[gmx-developers] thread_mpi for Power7 on Linux PPC64

[Sander Pronk]

It seems not to like the 'inline' statement, and then choke on the entire function declaration. With an optimizing compiler, that may not make a difference, so for now I'd suggest removing it.

Sander


On May 28, 2010, at 16:15 , Brad Lambeth wrote:

> That compiler flag didn't work, I think the compiler actually defaults
> to -qasm=gcc now.  The OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 with the
> 2.6.32 kernel.  The compiler versions are 11.1 for xlc and 13.1 for
> xlf.  It appears to be something syntax related in
> include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h, but I can't figure out how to fix
> it.  I can provide any other information you need, including the full
> config.log.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Sander Pronk <pronk at cbr.su.se> wrote:
>> I fixed that part of the library to work on ppc/power with xlc a while ago; what OS is this? Unfortunately, I don't have access to a Power/ppc machine right now, so unfortunately I can't reproduce it.
>> One thing you might want to try is adding the compiler flag '-qasm=gcc'. Please let me know if that works.
>> 
>> Sander
>> 
>> 
>> On May 28, 2010, at 15:17 , Brad Lambeth wrote:
>> 
>>> When configuring the git master branch on our Power7 system, the
>>> configure script warns that our cpu+compiler combination does not
>>> support atomics and suggests disabling threads in favor of MPI.
>>> include/thread_mpi.h seems to suggest that our cpu+compiler
>>> combination should be supported (xlc on PPC64).  The relevant portion
>>> of config.log is included below.
>>> 
>>> Brad Lambeth
>>> 
>>> 
>>> configure:7476: checking if atomic operations are supported
>>> configure:7487: cc_r  -c -q64 -O3 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7  -I./include
>>> -I./include -DTMPI_CHECK_ATOMICS -I/users/bpl1/local/include
>>> conftest.c >&5
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 85.1: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 83.8: 1506-485 (S)
>>> Parameter declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 112.33: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier i.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 112.43: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier a.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 121.1: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 118.8: 1506-485 (S)
>>> Parameter declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 165.49: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier a.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 174.1: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 173.8: 1506-485 (S)
>>> Parameter declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 195.33: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier x.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 200.1: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 202.23: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 203.30: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 199.8: 1506-485 (S)
>>> Parameter declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 221.5: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier x.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 226.1: 1506-277 (S)
>>> Syntax error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 225.8: 1506-485 (S)
>>> Parameter declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic/xlc_ppc.h", line 238.25: 1506-045 (S)
>>> Undeclared identifier x.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic.h", line 619.1: 1506-277 (S) Syntax
>>> error: possible missing ';' or ','?
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic.h", line 618.8: 1506-485 (S) Parameter
>>> declaration list is incompatible with declarator for inline.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic.h", line 623.22: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared
>>> identifier a.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic.h", line 623.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared
>>> identifier oldval.
>>> "./include/thread_mpi/atomic.h", line 624.7: 1506-046 (S) Syntax error.
>>> configure:7493: $? = 1
>>> configure: failed program was:
>>> | #include "thread_mpi/atomic.h"
>>> configure:7522: WARNING: No atomics.
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