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Refs #485

Background

My distributed MPICH/Hydra checkpoint/restart tests with MANA v1.5.0 require adding PMI_FD to the existing early-return condition in DMTCP’s SocketConnList::scanForPreExisting().

The reference stack used for those tests was:

  • MANA v1.5.0: c5aeb26f77c29de7ceb6b20889246564c19a774d;
  • bundled DMTCP: 97ab11e406977a2564f8da59c9d8a3e36bd5f505;
  • MPICH 4.3.2 with CH3/Nemesis and Hydra.

What changes

Following the review, this revision replaces the separate patch file and application helper with a direct source correction.

The DMTCP submodule now references commit de1b0e5, based directly on the previously bundled revision. Its only source change is:

if ((getenv("SLURM_JOBID")) ||
    (getenv("SLURM_JOB_ID")) ||
    (getenv("HYDI_CONTROL_FD")) ||
    (getenv("PMI_FD"))) {
  return;
}

This skips the pre-existing socket scan for processes with PMI_FD set. It does not selectively exclude only the descriptor identified by that variable.

The previous files under contrib/dmtcp-patches/ have been removed. No manual patch application is required when building this revision.

Validation

The following checks passed:

  • the DMTCP commit changes only src/plugin/ipc/socket/socketconnlist.cpp, with two insertions and one deletion;
  • source whitespace validation;
  • DMTCP configuration and compilation with the correction;
  • a fresh recursive clone of the MANA PR branch, which successfully retrieved the modified DMTCP commit.

Integration for review

The submodule URL temporarily points to my public DMTCP fork so reviewers and CI can retrieve the source commit through a normal checkout.

Once the small correction is available in the official DMTCP repository, the official submodule URL can be restored and the commit reference adjusted if necessary.

As discussed in the review, the broader solution for protecting descriptors created by plugins or before DMTCP initialization remains separate work.

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  • Chores
    • Updated the DMTCP component source and referenced revision.

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The DMTCP submodule URL changed to https://github.com/alan-lira/dmtcp. Its commit pointer changed from 97ab11e406977a2564f8da59c9d8a3e36bd5f505 to de1b0e52a5ee9b2f61d2864686f3be4b4dbca950.

Changes: DMTCP submodule update

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update DMTCP submodule reference
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The configured repository URL now points to https://github.com/alan-lira/dmtcp. The submodule commit pointer changed to de1b0e52a5ee9b2f61d2864686f3be4b4dbca950.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: xuyao00

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7c6e4

The updated DMTCP pin supplies the requested PMI_FD fix, and the removed patch helper no longer poses a merge risk.

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Hi @alan-lira , Sorry that we didn't reply to your PRs earlier. We are still in the middle of doing a new MANA release which fixes some minor bugs, but also does some refactoring and enhancements. The runtime overhead of using MANA will become almost zero (less than 1%) after this. We are also creating a new version of the unit tests.
We are interested in your enhancements of the MANA scripts, and an enhancement for using Hydra. But we'd like to propose waiting until the new MANA release first, in the interests of stability. After that, we'd like to come back to your PRs.

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Hi @alan-lira, And we're now doing the 1.5.0 release. Would you be interested in converting your draft PR into something that we can review? Then we can review all of your PRs.

In the next week or two we will then do a major release (2.0) that also supports CUDA-aware MPI.

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Dear @gc00, thank you for your reply and interest. I’ll prepare the draft PR for review over the next few days and let you know once it is ready.

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Hi @alan-lira. We are cleaning up PRs before some bigger changes. What's the progress of these draft PRs?

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alan-lira force-pushed the draft/mana-hydra-pmi-fd branch from 7c32186 to 9beb661 Compare October 21, 2026 19:22
@alan-lira alan-lira changed the title Draft: expose required Hydra PMI_FD handling for MANA checkpoint/restart Handle Hydra PMI_FD in bundled DMTCP Oct 21, 2026
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alan-lira marked this pull request as ready for review October 21, 2026 19:44

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- Line 14: Move whitespace validation into the preflight step by using git apply
--whitespace=error --check on the patch before it is applied, and remove the
post-application git -C "$dmtcp_root" diff --check check so unrelated
working-tree edits cannot cause a false failure after installation.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
mana_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
dmtcp_root="$mana_root/dmtcp"

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Document the bundled-tree scope of apply.sh.

