Observed issues › fresh/nvhpc-acc-gang-worker-collapse-nested-vector-reduction-lost
nvfortran -acc: gang worker collapse(2) reduction with a nested vector reduction loses whole inner loops
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 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 19.0.0 | correct | unknown varies between runs | 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 | fails another way | fails another way | fails another way | 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 | showfail 9988000.000000000 expected 10000000.00000000 |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 25.11, A100 managed | showfail 9979000.000000000 expected 10000000.00000000 |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate | showfail 9989000.000000000 expected 10000000.00000000 |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showfail 9994000.000000000 expected 10000000.00000000 |
| fails another way | GCC 16.2.0, MI300X GCC 16.2.0, MI350X GCC 16.2.0, A100 separate | showtimeout: the monitored command dumped core |
Reproduce
NVHPC 25.11, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_25_11/compilers/lib nvfortran -acc=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.f90 -o repro ./repro
NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_26_9/compilers/lib nvfortran -acc=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.f90 -o repro ./repro
CCE 19.0.0, MI300A unified (runs correctly)
module load cce/19.0.0 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/6.4.3 module unload cray-mpich ftn -h acc -O2 repro.f90 -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 ./repro
Program (60 lines)
! # Finding (from the data/bench/fresh draft fresh-076): NVHPC loses contributions of a gang
! worker collapse(2) reduction with a nested vector reduction
!
! - source: data/bench/fresh/fresh-076.f90 (NVIDIA developer forum topic 354721, the full program of the
! 2025-12-16 reply). The reporter's program has no data clause for sumA on the parallel
! construct, which OpenACC 3.4 §2.6.2 p.42 l.1403-1409 forbids for a scalar in a loop reduction
! whose access is exposed to a parent parallel construct; this reproducer adds copy(sumA) and sets
! A = 1 so the sum is exact. With the reporter's sizes (1000 x 1000 x 100, 100 calls) the legal
! form ends in CUDA_ERROR_ILLEGAL_ADDRESS (data/reports/fresh-drafts/d076-copy.f90)
! - compilers: NVHPC nvfortran 25.11 and 26.9, -acc=gpu -gpu=cc80 -O2, -gpu=mem:separate and
! -gpu=mem:managed; A100
! - expected: pass 10000000.0. Each loop's reduction combines the private copies after the loop
! with the original var (OpenACC 3.4 §2.9.11 p.71 l.2549-2555); a reduction spanning nested
! loops carries the clause on each loop directive (l.2560-2562), as here; every A(i,j,k) is 1, so
! the sum is m*n*o = 10^7 exactly in any order
! - actual: 9987000 to 9997000 (whole inner loops of 1000 lost; the count varies between runs), both
! releases, both memory modes, 12 of 12 runs
! - control (same compiler): 10000000 with gang collapse(2) instead of gang worker collapse(2)
! (data/reports/fresh-drafts/d076-c-gang.f90), with the inner loop seq (d076-c-seq.f90), or with
! worker vector on the inner loop (d076-c-worker-vector.f90); the same nest at 64 x 64 x 4 is
! correct (d076-exact-small.f90)
! - other families: CCE 19/20/21 print pass 10000000 on this program (MI300A HSA_XNACK 1 and 0;
! MI250X); AFAR has no Fortran OpenACC
! - legality: legal by reading (copy(sumA) on the parallel construct; the reduction clause on both
! loop directives of the nest)
! - evidence: results/fresh-drafts/wingtip/nv.jsonl, tuo2-q6.jsonl, tioga/tioga-b.jsonl (review)
module test_mod
contains
subroutine test(A, sumA)
implicit none
real(kind=8) :: A(:,:,:), sumA
integer :: i, j, k
!$acc parallel copy(sumA)
!$acc loop gang worker collapse(2) reduction(+:sumA)
do k = 1, size(A,3)
do j = 1, size(A,2)
!$acc loop vector reduction(+:sumA)
do i = 1, size(A,1)
sumA = sumA + A(i,j,k)
end do
end do
end do
!$acc end parallel
end subroutine test
end module test_mod
program main
use test_mod
implicit none
integer, parameter :: m = 1000, n = 1000, o = 10
real(kind=8) :: A(m,n,o), sumA
A = 1.0d0
sumA = 0.0d0
call test(A, sumA)
if (sumA == real(m, 8)*n*o) then
print *, 'pass', sumA
else
print *, 'fail', sumA, ' expected', real(m, 8)*n*o
end if
end program main
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Expected and observed
Expected
pass 10000000.
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
fail 9988000.000000000 expected 10000000.00000000
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenACC 3.4 §2.6.2 p.42 l.1403-1409
OpenACC 3.4 §2.9.11 p.71 l.2549-2555
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- gang collapse(2) instead of gang worker collapse(2): 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
module test_mod contains subroutine test(A, sumA) implicit none real(kind=8) :: A(:,:,:), sumA integer :: i, j, k !$acc parallel copy(sumA) !$acc loop gang collapse(2) reduction(+:sumA) do k = 1, size(A,3) do j = 1, size(A,2) !$acc loop vector reduction(+:sumA) do i = 1, size(A,1) sumA = sumA + A(i,j,k) end do end do end do !$acc end parallel end subroutine test end module test_mod program main use test_mod implicit none integer, parameter :: m = 1000, n = 1000, o = 10 real(kind=8) :: A(m,n,o), sumA A = 1.0d0 sumA = 0.0d0 call test(A, sumA) if (sumA == real(m, 8)*n*o) then print *, 'pass', sumA else print *, 'fail', sumA, ' expected', real(m, 8)*n*o end if end program main
Other compilers run it correctly
CCE 19.0.0, CCE 20.0.2, CCE 21.0.3, CCE 21.0.4, GCC 16.2.0