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Setting OMPI_MPI_THREAD_LEVEL to a value different than requested in MPI_Init_thread would invoke the error handler, even though it is an useful override in some threaded library use cases.

char *env;

ompi_hook_base_mpi_init_thread_top(argc, argv, required, provided);

/* Detect an incorrect thread support level, but dont report until we have the minimum
* infrastructure setup.
*/
if( (MPI_THREAD_SINGLE == required) || (MPI_THREAD_SERIALIZED == required) ||
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This is inconsistent with the way this is tested in MPI_INIT. To make it consistent, I picked the resolution with an explicit individual check per value (in MPI_INIT), this should be more in-tune with ABI values when that becomes relevant.

@abouteiller abouteiller removed the bug label Apr 25, 2025
@abouteiller abouteiller force-pushed the bugfix/env-thread-level-ignored branch 3 times, most recently from 7a81ed0 to b71461f Compare April 25, 2025 16:15
`requested` in `MPI_Init_thread` would invoke the error handler, even
though it is an useful override in some threaded library use cases.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Bouteiller <abouteil@amd.com>
@abouteiller abouteiller force-pushed the bugfix/env-thread-level-ignored branch from b71461f to b481893 Compare April 25, 2025 16:29
@abouteiller abouteiller requested review from jsquyres and bosilca May 5, 2025 15:33
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ PROTOTYPE INT init(INT_OUT argc, ARGV argv)

if (NULL != (env = getenv("OMPI_MPI_THREAD_LEVEL"))) {
required = atoi(env);
if (required < MPI_THREAD_SINGLE || required > MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE) {
if (required != MPI_THREAD_SINGLE && required != MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED &&
required != MPI_THREAD_SERIALIZED && required != MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE) {
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Just curious: what's the need for this? Doesn't MPI specify the relationship between all the MPI_THREAD_* values such that < SINGLE and > MULTIPLE is guaranteed to be invalid?

@@ -39,22 +40,32 @@
PROTOTYPE ERROR_CLASS init_thread(INT_OUT argc, ARGV argv, INT required,
INT_OUT provided)
{
int err, safe_required = MPI_THREAD_SERIALIZED;
int err, err_arg_required = false, safe_required = MPI_THREAD_SERIALIZED;
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If err_arg_required is going to only take on boolean values and be used as a boolean value, it should be of type bool.

safe_required = required;
/* check for environment overrides for required thread level. If
* there is, check to see that it is a valid/supported thread level.
* if it is lower than argument required, set it anyway, program can
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The comment says that you are checking for a lower value, but the code is not checking lower vs. higher.

I personally think it's fine to have the env variable always override (regardless of lower vs. higher); please adjust the comment.

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if (NULL != (env = getenv("OMPI_MPI_THREAD_LEVEL"))) {
int env_required = atoi(env);
err_arg_required = err_arg_required ||
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env_arg_required |= ...etc

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OMPI_MPI_THREAD_LEVEL cannot override 'required' in MPI_Init_thread
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