Created
June 21, 2015 09:38
-
-
Save krischer/2c7b95beed642248487a to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Embarrassingly Parallel Code with MPI In Python
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
""" | |
Simple script illustrating how to perform embarrassingly parallel computations | |
in Python using MPI/mpi4py. I like this approach a lot as its very easy to get | |
right without having to deal with the complications arising from forked | |
processes which the multiprocessing module uses. | |
This script can be executed with or without `mpirun`; it will just run on one | |
core if not executed with it. With some more logic its also possible to make | |
MPI/mpi4py completely optional. | |
Run with (making sure MPI and mpi4py are installed): | |
$ mpirun -n X python embarrassingly_parallel.py | |
where X is the number of processes you want to run this on. | |
The MIT License (MIT) | |
Copyright (c) 2015 Lion Krischer | |
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all | |
copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR | |
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | |
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE | |
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER | |
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, | |
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE | |
SOFTWARE. | |
""" | |
from mpi4py import MPI | |
# Use default communicator. No need to complicate things. | |
COMM = MPI.COMM_WORLD | |
def split(container, count): | |
""" | |
Simple function splitting a container into equal length chunks. | |
Order is not preserved but this is potentially an advantage depending on | |
the use case. | |
""" | |
return [container[_i::count] for _i in range(count)] | |
# Collect whatever has to be done in a list. Here we'll just collect a list of | |
# numbers. Only the first rank has to do this. | |
if COMM.rank == 0: | |
jobs = list(range(100)) | |
# Split into however many cores are available. | |
jobs = split(jobs, COMM.size) | |
else: | |
jobs = None | |
# Scatter jobs across cores. | |
jobs = COMM.scatter(jobs, root=0) | |
# Now each rank just does its jobs and collects everything in a results list. | |
# Make sure to not use super big objects in there as they will be pickled to be | |
# exchanged over MPI. | |
results = [] | |
for job in jobs: | |
# Do something meaningful here... | |
results.append(job ** 2) | |
# Gather results on rank 0. | |
results = MPI.COMM_WORLD.gather(results, root=0) | |
if COMM.rank == 0: | |
# Flatten list of lists. | |
results = [_i for temp in results for _i in temp] | |
print("Results:", results) |
Thank you.
Where is split
from?
Where is
split
from?
it is just an arbitrary function defined by yourself, as in the top of the code.
When I try to run this on more than one node on a SLURM-scheduled cluster, I get the following error:
traceback (most recent call last):
File "embarassingly_parallel.py", line 26, in <module>
jobs = COMM.scatter(jobs, root=0)
File "mpi4py/MPI/Comm.pyx", line 1267, in mpi4py.MPI.Comm.scatter
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 731, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_scatter
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 737, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_scatter
mpi4py.MPI.Exception: Unknown error class, error stack:
PMPI_Scatterv(418)..............: MPI_Scatterv(sbuf=0x558e96af2f10, scnts=0x558e96ad8510, displs=0x558e96ad866c, MPI_BYTE, rbuf=0x7f192f315ef0, rcount=12, MPI_BYTE, root=0, comm=MPI_COMM_WORLD) failed
MPIR_Scatterv_impl(183).........:
MPIR_Scatterv_intra_auto(93)....:
MPIR_Scatterv_allcomm_linear(79):
MPIC_Isend(520).................:
MPIDI_EagerContigIsend(573).....: failure occurred while attempting to send an eager message
MPIDI_CH3_iSendv(34)............: Communic
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "embarassingly_parallel.py", line 37, in <module>
results = MPI.COMM_WORLD.gather(results, root=0)
File "mpi4py/MPI/Comm.pyx", line 1262, in mpi4py.MPI.Comm.gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 680, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 681, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
mpi4py.MPI.Exception: Unknown error class, error stack:
PMPI_Gather(424)................: MPI_Gather(sbuf=0x7ffde4e7df28, scount=1, MPI_INT, rbuf=(nil), rcount=1, MPI_INT, root=0, comm=MPI_COMM_WORLD) failed
MPIR_Gather_impl(214)...........:
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(108).....: Failure during collective
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(104).....:
MPIR_Gather_intra_binomial(238).:
MPIDI_CH3U_Recvq_FDU_or_AEP(629): Communication error with rank 29
MPIR_Gather_intra_binomial(238).:
MPIDI_CH3U_Recvq_FDU_or_AEP(629): Communication error wit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "embarassingly_parallel.py", line 37, in <module>
results = MPI.COMM_WORLD.gather(results, root=0)
File "mpi4py/MPI/Comm.pyx", line 1262, in mpi4py.MPI.Comm.gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 680, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 681, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
mpi4py.MPI.Exception: Unknown error class, error stack:
PMPI_Gather(424)...............: MPI_Gather(sbuf=0x7ffd32772e78, scount=1, MPI_INT, rbuf=(nil), rcount=1, MPI_INT, root=0, comm=MPI_COMM_WORLD) failed
MPIR_Gather_impl(214)..........:
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(108)....: Failure during collective
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(104)....:
MPIR_Gather_intra_binomial(334): Failure during collective
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "embarassingly_parallel.py", line 37, in <module>
results = MPI.COMM_WORLD.gather(results, root=0)
File "mpi4py/MPI/Comm.pyx", line 1262, in mpi4py.MPI.Comm.gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 680, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
File "mpi4py/MPI/msgpickle.pxi", line 681, in mpi4py.MPI.PyMPI_gather
mpi4py.MPI.Exception: Unknown error class, error stack:
PMPI_Gather(424)...............: MPI_Gather(sbuf=0x7ffe51d91738, scount=1, MPI_INT, rbuf=(nil), rcount=1, MPI_INT, root=0, comm=MPI_COMM_WORLD) failed
MPIR_Gather_impl(214)..........:
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(108)....: Failure during collective
MPIR_Gather_intra_auto(104)....:
MPIR_Gather_intra_binomial(334): Failure during collective
```
`
Any idea what this means?
Hard to tell. My best guess is that your mpi4py
links against an MPI that is not compatible with the one that is used to actually launch the job. That could explain why it works on a single node but not across nodes.
You were exactly right, thanks! For anyone also running into this problem, you need to re-install mpi4py and set the right mpicc path during installation.
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Very useful. Thanks!