[hdf-forum] Parallel hdf5 problem in 1.8.0 through 1.8.2

[Robert Latham]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 06:13:24PM +0000, Ricardo Fonseca wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I'm having problems with parallel hdf5, specifically writing data by  
> chunk using collective write. Simply compiling and running the example:
>
> http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/Tutor/examples/parallel/Hyperslab_by_chunk.c
>
> fails with an MPI error:
>
> Fatal error in MPI_Type_free: Invalid datatype, error stack:
> MPI_Type_free(145): MPI_Type_free(datatype_p=0x520c20) failed
> MPI_Type_free(96).: Cannot free permanent data type [cli_2]: aborting  
> job:
>
> I'm using mpich2-1.0.8 under OS X 10.5.5 on a single computer. (the same 
> error occurs with openmpi-1.3)

Hi Ricardo.  I ran this on BlueGene, which is roughly based on 1.0.8,
compiled against HDF5-1.8.2 and did not get this error.   I hope other
OS X users can report their experiences.

==rob

-- 
Rob Latham
Mathematics and Computer Science Division    A215 0178 EA2D B059 8CDF
Argonne National Lab, IL USA                 B29D F333 664A 4280 315B

----------------------------------------------------------------------
This mailing list is for HDF software users discussion.
To subscribe to this list, send a message to hdf-forum-subscribe at hdfgroup.org.
To unsubscribe, send a message to hdf-forum-unsubscribe at hdfgroup.org.