When DMTCP_ROOT is set, Makefile builds that directory, but apply.sh always patches $mana_root/dmtcp. The helper can therefore report success while the build uses an unpatched DMTCP tree. Keep the helper bundled-tree-only, but state this limitation in the README.

Suggested documentation
 From a configured MANA source directory, run:
 
 ```bash
 bash contrib/dmtcp-patches/apply.sh
 make -j"$(nproc)" mana

+This helper patches only the bundled dmtcp tree. It does not follow
+DMTCP_ROOT; apply the patch separately to an overridden DMTCP tree.
+
The helper checks whether the patch is already applied, so it can be run more than once.


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<fact source="contrib/dmtcp-patches/apply.sh:3-14">The helper sets `dmtcp_root="$mana_root/dmtcp"` and uses that variable for reverse checks, validation, application, and `git diff --check`.</fact>
<fact source="Makefile:39-40">The build declares `DMTCP_ROOT ?= $(top_builddir)/dmtcp`, so an environment or command-line `DMTCP_ROOT` value can override the default.</fact>
<fact source="Makefile:53-56">The `dmtcp` target runs `make` in `${DMTCP_ROOT}` and copies `${DMTCP_ROOT}/bin` and `${DMTCP_ROOT}/lib`.</fact>
<fact source="contrib/dmtcp-patches/README.md:8-24">The README describes the bundled tree and shows bundled-tree commands, but it does not state that the helper ignores `DMTCP_ROOT`.</fact>
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# Fail before modifying files when this exact patch is incompatible.
git -C "$dmtcp_root" apply --check "$patch"
git -C "$dmtcp_root" apply "$patch"
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate the patch before changing the working tree.

If an unrelated DMTCP edit has a whitespace error, git diff --check exits unsuccessfully after Line 13 applies the patch. The helper then reports failure despite leaving the patch installed. Check the patch’s whitespace during the preflight step instead of checking the entire working-tree diff afterward. Git supports git apply --whitespace=error --check for this purpose. (git-scm.com)

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Move whitespace validation into the preflight step by using git apply
--whitespace=error --check on the patch before it is applied, and remove the
post-application git -C "$dmtcp_root" diff --check check so unrelated
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Dear @gc00 and @xuyao00,

I apologize for the delay in following up. I have been retesting the changes against MANA v1.5.0 and updating the PRs based on those results and your feedback.

The PMI_FD change is still needed in my MPICH/Hydra tests. However, I am still unsure whether you would prefer to address it within MANA or have me submit it directly to DMTCP. I would appreciate your guidance and am happy to follow either approach.

Thank you!

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Hi @alan-lira, for this PR, let's add the PMI_FD to the if condition, instead of including it as a patch file. later we can work on the DMTCP side for a better solution to protect fds that are created by plugins or created before DMTCP is initialized.

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alan-lira force-pushed the draft/mana-hydra-pmi-fd branch from 9beb661 to 7c6e4ee Compare October 21, 2026 23:41
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Thank you, @xuyao00. I've added PMI_FD directly to the condition and removed the patch file and helper.

The source change is in de1b0e5, based on MANA's pinned DMTCP revision.

For review, the sub-module temporarily points to my public fork so the commit can be fetched normally.

Please let me know if this is ready for review or if any further changes are needed.

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@alan-lira Sorry, I didn't notice this change is in DMTCP. Could you create a PR for DMTCP and close this one? The PR should target the main branch. Then I will approve and merge immediately. MANA uses the 4.2-dev branch for now because the main branch is preparing for the v5.0 release and has some breaking API changes. I will cherry-pick your commit to the 4.2-dev branch after it's merged into main. Later I will update the submodule in MANA. There are some other PRs needs a submodule update.

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Thank you, @xuyao00. I've opened dmtcp/dmtcp#1310 against DMTCP's main branch (closing this PR).

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@alan-lira I have merged your DMTCP PR to main and 4.2-dev branches. MANA's submodule upgrade still need to wait for a while. You can upgrade the submodule locally to use the latest 4.2-dev.

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