Observed issues › gcc/gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected
OpenACC 3.3 gang(dim:) and collapse(force:) are rejected (newer than GCC's OpenACC 2.6)
Legality: independently confirmed. 2 independent readings find the program legal and the result required. How this is checked
GCC 16.2 rejects two OpenACC 3.3 loop forms: the dim argument of the gang clause and the force modifier of collapse. GCC documents OpenACC 2.6, so both are newer than its claim.
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 | fails another way | fails another way | unknown not run | unknown not run | unknown not run | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 20.0.2 | fails another way | fails another way | 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 | correct | correct |
| NVHPC 26.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | correct | correct |
| GCC 16.2.0 | not supported | not supported | not supported | not supported | not supported | not supported | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| not supported | GCC 16.2.0, MI300A unified GCC 16.2.0, MI300A copy GCC 16.2.0, MI250X GCC 16.2.0, MI300X GCC 16.2.0, MI350X GCC 16.2.0, A100 separate | showsite-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90:54:69:
54 | !$acc parallel loop copyin(a) copyout(b) copy(host_flag) collapse(force: 2)
| 1
Error: Invalid expression after ‘collapse(’ at (1) |
| fails another way | CCE 19.0.0, MI300A unified CCE 19.0.0, MI300A copy | showWarning:
Headers and libraries from cray-libsci/25.03.0 will be ignored because depends on PE_MPICH which is unavailable..
!$acc parallel loop copyin(a) copyout(b) copy(host_flag) collapse(force: 2)
^
ftn-113 ftn: ERROR GEN_PROG, File = site-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90, Line = 54, Column = 69
IMPLICIT NONE is specified in the local scope, therefore an explicit type must be specified for data object "FORCE".
^
ftn-868 ftn: ERROR GEN_PROG, File = site-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90, Line = 54, Column = 69 |
| fails another way | CCE 20.0.2, MI300A unified CCE 20.0.2, MI300A copy | showWarning:
Headers and libraries from cray-libsci/25.09.0 will be ignored because depends on PE_MPICH which is unavailable..
!$acc parallel loop copyin(a) copyout(b) copy(host_flag) collapse(force: 2)
^
ftn-113 ftn: ERROR GEN_PROG, File = site-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90, Line = 54, Column = 69
IMPLICIT NONE is specified in the local scope, therefore an explicit type must be specified for data object "FORCE".
^
ftn-868 ftn: ERROR GEN_PROG, File = site-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90, Line = 54, Column = 69 |
Reproduce
GCC 16.2.0, MI300A unified
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GCC_16_2/lib64:/opt/rocm-7.2.1/lib $GCC_16_2/bin/gfortran -fopenacc -foffload=amdgcn-amdhsa -foffload-options=amdgcn-amdhsa=-march=gfx942 -O2 repro.f90 -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 ./repro
GCC 16.2.0, A100 separate
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GCC_16_2/lib64 $GCC_16_2/bin/gfortran -fopenacc -foffload=nvptx-none -foffload-options=nvptx-none=-march=sm_80 -foffload-options=nvptx-none=-latomic -O2 repro.f90 -o repro ./repro
CCE 21.0.3, MI300A unified (runs correctly)
module load cce/21.0.3 craype-accel-amd-gfx942 rocm/7.2.0 module unload cray-mpich ftn -h acc -O2 repro.f90 -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 ./repro
Program (64 lines)
! # Finding (GCC 16.2): OpenACC 3.3 gang(dim:) and collapse(force:) are rejected (Fortran); the reproducer is the catalog program
! acc34-clause-collapse-force
!
! - toolchains: gcc_g90 (GCC 16.2.0, AMD Instinct MI250X gfx90a, Tioga) and gcc_sm80 (GCC 16.2.0,
! NVIDIA A100 sm_80, wingtip); separate memory only; -O2; OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory
! - build: gfortran -fopenacc -foffload=amdgcn-amdhsa -foffload-options=amdgcn-amdhsa=-march=gfx90a -O2 (gcc_g90);
! -foffload=nvptx-none -foffload-options=nvptx-none=-march=sm_80 -foffload-options=nvptx-none=-latomic -O2 (gcc_sm80)
! - failure: rejected
! - observed: `Error: Invalid expression after 'collapse(' at (1)` (gang(dim:): `Failed to match clause`), on both GPUs.
