Observed issues › catalog/cce-c-sections-in-target-wrong
Appears to behave incorrectlyWrong answer · C · OpenMP · Open
craycc: sections in a target parallel region is accepted without a message and gives a wrong result
Legality: independently confirmed. 2 independent readings find the program legal and the result required. How this is checked
Affected variants
| Compiler | MI300A gfx942 unified memory (XNACK 1) | MI300A gfx942 copy (XNACK 0) | MI250X gfx90a copy (XNACK 0) | MI300X gfx942 copy (XNACK 0) | MI350X gfx950 copy (XNACK 0) | A100 sm_80 separate memory | A100 sm_80 managed memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFAR 24.3.0 | correct | correct | correct | correct | correct | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 19.0.0 | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 20.0.2 | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 21.0.3 | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 21.0.4 | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| NVHPC 25.11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | fails another way | fails another way |
| NVHPC 26.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | fails another way | fails another way |
| GCC 16.2.0 | correct | correct | correct | correct | correct | correct | n/a |
"behaves incorrectly" / "not supported": this issue, confirmed in up to four environments (another build directory, another node, a repeat). "fails another way": a different failure, not counted as this issue. "unknown": not run there, or the runs disagree.
Messages
| Result | Compiler and GPU | Message |
|---|---|---|
| behaves incorrectly | CCE 19.0.0, MI300A unified CCE 19.0.0, MI300A copy CCE 19.0.0, MI250X CCE 20.0.2, MI300A unified CCE 20.0.2, MI300A copy CCE 20.0.2, MI250X CCE 21.0.3, MI300A unified CCE 21.0.3, MI300A copy CCE 21.0.3, MI250X CCE 21.0.4, MI300A unified CCE 21.0.4, MI300A copy CCE 21.0.4, MI250X | showRESULT ran_on_host=0 check=fail |
| fails another way | NVHPC 25.11, A100 separate NVHPC 25.11, A100 managed | showNVC++-F-1196-OpenMP - omp sections is not supported in GPU region (cce-c-sections-in-target-wrong.c: 17) NVC++/x86-64 Linux 25.11-0: compilation aborted |
| fails another way | NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showNVC++-F-1196-OpenMP - omp sections is not supported in GPU region (cce-c-sections-in-target-wrong.c: 17) NVC++/x86-64 Linux 26.9-0: compilation aborted |
Reproduce
CCE 19.0.0, MI300A unified
module load cce/19.0.0 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/6.4.3 module unload cray-mpich craycc -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -Xopenmp-target=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -march=gfx942 -fopenmp-version=52 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
CCE 20.0.2, MI300A unified
module load cce/20.0.2 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/6.4.3 module unload cray-mpich craycc -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -Xopenmp-target=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -march=gfx942 -fopenmp-version=52 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
CCE 21.0.3, MI300A unified
module load cce/21.0.3 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/7.2.0 module unload cray-mpich craycc -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -Xopenmp-target=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -march=gfx942 -fopenmp-version=52 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
CCE 21.0.4, MI300A unified
module load cce/21.0.4 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/7.2.0 module unload cray-mpich craycc -fopenmp -fopenmp-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -Xopenmp-target=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -march=gfx942 -fopenmp-version=52 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
AFAR 24.3.0, MI300A unified (runs correctly)
$AFAR/bin/amdclang -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx942 -fopenmp-version=52 -fopenmp-version=52 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
Program (63 lines)
// # Draft finding: omp52-c-w-sections on cce19
//
// - compiler: cce19
// - toolchain: cce19; arch: gfx942; machine: tuolumne; memory mode: unified; opt: -O2
// - program: catalog omp52-c-w-sections (c, version 52, sha256 27f3fa01bb99e123)
// - expected: check=pass (trusted; elision + model)
// - actual: wrong_answer check=fail (check_fail: ran_on_host=0 check=fail)
// - verdict: compiler_bug by rule R20-runtime-bug: a legal program fails at run time, deterministically, against an expected value from two or more independent sources with an executed witness, and another toolchain, mode, arch or the elision gives the expected value
// - reason: expected trusted check=pass (elision + model): stored main verdict: elision + model agree; witnesses: afar/gfx942/unified, elision
// - citations: RUL-DERIVED-NEEDS-EXECUTION (rulings.md); RUL-WITNESS-PER-MODE (rulings.md); RUL-SAME-COMPILER-RUNS (rulings.md); RUL-PRESENCE-WITNESS (rulings.md); RUL-METAMORPHIC-OTHER-FAMILY (rulings.md)
// - legality: legal: offload.engine.prerun.check accepts it (rerun: offload.engine.rules with the
// race rule and the restriction checks, and the AFAR clang front end, not under test here); no
// compiler under test, gfortran or gcc is a legality witness
// - witnesses: afar/gfx942/unified, elision
// - withdrawn: none
//
// Generated by compliance.widen (OpenMP 5.2, C11; catalog widening). Do not edit.
// id: omp52-c-w-sections
// primary atom: omp.directive.sections
// atoms: omp.directive.sections
// legal: yes
// observable: yes
// ran_on_host: inside the target region of interest
// evidence: construct
// needs: none
// std: c11
// feature: a sections construct with two sections in a target parallel region
// spec: OpenMP 5.2 §11.3, p.243 (sections construct)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <omp.h>
enum { n = 64 };
int main(void) {
int a[n], b[n], ref[n];
int host_flag = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
a[i] = i + 1;
b[i] = 0;
ref[i] = 2 * (i + 1) + 1;
}
#pragma omp target parallel map(to: a) map(tofrom: b, host_flag)
{
#pragma omp sections
{
#pragma omp section
{
for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++) b[i] = 2 * a[i] + 1;
host_flag = omp_is_initial_device();
}
#pragma omp section
{
for (int i = n / 2; i < n; i++) b[i] = a[i] + a[i] + 1;
}
}
}
bool ok = true;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
ok = ok && (b[i] == ref[i]);
printf("RESULT ran_on_host=%d check=%s\n", host_flag, ok ? "pass" : "fail");
return 0;
}
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Expected and observed
Expected
check=pass
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
RESULT ran_on_host=0 check=fail
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenMP 5.2 §11.3 p.243
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- the same sections on the host (parallel instead of target parallel): AFAR 24.3.0: correct; CCE 19.0.0: correct; CCE 20.0.2: correct; CCE 21.0.3: correct; CCE 21.0.4: correct
Control program
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <omp.h> enum { n = 64 }; int main(void) { int a[n], b[n], ref[n]; int host_flag = 1; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { a[i] = i + 1; b[i] = 0; ref[i] = 2 * (i + 1) + 1; } #pragma omp parallel { #pragma omp sections { #pragma omp section { for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; i++) b[i] = 2 * a[i] + 1; host_flag = omp_is_initial_device(); } #pragma omp section { for (int i = n / 2; i < n; i++) b[i] = a[i] + a[i] + 1; } } } bool ok = true; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) ok = ok && (b[i] == ref[i]); printf("RESULT ran_on_host=%d check=%s\n", host_flag, ok ? "pass" : "fail"); return 0; }
Other compilers run it correctly
AFAR 24.3.0, GCC 16.2.0