>     '/home/sw/mpich/inst/3.2.1/mpich-3.2.1/build_intel-2011.13.367'
>>>>     make[1]: *** [Makefile:38608: all-recursive] Error 1
>>>>     make[1]: Leaving directory
>>>>     '/home/sw/mpich/inst/3.2.1/mpich-3.2.1/build_intel-2011.13.367'
>>>>     make: *** [Makefile:10337: all] Error 2
>>>>     *******************************************************************
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