! - expected: compiles; `RESULT ran_on_host=0 check=pass`
! - spec: the force modifier (OpenACC 3.4 §2.9.1 l.2340-2341: "If the force modifier does not appear, then the associated loops must
! be tightly nested"; added in 3.3: OpenACC 3.4's "Changes from Version 3.2 to 3.3", margin line 807, and OpenACC 3.3's own,
! margin line 787) and the dim argument of gang (§2.9.2 l.2371; added in 3.3, "Changes from Version 3.2 to 3.3", margin line 800).
! - GCC 16.2 documentation (libgomp.texi "Enabling OpenACC"): "A complete description of all OpenACC directives accepted may be
! found in the OpenACC Application Programming Interface manual, version 2.6"; _OPENACC is 201711 (2.6). No list of OpenACC gaps
! is documented.
! - other families: CCE 21 and NVHPC 25.11/26.9 compile and run the collapse(force:) program (CCE 19/20 reject it); every compiler
! under test fails the Fortran gang(dim:) program.
! - gate and confirmer: 4 cells (2 gcc_g90, 2 gcc_sm80), each confirmed in the gate's four environments (a-d;
! results/gcc/gate-tioga/ and gate-wingtip/ verdicts.jsonl); confirmer verdicts (results/gcc/confirm/batch.gcc_*.jsonl):
! compiler_bug (R11-compile-rejection) 2, needs_human (R12b-compile-undecided) 2
! - catalog programs (2): acc34-clause-collapse-force, acc34-clause-gang-dim
! - legality: the catalog programs are legal by construction (offload.engine.gen, c_gen and acc_gen
! check every program against the catalog rules and the offload scope as it is built; no
! compiler). GCC is a compiler under test only: never a legality witness, here or for another
! family's case (catalog/machines.yaml under_test_only).
! Generated by compliance.gen (OpenACC 3.4, free-form Fortran). Do not edit.
! id: acc34-clause-collapse-force
! primary atom: acc.clause.collapse.force
! legal: yes
! observable: yes
! ran_on_host: inside the compute region of interest (acc_on_device)
! evidence: unverified
! needs: none
! std: f2008
! unverified (needs_other_infrastructure): collapse(force: 2) decides which gang, worker or vector lane runs an iteration; no
! OpenACC routine reports it (the result of a correct loop is the same under every schedule)
program gen_prog
use openacc, only: acc_device_host, acc_on_device
implicit none
integer, parameter :: n = 64
integer, allocatable, target :: a(:), b(:)
integer :: ref(n)
integer :: i, host_flag
logical :: ok
integer :: j, k
allocate(a(n), b(n))
do i = 1, n
a(i) = i
b(i) = 0
ref(i) = 2*i + 1
end do
host_flag = 1
!$acc parallel loop copyin(a) copyout(b) copy(host_flag) collapse(force: 2)
do j = 1, 8
do k = 1, 8
if (j == 1 .and. k == 1) host_flag = merge(1, 0, acc_on_device(acc_device_host))
b((j - 1)*8 + k) = 2*a((j - 1)*8 + k) + 1
end do
end do
ok = all(b == ref)
print '(a,i0,a,a)', 'RESULT ran_on_host=', host_flag, ' check=', merge('pass', 'fail', ok)
deallocate(a, b)
end program gen_prog
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Expected and observed
Expected
check=pass
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
site-gcc--gcc-acc-gang-dim-collapse-force-rejected.f90:54:69:
54 | !$acc parallel loop copyin(a) copyout(b) copy(host_flag) collapse(force: 2)
| 1
Error: Invalid expression after ‘collapse(’ at (1)What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenACC 3.4 §2.9.1
If the force modifier does not appear, then the associated loops must be tightly nested
OpenACC 3.4 §2.9.2
Evidence
Other compilers run it correctly
CCE 21.0.3, CCE 21.0.4, NVHPC 25.11, NVHPC 26.9