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[Einstein Toolkit] #181: AEILocalInterp should not off-centre the interpolation stencil by default
by Einstein Toolkit 19 Nov '17

19 Nov '17

#181: AEILocalInterp should not off-centre the interpolation stencil by default ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: Keywords: AEILocalInterp | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- AEILocalInterp by default will off-centre the interpolation stencil if there are insufficient points to perform the interpolation. In a parallel setting, this could happen due to there being insufficient ghost points for the interpolator chosen. The off-centering leads to an interpolation error which is of the correct order but larger than for a centered stencil. More importantly, it leads to different results on different numbers of processes. This violates a basic design principle of Cactus, and the expectation of users, that changing the number of processors should not change the results of a simulation. I propose that instead of silently off-centering the stencil, AEILocalInterp should abort with an error indicating that there are insufficient ghost-zones. The interpolator options corresponding to this are: boundary_off_centering_tolerance={0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0} boundary_extrapolation_tolerance={0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/181> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #778: Compiling PittNullCode is slow
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#778: Compiling PittNullCode is slow -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: Keywords: | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Compiling PittNullCode is very slow on some systems (e.g. with gcc). I believe this is because files such as NullConstr_R00.F90 contain many whole-array operations that the compiler has to analyse. I suggest to rewrite these routines, using e.g. forall or do loops. If we want to keep the elegant, index-free notation, then I suggest to add an elemental subroutine for the actual calculations and calling it with whole arrays. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/778> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1181: Parameter file parsing error message is hidden
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#1181: Parameter file parsing error message is hidden ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: Keywords: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Parse errors in parameter files are hidden among other output, and are thus difficult to spot. This example shows this: {{{ cactus::cctk_itlast = 3 ; ActiveThorns = "HDF5" }}} The problem is that the error message is output among the activation messages. If the parameter file is long and the syntax error is in the beginning, then several hundred lines may be output after the error message, which makes it very difficult to spot it. The parsing errors should be output in the same way as other parameter errors, which are prefixed by WARNING etc. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1181> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #1100: Correct backtrace generation in Carpet
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#1100: Correct backtrace generation in Carpet ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: eschnett Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Carpet | Version: Keywords: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- The file backtrace.cc in CarpetLib does not #include <cctk.h>; hence all HAVE_BACKTRACE* macros are undefined, and only basic backtraces are generated. Correcting this is non-trivial, since the backtrace code is arcane, is written in C, probably expects glibc, contains (I'm fairly certain) memory allocation errors, and doesn't build e.g. on Mac OSX. The code also spends an inordinate amount of time allocating and freeing string buffers, which should be replaced by simply using C++ streams. The backtrace code also probably requires a few more autoconf tests, so that it can be disabled where it does not work. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1100> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #914: Don't use fork()
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#914: Don't use fork() -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: Keywords: | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- It seems that it is in many cases not safe to call fork() in MPI applications. This page <http://www.open-mpi.de/faq/?category=openfabrics #ofa-fork> has some information. The upshot seems to be: - In many (most) cases, one can call system() or popen() to execute external processes while waiting for them. - It is generally not safe to call fork() to execute a certain task in the background. However, it should be possible to use threads in this case. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/914> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #260: produce map of ET users
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#260: produce map of ET users -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: knarf | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: optional | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit website | Version: Keywords: | -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- It would be nice to produce an (autmatically generated) map of the locations of ET users -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/260> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #980: Remove support for the flesh-based MPI mechanism
by Einstein Toolkit 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

#980: Remove support for the flesh-based MPI mechanism -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Cactus | Version: Keywords: | -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- The flesh-based MPI mechanism has just been deprecated in favour of ExternalLibraries/MPI. Even though the latter is new, it is probably a good idea to completely disable the old mechanism since having any mixture of thorns/optionlists using the old and new mechanisms is completely untested and will likely lead to problems and confusion. It's better to give a useful fatal error message if someone still specifies "MPI = " in their optionlist than to have things break in other weird and wonderful ways. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/980> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #64: Refactory/redesign archiving
by Einstein Toolkit 29 Aug '17

29 Aug '17

#64: Refactory/redesign archiving ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Reporter: mthomas | Owner: mthomas Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: SimFactory | Version: Keywords: | ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Implement archiving using archive machines with an iomethod key. Provide another key like rsync-excludes for people to exclude files from being archived. Provide a lightweight archive-like method for copying a simulation from one machine to another machine. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/64> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #984: SimFactory should store the optionlist used when building in the simulation directory
by Einstein Toolkit 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

#984: SimFactory should store the optionlist used when building in the simulation directory ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Reporter: hinder | Owner: eschnett Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: SimFactory | Version: Keywords: | ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- SimFactory should store the optionlist used in the simulation directory -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/984> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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[Einstein Toolkit] #583: PITTNullCode lacks test case outputs
by Einstein Toolkit 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

#583: PITTNullCode lacks test case outputs -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: eschnett | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: Component: EinsteinToolkit thorn | Version: Keywords: | -----------------------------------+---------------------------------------- The PITTNullCode arrangement has several test parameter files without associated output. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/583> Einstein Toolkit <http://einsteintoolkit.org> The Einstein Toolkit

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