Observed issues › nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice
Appears to behave incorrectlyCompiler crash · Fortran · 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: 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 | shownvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvaccM1KkpY0m4wEg1.gpu (101, 14): parse invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4_' with wrong type! NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90: 8) |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 25.11, A100 managed | shownvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacc3jLkpL8eHV1ES.gpu (101, 14): parse invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4_' with wrong type! NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90: 8) |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate | showNVFORTRAN-W-0155-Passing external procedure as argument in OpenACC/OpenMP device routine context - runtime behavior may be unsupported - nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4 (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvacc_fbjp6Sa_UgIi.gpu (101, 14): parse invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4_' with wrong type! NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90: 8) |
| behaves incorrectly | NVHPC 26.9, A100 managed | showNVFORTRAN-W-0155-Passing external procedure as argument in OpenACC/OpenMP device routine context - runtime behavior may be unsupported - nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4 (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvaccpnbjpT8gHh2KU.gpu (101, 14): parse invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4_' with wrong type! NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90: 8) |
Reproduce
NVHPC 25.11, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_25_11/compilers/lib nvfortran -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.f90 -o repro OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
NVHPC 26.9, A100 separate
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NVHPC_26_9/compilers/lib nvfortran -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2 repro.f90 -o repro OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./repro
AFAR 24.3.0, MI300A unified (runs correctly)
$AFAR/bin/amdflang -fopenmp --offload-arch=gfx942 -O2 repro.f90 -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
! (-gpu=mem:separate and -gpu=mem:managed): an if clause on a parallel do
! nested in a target region makes the device compiler fail
! (nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION, "parse
! invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__...' with wrong
! type!") instead of compiling the program or giving a diagnostic.
! 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); an if clause
! that evaluates to false gives a team of one thread. The program is legal.
! 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 Parallel Construct): documented unsupported, so the bug
! is the internal device-compiler 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 do is the only parallel region in the target region.
! Expected: "sum 2080" (or a diagnostic naming the if clause).
! Observed (2026-10-24, nvfortran 25.11-0, -O2): compile exit status 2 with
! the NVVM error and "NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate
! accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with
! error status code"; the same for the C port (nvc) of the catalog program.
! Found by the catalog (omp50/52/60-clause-if, 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 failure, now after a new warning "NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Passing external procedure as
! argument in OpenACC/OpenMP device routine context - runtime behavior may be unsupported"; 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.
! Coverage-parity fuzz, stratum c1 (2026-11-03): program par-c1-nvhpc-nvhpc269:2306, a
! parallel do with proc_bind(spread) and if(parallel: lpar) in a target region, stops the same way
! on 25.11 and 26.9 (nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION; rows
! results/parity/wingtip/results/fuzz/par-c1-nvhpc-nvhpc269/programs.jsonl; the gate confirms both
! cells in a-d, results/parity/wingtip/results/parity/gate/fuzz/verdicts.nvhpc-topup.jsonl). New
! facet: the if clause with the parallel directive-name modifier reaches the NVVM failure too, while
! six other c1 cells with if(parallel: ...) get the documented diagnostic "GPU target doesn't
! support 'if' clauses for managing parallel region". No separate finding.
! NVHPC: nvfortran -mp=gpu -gpu=cc80 -gpu=mem:separate -O2
! Run: OMP_TARGET_OFFLOAD=mandatory ./a.out
program p
implicit none
integer :: a(64), i
logical :: use_par
use_par = .false.
a = 0
!$omp target map(tofrom: a)
!$omp parallel do if(use_par)
do i = 1, 64
a(i) = i
end do
!$omp end target
print *, 'sum', sum(a)
end program p
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Expected and observed
Observed where it behaves incorrectly
nvvmCompileProgram: failed with error 9: NVVM_ERROR_COMPILATION nvnvvmd: error: <dir>/nvaccM1KkpY0m4wEg1.gpu (101, 14): parse invalid forward reference to function 'nvkernel_MAIN__F1L7_2__F1L8_4_' with wrong type! NVFORTRAN-W-0155-Compiler failed to translate accelerator region (see -Minfo messages): Device compiler exited with error status code (nvhpc-parallel-if-in-target-nvvm-ice.f90: 8)
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
program p implicit none integer :: a(64), i logical :: use_par use_par = .false. a = 0 !$omp target map(tofrom: a) !$omp parallel do do i = 1, 64 a(i) = i end do !$omp end target print *, 'sum', sum(a) end program p
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