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Version 2 (modified by mathiot, 4 years ago) (diff)

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Summary

Action VALID-05_mathiot_debug
PI(S) mathiot
Digest add a debug interface which print global min/max/sum and a simple checksum
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Branch source:/NEMO/branches/{YEAR}/dev_r{REV}_{ACTION_NAME}
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Description

Error: Failed to load processor box
No macro or processor named 'box' found

THe purpose of this action is to add a simple debug interface debug(ctxt,rvar) to print some key number if needed:

  • global min/max to assess if the value are physical
  • global sum to spot NaN as soon as they appears
  • a checksum to catch reproducibility issue as soon as possible. In a test (change of operation order), the glob_sum catch difference 200 time step later.

The suggested check_sum is based on the idea start to appear in the bit at rank 0 and then propagate. So first you need to 'convert' a double to integer using the TRANSFERT function (print the integer corresponding to the bit pattern of the corresonding float), then each processor can do it 'local sum' of MOD(idat,ibig_prime_number) with the same modulo being used after the sum of each element. This only keep the bit from rank 0 to X (depending of the prime number choosen). Then a global modulo sum is done. Test shown that this method catch change of results as soon as it appears.

Discussion at which level it should be implemented need to be discussed (module level, subroutine level, namelist parameter as dbg lvl or by code section (tra, dyn, zdf, sbc ...))

Implementation

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Preview

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Review

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