Re: Error while using cr_checkpoint on ARM

PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov

Manish,

  I am sorry to hear that you are having problems.  From the information 
you provide below, it is hard to say what the problem is, other than to 
guess that your ARM system is low on memory.
  I am aware of a kernel-side memory leak in blcr-0.7.2, which should be 
fixed in the 0.7.3 release expected later this week or early next week.  
So, I'd like to know if the failure you describe happens on the very 
first use of cr_checkpoint, or does it happen after BLCR has been used 
several times (for instance by running "make check")?  If it works for a 
while and then begins to fail, I'd suspect the known memory leak and 
suggest that you wait for blcr-0.7.3.
  If you are seeing failure on the very first attempt to use blcr, then 
I suggest that you rebuild blcr with debugging enabled and send me the 
information dumped to the system logs (run dmesg or see 
/var/log/messages to find the logs).  To do this, you'll need to start 
at the beginning of the configure/make/install process and pass the 
"--enable-debug" option to configure, and then proceed with the rest of 
the build/install process.  Be sure to "make insmod" (or manually rmmod 
the old modules and insmod/modprobe the new ones); otherwise the kernel 
modules from your previous (non-debug) build may still be running.  With 
the new kernel modules loaded, you should retry your failing command and 
then look for messages with "blcr: " in them in the system logs.

  I also should tell you that there is an ARM-specific mailing list 
(very low volume) for BLCR that may help you reach other ARM users.  You 
can find list info and subscribe (required to post) at 
https://hpcrdm.lbl.gov/mailman/listinfo/blcr-arm

-Paul

Manish Dwivedi wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to use BLCR for ARM. But when I am trying to use 
> cr_checkpoint with a hello.c program it is giving me an error as below:
>
> cr_checkpoint --term <pid> (command run)
> Checkpoint failed: Cannot allocate memory
>
> I have compiled hello.c in the same kernel as mentioned in the release 
> notes, I am using blcr-0.7.2.tar.gz for this.
>
> Could anyone help me out resolving this issue so that I can test it. 
> It works fine for me on a X86 machine.
>
> Regards,
> Manish

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