Intel® MPI Library

Developer Guide for Linux* OS

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Developer Guide for Linux* OS
Developer Guide for Linux* OS x
Introduction Installation and Prerequisites Compiling and Linking Running Applications Debugging Applications Analysis and Tuning Troubleshooting Additional Supported Features Examples Notices and Disclaimers
Introduction x
Introducing Intel® MPI Library Conventions and Symbols Related Information
Installation and Prerequisites x
Installation Prerequisite Steps
Compiling and Linking x
Compiling an MPI Program Compilers Support ILP64 Support
Running Applications x
Running Intel® MPI Library in Containers Selecting a Library Configuration Running an MPI Program Running an MPI/OpenMP* Program MPMD Launch Mode Fabrics Control Job Schedulers Support Controlling Process Placement Java* MPI Applications Support
Running Intel® MPI Library in Containers x
Build a Singularity* Container for an MPI Application Run the Application with a Container
Fabrics Control x
Selecting Fabrics Libfabric* Support OFI* Providers Support
Debugging Applications x
Debugging Using -gtool for Debugging
Analysis and Tuning x
Displaying MPI Debug Information Tracing Applications Interoperability with Other Tools Through -gtool MPI Tuning
Troubleshooting x
Error Message: Bad Termination Error Message: No such file or Directory Error Message: Permission Denied Error Message: Fatal Error Error Message: Bad File Descriptor Error Message: Too Many Open Files Problem: High Memory Consumption Readings Problem: MPI Application Hangs Problem: Password Required Problem: Cannot Execute Binary File Problem: MPI limitation for Docker*
Additional Supported Features x
Asynchronous Progress Control Device-Initiated Communications Notified One-Sided Communications Multiple Endpoints Support
Multiple Endpoints Support x
MPI_THREAD_SPLIT Programming Model Threading Runtimes Support Program Examples Code Change Guide
Examples x
async_progress_sample.c thread_split.cpp thread_split_omp_for.c thread_split_omp_task.c thread_split_pthreads.c
Developer Guide for Linux* OS

Compilers Support

Intel® MPI Library supports the GCC* and Intel® compilers out of the box. It uses binding libraries to provide support for different glibc versions and different compilers. These libraries provide C++, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, and Fortran 2008 interfaces.

The following binding libraries are used for GCC* and Intel® compilers:

  • libmpicxx.{a|so} — for g++ version 3.4 or higher

  • libmpifort.{a|so} — for g77/gfortran interface for GCC and Intel® compilers

Your application gets linked against the correct GCC* and Intel® compilers binding libraries, if you use one of the following compiler wrappers: mpicc, mpicxx, mpifc, mpif77, mpif90, mpigcc, mpigxx, mpiicc, mpiicpc, or mpiifort.

For other compilers, PGI* and Absoft* in particular, there is a binding kit that allows you to add support for a certain compiler to the Intel® MPI Library. This binding kit provides all the necessary source files, convenience scripts, and instructions you need, and is located in the <install_dir>/opt/mpi/binding directory.

To add support for the PGI* C, PGI* Fortran 77, Absoft* Fortran 77 compilers, you need to manually create the appropriate wrapper script (see instructions in the binding kit Readme). When using these compilers, keep in mind the following limitations:

  • Your PGI* compiled source files must not transfer long double entities

  • Your Absoft* based build procedure must use the -g77, -B108 compiler options

To add support for the PGI* C++, PGI* Fortran 95, Absoft* Fortran 95, and GNU* Fortran 95 (4.0 and newer) compilers, you need to build extra binding libraries. Refer to the binding kit Readme for detailed instructions.

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