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Appears to behave incorrectlyCompiler crash · C · OpenMP · Open

nvfortran/nvc -mp=gpu: if clause on a parallel loop in a target region gives an internal NVVM error instead of the documented diagnostic

Legality: not independently confirmed. no independent review yet How this is checked

Same issue as nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice; this program is another reproducer of it.

Affected variants

CompilerMI300A 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 24.3.0correctcorrectunknown
not run
correctcorrectn/an/a
CCE 19.0.0correctcorrectunknown
not run
unknown
not run
unknown
not run
n/an/a
CCE 20.0.2correctcorrectunknown
not run
unknown
not run
unknown
not run
n/an/a
CCE 21.0.3correctcorrectunknown
not run
unknown
not run
unknown
not run
n/an/a
CCE 21.0.4correctcorrectunknown
not run
unknown
not run
unknown
not run
n/an/a
NVHPC 25.11n/an/an/an/an/abehaves incorrectlybehaves incorrectly
NVHPC 26.9n/an/an/an/an/abehaves incorrectlybehaves incorrectly
GCC 16.2.0correctcorrectcorrectcorrectcorrectcorrectn/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

ResultCompiler and GPUMessage
behaves incorrectlyNVHPC 25.11, A100 separate
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nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION
nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacczoGiplsZvH2jK.gpu (115, 32): parse '@nvkernel_main_F1L10_2_F1L12_4' defined with type 'void (i8*, i8*, i8*)*'
NVC++-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-c-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.c: 12)
behaves incorrectlyNVHPC 25.11, A100 managed
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nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION
nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacczuGiplueYH88y.gpu (115, 32): parse '@nvkernel_main_F1L10_2_F1L12_4' defined with type 'void (i8*, i8*, i8*)*'
NVC++-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-c-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.c: 12)
behaves incorrectlyNVHPC 26.9, A100 separate
show
nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION
nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacc1mFjpF6G7DVsA.gpu (115, 32): parse '@nvkernel_main_F1L10_2_F1L12_4' defined with type 'void (i8*, i8*, i8*)*'
NVC++-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-c-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.c: 12)
behaves incorrectlyNVHPC 26.9, A100 managed
show
nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION
nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvaccWBFjpqeM9WmY8.gpu (115, 32): parse '@nvkernel_main_F1L10_2_F1L12_4' defined with type 'void (i8*, i8*, i8*)*'
NVC++-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-c-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.c: 12)

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 (50 lines)
// NVHPC 25.11, NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe (wingtip, sm_80), both memory modes: the C
// form of nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90. An if clause on a parallel
// for in a target region, whose body calls omp_get_num_threads, makes the
// device compiler fail (nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9:
// NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION, "'@nvkernel_main_...' defined with type 'void (i8*,
// i8*, i8*)*'") instead of compiling the program or giving a diagnostic.
// Without the omp_get_num_threads call the program compiles.
// Spec: the if clause is one of the inputs that "are used to determine the
// number of threads to use in the region" (5.2 §10.1.1 p.226).
// Vendor: "The if and copyin clauses are supported only for CPU targets; the
// compiler emits an error for GPU targets" (HPC Compilers User's Guide 25.11
// §7.4, 2.6): documented unsupported, so the bug is the internal failure where
// a diagnostic is promised. 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.
// Expected: "sum 2080 nthr 1" (or a diagnostic naming the if clause).
// Observed (2026-10-24, nvc 25.11-0, -O2): compile exit status 2 with the NVVM
// error.
// Found by the catalog (omp52/60-c-clause-if: 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 NVVM error, 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 <stdbool.h>
#include <omp.h>
int main(void) {
  int a[64];
  int nthr = 0;
  bool use_par = false;
  for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) a[i] = 0;
  #pragma omp target map(tofrom: a) map(from: nthr)
  {
    #pragma omp parallel for if(use_par)
    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
      a[i] = i + 1;
      if (i == 0) nthr = omp_get_num_threads();
    }
  }
  int s = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) s += a[i];
  printf("sum %d nthr %d\n", s, nthr);
  return 0;
}

Source in the repository

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Expected and observed

Observed where it behaves incorrectly

nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION
nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacczoGiplsZvH2jK.gpu (115, 32): parse '@nvkernel_main_F1L10_2_F1L12_4' defined with type 'void (i8*, i8*, i8*)*'
NVC++-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-c-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.c: 12)

What the specification requires

The specification text this program relies on and the compiler is expected to support.

OpenMP 5.2 §10.1.1 p.226

are used to determine the number of threads to use in the region

Evidence

Same compiler, one change

  • the if clause 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 <stdbool.h>
    #include <omp.h>
    int main(void) {
      int a[64];
      int nthr = 0;
      bool use_par = false;
      for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) a[i] = 0;
      #pragma omp target map(tofrom: a) map(from: nthr)
      {
        #pragma omp parallel for
        for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
          a[i] = i + 1;
          if (i == 0) nthr = omp_get_num_threads();
        }
      }
      int s = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) s += a[i];
      printf("sum %d nthr %d\n", s, nthr);
      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