Observed issues › nvhpc-c-parallel-for-firstprivate-in-target
Appears to behave incorrectlyCompiler crash · C · OpenMP · Open
nvc -mp=gpu: "Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region" for firstprivate on a parallel for in a target region
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 | showNVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region (nvhpc-c-parallel-for-firstprivate-in-target.c: 7) NVC++/x86-64 Linux 25.11-0: compilation aborted |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showNVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region (nvhpc-c-parallel-for-firstprivate-in-target.c: 7) NVC++/x86-64 Linux 26.9-0: compilation aborted |
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 (55 lines)
// NVHPC 25.11, NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe (wingtip, sm_80), both memory
// modes: nvc stops with "NVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP
// region" on a parallel for with firstprivate nested in a target region
// (the catalog's lastprivate program fails the same way; its
// schedule(monotonic: dynamic) program fails because it has
// firstprivate(mine), not because of the schedule).
// Spec: firstprivate on a worksharing-loop construct: each new list item
// "is initialized from the original list item that exists before the
// construct" (5.2 §5.4.4 p.112); the program is legal.
// Vendor: "The private, firstprivate, and collapse clauses are supported"
// (worksharing-loop) and "The num_threads, default, private,
// firstprivate, and shared clauses are supported" (parallel), HPC
// Compilers User's Guide 25.11 §7.4, 2.9.2 and 2.6. The guide's §2.20
// sentence "nested teams or parallel regions in a target region are not
// supported" is read as a parallel region nested in another parallel (or
// teams) region inside a target region; here the parallel region is the
// only one in the target region, the shape §7.4's parallel entry covers.
// Expected: "c=1 every b[i] % 100 == 1: yes", exit 0. Each thread's copy
// of c starts at 1 and grows by 100 per iteration it runs, so b[i] is
// 1 + 100k (k = iterations its thread ran before i; the schedule is
// implementation defined, so k is not known); the host's c is unchanged.
// Observed (2026-10-24, nvc 25.11-0, -O2; this check rerun the same day,
// separate and managed memory): compile exit status 2,
// "NVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region (b1.c: 7)".
// The same with private(c) (c set in the loop) compiles and is correct;
// nvfortran compiles the Fortran form of the catalog program; gcc
// (host fallback) prints the expected line.
// Found by the catalog (omp52/60-c-clause-firstprivate, -lastprivate,
// -schedule-monotonic: confirmer R10-compile-ice); reduced 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: "NVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region", 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
// Run: OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./a.out
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
int b[64];
int c = 1;
#pragma omp target map(from: b) map(tofrom: c)
{
#pragma omp parallel for default(none) shared(b) firstprivate(c)
for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
b[i] = c;
c = c + 100;
}
}
int ok = (c == 1);
for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
ok = ok && (b[i] % 100 == 1);
printf("c=%d every b[i] %% 100 == 1: %s\n", c, ok ? "yes" : "no");
return ok ? 0 : 1;
}
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Expected and observed
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
NVC++-F-0155-Compiler failed to translate OpenMP region (nvhpc-c-parallel-for-firstprivate-in-target.c: 7) NVC++/x86-64 Linux 25.11-0: compilation aborted
What the specification requires
The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.
OpenMP 5.2 §5.4.4 p.112
is initialized from the original list item that exists before the construct
Evidence
Same compiler, one change
- private(c) with c set to 1 in each iteration instead of firstprivate(c): 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> int main(void) { int b[64]; int c = 1; #pragma omp target map(from: b) map(tofrom: c) { #pragma omp parallel for default(none) shared(b) private(c) for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) { c = 1; b[i] = c; c = c + 100; } } int ok = (c == 1); for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) ok = ok && (b[i] % 100 == 1); printf("c=%d every b[i] %% 100 == 1: %s\n", c, ok ? "yes" : "no"); return ok ? 0 : 1; }
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