Observed issues › nvhpc-acc-atomic-update-sum-fort2-crash
nvc/nvfortran -acc: atomic update x = x + v + 1 rejected, then internal compiler error (nvc) or fort2 crash (nvfortran)
Legality: not independently confirmed. no independent review yet How this is checked
Same issue as nvhpc-c-acc-atomic-update-sum-ice; 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 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CCE 19.0.0 | correct | correct | 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 | showNVFORTRAN-S-0155-Invalid atomic update expression (nvhpc-acc-atomic-update-sum-fort2-crash.f90: 13) nvfortran-Fatal-$NVHPC_25_11/compilers/bin/tools/fort2 TERMINATED by signal 11 |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showNVFORTRAN-S-0155-Invalid atomic update expression (nvhpc-acc-atomic-update-sum-fort2-crash.f90: 13) nvfortran-Fatal-$NVHPC_26_9/compilers/bin/tools/fort2 TERMINATED by signal 11 |
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 (46 lines)
! NVHPC 25.11 and 26.9 (nvfortran), NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe
! (wingtip, sm_80): the Fortran form of nvhpc-c-acc-atomic-update-sum-ice.c.
! nvfortran rejects the OpenACC atomic update b(i) = b(i) + 2*a(i) + 1
! ("NVFORTRAN-S-0155-Invalid atomic update expression"), and in a gang loop
! its front end then crashes ("nvfortran-Fatal-.../maintainers/fort2 TERMINATED by
! signal 11"), at -O0 and -O2, for -acc=gpu and -acc=multicore. In a plain
! parallel loop on a scalar (x = x + v + 1) it only rejects ("Invalid atomic
! update expression", "Invalid atomic region"), without the crash.
! Spec: one Fortran form of an atomic update is "x = x operator expr", and
! "The expression x operator expr must be mathematically equivalent to x
! operator (expr). This requirement is satisfied if the operators in expr
! have precedence greater than operator, or by using parentheses around expr
! or subexpressions of expr" (OpenACC 3.4 §2.12, p.79-80).
! b(i) + 2*a(i) + 1 is (b(i) + 2*a(i)) + 1, which is b(i) + (2*a(i) + 1) for
! integers: the precedence and parentheses forms are sufficient, not
! necessary, so the statement is a legal update. Written
! b(i) = b(i) + (2*a(i) + 1) it compiles and gives sum=4224.
! Expected: "sum=4224" (a diagnostic would at least not be a crash).
! Observed (2026-10-25, nvfortran 25.11-0 and 26.9-0, the flags below and
! -O0, -acc=multicore): compile exit status 2 with the two messages above,
! on both releases (log: data/evidence/acc_c_probe/atomic/run.log, gang.f90).
! Found by the catalog: acc34-clause-gang, acc34-clause-gang-dim and
! acc34-directive-loop, all gang loops: the front end crashes in 11 of their
! 12 NVHPC cells (gang-dim on 25.11 in separate memory rejects without the
! crash; results/acc_matrix.jsonl); reduced by hand. That rejection without the crash was 1 compile in 157;
! the other 156 (the gate's reruns and the later repeats) crashed
! (data/evidence/gate_probe/logs/wingtip1-4.log): the 12th cell crashes too, not
! every time.
! NVHPC: nvfortran -acc=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2
program p
implicit none
integer, parameter :: n = 64
integer :: a(n), b(n), i
do i = 1, n
a(i) = i
b(i) = 0
end do
!$acc parallel num_gangs(4) copyin(a) copy(b)
!$acc loop gang
do i = 1, n
!$acc atomic update
b(i) = b(i) + 2*a(i) + 1
end do
!$acc end parallel
print '(a,i0)', 'sum=', sum(b)
end program p
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Expected and observed
Expected
check=pass
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
NVFORTRAN-S-0155-Invalid atomic update expression (nvhpc-acc-atomic-update-sum-fort2-crash.f90: 13) nvfortran-Fatal-$NVHPC_25_11/compilers/bin/tools/fort2 TERMINATED by signal 11
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenACC 3.4 §2.12 p.79-80
The expression x operator expr must be mathematically equivalent to x operator (expr). This requirement is satisfied if the operators in expr have precedence greater than operator, or by using parentheses around expr or subexpressions of expr
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- b(i) = b(i) + (2*a(i) + 1), the right-hand side in parentheses: CCE 19.0.0: correct; CCE 20.0.2: correct; CCE 21.0.3: correct; CCE 21.0.4: correct; NVHPC 25.11: correct; NVHPC 26.9: correct
Control program
program p implicit none integer, parameter :: n = 64 integer :: a(n), b(n), i do i = 1, n a(i) = i b(i) = 0 end do !$acc parallel num_gangs(4) copyin(a) copy(b) !$acc loop gang do i = 1, n !$acc atomic update b(i) = b(i) + (2*a(i) + 1) end do !$acc end parallel print '(a,i0)', 'sum=', sum(b) end program p
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