Re: BLCR tests problem with MC

From: Igor Volovichev (salamanca_at_bk.ru)
Date: Thu Mar 12 2009 - 07:29:53 PDT

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    Dear Paul,
    
    I had the same 3 tests failed.
    Thank you very much for your prompt reply!
    Igor.
    
    > Igor,
    > 
    >   Thanks for reporting your "make check" failures before proceeding to use 
    > BLCR.  To answer your last question first: Yes, it should be safe to use BLCR 
    > with OpenMPI and Torque on your system.
    > 
    >   Before today I had not used MC.  However, when I tried it I was able to 
    > reproduce your problem on the first try, using a system that has not shown any 
    > BLCR test failures in the past.  So, to answer your first question: this 
    > *does* appear to be "normal" behavior, or at least this is not something 
    > specific to your environment.
    > 
    > Running inside MC I saw the following failures and no others:
    > 
    >> Detected 3 failures in ./cs_enter_leave.st:
    >> #ST_ALARM:60
    >> !!! Alarm clock expired
    >> !!! Missing final DONE
    >> !!! Test killed unexpectedly by signal 9
    >> FAIL: cs_enter_leave.st
    >> Detected 3 failures in ./cs_enter_leave2.st:
    >> #ST_ALARM:60
    >> !!! Alarm clock expired
    >> !!! Missing final DONE
    >> !!! Test killed unexpectedly by signal 9
    >> FAIL: cs_enter_leave2.st
    >> Detected 3 failures in ./cr_tryenter_cs.st:
    >> #ST_ALARM:60
    >> !!! Alarm clock expired
    >> !!! Missing final DONE
    >> !!! Test killed unexpectedly by signal 9
    >> FAIL: cr_tryenter_cs.st
    > 
    > These three tests are written very similarly and while I don't know the source 
    > of the problem yet, it is almost certainly the same cause for all three.  I 
    > hope to understand (and then resolve) the root cause, but for now you are safe 
    > ignoring this problem (as long as the tests all pass when run under bash).
    > 
    > Could you please confirm that you see only these three tests fail?
    > 
    > -Paul
    > 
    > Igor Volovichev wrote:
    >> I faced strange problem: when I do "make check" under Midnight Commander
    >> some test fail (e.g. sc_enter_leave*, etc.). Whereas from bash promt all test
    >> pass. Moreover, in MC redirecting stderr to a file (make check
    >> 2>/tmp/some_file) make test pass too. Is it normal behavior or there is
    >> something wrong with blcr in my environment? Is it safe to use blcr with
    >> OpenMPI and Torque? Thanks to all for an advice.
    > 
    > -- 
    > Paul H. Hargrove                          PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov
    > Future Technologies Group
    > HPC Research Department                   Tel: +1-510-495-2352
    > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory     Fax: +1-510-486-6900
    

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