VASP running problem : rtc_invalidate error

[prithwish]

Hi,
I am getting the following error durig VASP run :

"ibnx113
ibnx102
ibnx105
nx113.igcar.gov.in
/group2/valsa/prithwish/surface/Cr/pw91/spin/250/1v/20proc
running on 20 nodes
distr: one band on 2 nodes, 10 groups
vasp.5.2.2 15Apr09 complex
POSCAR found type information on POSCAR Cr Cr
POSCAR found : 2 types and 249 ions
LDA part: xc-table for Ceperly-Alder, standard interpolation
POSCAR, INCAR and KPOINTS ok, starting setup
WARNING: small aliasing (wrap around) errors must be expected
FFT: planning ...( 8 )
reading WAVECAR
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error 327680
nx105.igcar.gov.in:1481: dereg_pd Invalid argument
nx105.igcar.gov.in:1483: dereg_pd Invalid argument
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error 327680
rtc_invalidate error 327680
nx113.igcar.gov.in:1553: dereg_pd Invalid argument
nx113.igcar.gov.in:1551: rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
dereg_pd Invalid argument
rtc_invalidate error 327680
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error 327680
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
nx102.igcar.gov.in:6558: dereg_pd Invalid argument
nx102.igcar.gov.in:6563: rtc_invalidate error 327680
rtc_invalidate error 327680
nx102.igcar.gov.in:6562: dereg_pd Invalid argument
dereg_pd Invalid argument
nx102.igcar.gov.in:6556: rtc_invalidate error 327680
dereg_pd Invalid argument
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rtc_invalidate error -2147090432
rank 5 in job 1 nx113.igcar.gov.in_55228 caused collective abort of all ranks
exit status of rank 5: killed by signal 9"

Can anybody point to the problem ?

Prithwish

[Danny]

Has anyone found a solution to this bug?

I recently started having the same problem with VASP 5.2

Danny

[Danny]

Has anyone found a solution to this bug?

I recently started having the same problem with VASP 5.2

Danny

[forsdan]

I'm no expert at at this, but a quick look in the Intel forum gives

"The "rtc_invalidate error" error message usually appears when the application produces threads while the single threaded version of the Intel MPI Library used."

So I guess it might related to how you have linked the MKL libraries? Try to see if adding "export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1" (if you are using bash) to your submitscript helps. It will specify the maximum number of threads used. However, I don't know if it works or if it is a permanent solution.

Cheers,
/Dan

<span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Tue Oct 19 2010, 03:28PM ]</span>

[Danny]

Already tried that, doesn't work
The problem is that it also doesn't always occure...let's say since a month it starts occuring 30% of the time...And I know nothing changed on my part, however quite some changes were implemented on the supercomputer used.

thx
Danny

[forsdan]

But I assume you have recompiled vasp after the update of the supercomputer in order account for possible changes in environment variables, wrappers, and modules content? If you have done so, I think this then is a question for the sys admin at the supercomputer. Otherwise I would start by recompiling the code, preferably with the newest available stable compiler and math libraries.

Cheers,
/Dan


<span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Sun Oct 24 2010, 12:08PM ]</span>