Observed issues › nvhpc-c-dist-schedule-chunk-compile-hang
Appears to behave incorrectlyCompiler hangs · C · OpenMP · Open
nvc -mp=gpu: compile does not finish with dist_schedule(static, 4) on target teams distribute parallel for
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 | unknown not run | correct | correct | 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 NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showCompilation terminated. cleaning up after signal(15)... |
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 -O2 repro.c -o repro HSA_XNACK=1 OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
Program (37 lines)
// NVHPC 25.11, NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe (wingtip, sm_80; the hang is
// in the compile on the x86-64 host), both memory modes: nvc does not
// finish compiling this program: its C front end (nvcpfe) runs until
// killed (more than 60 s here; the catalog's 900 s compile timeout in both
// memory modes). Without dist_schedule(static, 4), or with either of the
// two `if (i == 1)` statements removed, it compiles in a second.
// Spec: with dist_schedule(static, chunk_size) the chunks "are assigned to
// the initial teams of the league in a round-robin fashion in the order of
// the initial team number" (5.2 §11.6.1 p.256); the program is legal.
// Vendor: "The private, firstprivate, collapse, and dist_schedule(static [
// ,chunksize]) clauses are supported" (HPC Compilers User's Guide 25.11
// §7.4, 2.9.4).
// Expected: the compile ends (and the run prints "nt=<teams> host_flag=0").
// Observed (2026-10-24, nvc 25.11-0, -O2, with -gpu=mem:separate and with
// the default): `timeout 60 nvc ...` ends with status 124.
// Found by the catalog (omp52/60-c-clause-dist_schedule-chunk_size:
// compile_timeout, confirmer R10b-own-link-or-hang); reduced with a
// line-deletion script, then by hand.
// NVHPC 26.9 (26.9-0, the latest release; rerun 2026-10-24 on wingtip with
// the same flags): still present -- the same: `timeout 120 nvc` ends with 124 in both modes.
// Fix (2026-10-24): rerun on 25.11 and 26.9 in both memory modes,
// each with its own runtime libraries (LD_LIBRARY_PATH = the release's
// compilers/lib; the first 26.9 runs had loaded 25.11's): still present
// on both releases, the same output.
// NVHPC: nvc -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2
#include <stdio.h>
#include <omp.h>
int main(void) {
int nt = -1, host_flag = 1;
#pragma omp target teams distribute parallel for map(from: nt, host_flag) dist_schedule(static, 4)
for (int i = 1; i <= 64; i++) {
if (i == 1) nt = omp_get_num_teams();
if (i == 1) host_flag = (omp_is_initial_device() ? 1 : 0);
}
printf("nt=%d host_flag=%d\n", nt, host_flag);
return 0;
}
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Expected and observed
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
Compilation terminated. cleaning up after signal(15)...
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenMP 5.2 §11.6.1 p.256
are assigned to the initial teams of the league in a round-robin fashion in the order of the initial team number
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- dist_schedule(static, 4) removed: 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 <omp.h> int main(void) { int nt = -1, host_flag = 1; #pragma omp target teams distribute parallel for map(from: nt, host_flag) for (int i = 1; i <= 64; i++) { if (i == 1) nt = omp_get_num_teams(); if (i == 1) host_flag = (omp_is_initial_device() ? 1 : 0); } printf("nt=%d host_flag=%d\n", nt, host_flag); return 0; }
Other compilers run it correctly
AFAR 24.3.0, CCE 19.0.0, CCE 20.0.2, CCE 21.0.3, CCE 21.0.4, GCC 16.2.0