Observed issues › catalog/nvhpc-c-vla-kernel-missing
nvc/nvfortran -mp=gpu: compile succeeds but the kernel is missing at run time ("Failed to find device function") for function pointers, static locals, VLAs, long double, type-bound calls
Legality: not independently confirmed. no independent review yet How this is checked
Same issue as catalog/nvhpc-c-function-pointer-kernel-missing; this program is another reproducer of it.
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 | unknown not run | correct | correct | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 19.0.0 | fails another way | fails another way | unknown not run | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 20.0.2 | correct | correct | unknown not run | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 21.0.3 | correct | correct | unknown not run | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 21.0.4 | correct | correct | unknown not run | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| NVHPC 25.11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly |
| NVHPC 26.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | behaves incorrectly | behaves incorrectly |
| 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 | NVHPC 25.11, A100 separate NVHPC 25.11, A100 managed NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showAccelerator Fatal Error: Failed to find device function 'nvkernel_main_F1L17_2'! File was compiled with: -gpu=cc80 Rebuild this file with -gpu=cc80 to use NVIDIA Tesla GPU 0 File: <dir>/nvhpc-c-vla-kernel-missing.c Function: main:7 Line: 17 |
| fails another way | CCE 19.0.0, MI300A unified CCE 19.0.0, MI300A copy | showerror: nvhpc-c-vla-kernel-missing.c:19:5: in function __omp_offloading_14_1c73efd8_main_l16 void (ptr, ptr, ptr, ptr): unsupported dynamic alloca clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) |
Reproduce
NVHPC 25.11, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_25_11/compilers/lib nvc -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.c -o repro OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_26_9/compilers/lib nvc -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.c -o repro 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 (57 lines)
// # Draft finding: omp52-c-w-vla-local on nvhpc
//
// - compiler: nvhpc
// - toolchain: nvhpc; arch: sm_80; machine: wingtip; memory mode: copy; opt: -O2
// - program: catalog omp52-c-w-vla-local (c, version 52, sha256 3eb9b9911edd8b3b)
// - expected: check=pass (trusted; elision + model)
// - actual: run_error (exit_status: 1; without mandatory: exit_status: 1) [the confirmer's class run_error; the matrix's class of the same run is wrong_answer: a run that fails]
// - observed: no diagnostic; the run ends with "Accelerator Fatal Error: Failed to find device function 'nvkernel_main_...'" (25.11 and 26.9, both memory modes): a VLA declared in a target region
// - 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/copy, cce20/gfx942/copy, cce21/gfx942/copy, 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/copy, cce20/gfx942/copy, cce21/gfx942/copy, elision
// - withdrawn: none
//
// Generated by compliance.widen (OpenMP 5.2, C11; catalog widening). Do not edit.
// id: omp52-c-w-vla-local
// primary atom: base.device.vla
// atoms: base.device.vla
// legal: yes
// observable: yes
// ran_on_host: inside the target region of interest
// evidence: construct
// needs: none
// std: c11
// feature: a variable-length array declared in a target region
// spec: OpenMP 5.2 §1.7, p.35: C11 is a normative base language
#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;
int m = n;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
a[i] = i + 1;
b[i] = 0;
ref[i] = 2 * (i + 1) + 1;
}
#pragma omp target map(to: a, m) map(from: b) map(tofrom: host_flag)
{
host_flag = omp_is_initial_device();
int t[m];
for (int k = 0; k < m; k++) t[k] = 2 * a[k] + 1;
for (int k = 0; k < m; k++) b[k] = t[k];
}
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
Accelerator Fatal Error: Failed to find device function 'nvkernel_main_F1L17_2'! File was compiled with: -gpu=cc80 Rebuild this file with -gpu=cc80 to use NVIDIA Tesla GPU 0 File: <dir>/nvhpc-c-vla-kernel-missing.c Function: main:7 Line: 17
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenMP 5.2 §1.7 p.35
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- int t[n] (a constant size) instead of int t[m]: 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; NVHPC 25.11: correct; NVHPC 26.9: 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; int m = n; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { a[i] = i + 1; b[i] = 0; ref[i] = 2 * (i + 1) + 1; } #pragma omp target map(to: a, m) map(from: b) map(tofrom: host_flag) { host_flag = omp_is_initial_device(); int t[n]; for (int k = 0; k < m; k++) t[k] = 2 * a[k] + 1; for (int k = 0; k < m; k++) b[k] = t[k]; } 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, CCE 20.0.2, CCE 21.0.3, CCE 21.0.4, GCC 16.2.0