Introduction
Debugging an MPI program can be a nightmare. I explain how easily you can debug a parallel MPI program with visual studio (VS) code.
Video
Superuser password
To get rid of Linux asking for Superuser password try below command
echo 0| sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
For more info, see here.
Settings
VS Code creates folder .vscode which contains settings files:
c_cpp_properties.json ↓
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Linux",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include"
],
"defines": [],
"compilerPath": "mpic++",
"cStandard": "gnu17",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}
launch.json ↓
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "g++ - Build and debug active file",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "attach",
"processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"MIMode": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "C/C++: g++ build active file",
"miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
}
]
}
tasks.json ↓
{
"tasks": [
{
"type": "shell",
"label": "C/C++: g++ build active file",
"command": "mpic++",
"args": [
"-g",
"${file}",
"-o",
"${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
],
"options": {
"cwd": "/usr/bin"
},
"problemMatcher": [
"$gcc"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
},
"detail": "Generated task by Debugger"
}
],
"version": "2.0.0"
}
Code
The content of hello.cpp is:
#include <mpi.h>
#include <unistd.h>
using namespace std;
int main(){
{
int i=0;
while (0 == i)
sleep(5);
}
MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
int rank,size;
MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
char data = 'A';
if (rank==0) {
data = 'B';
MPI_Send( &data , 1 , MPI_INT , 1 , 0 , MPI_COMM_WORLD);
}
else if (rank==1){
MPI_Recv( &data , 1 , MPI_INT , 0 , 0 , MPI_COMM_WORLD , MPI_STATUS_IGNORE);
}
return 0;
}
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Comments
1 comment
Simone
28-May-2023
What if instead of using C++ I use C?