From 60e3d68d610ee5efa0ff500bdf65ab70415dc726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Quinson Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:51:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document this version [noci] --- ChangeLog | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- NEWS | 8 ++++++- 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 267af3ea3e..df6ff07e70 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,17 +1,35 @@ -SimGrid (3.19) NOT RELEASED YET (target: March 20 2018, 16:15:27 UTC) +SimGrid (3.19) Released March 20 2018 - MSG - - Fix MSG_task_get_remaining_work_ratio() to return 1.0 for tasks that have - not started. - - Remove parameter of MSG_process_killall(). - Resetting the PID was bogus anyway (several actors could have the same PID). + The Moscovitly-cold Spring release. + + SMPI user-visible improvements: + - Support of MPI_Type_create_subarray + - Unimplemented MPI calls now abort (instead of issuing a warning) + Some harmless calls around errhandlers still only issue a warning. + - MPI_Sendrecv was behaving badly when MPI_PROC_NULL was sender or receiver. + - Starting MPI ranks (or even MSG/S4U actors) once the simulation started + is now possible (mmap privatization was refactored to this end). + Adding new SMPI instances should also be technically doable now. + + SMPI internal cleanups: + - Removed index notion from SMPI -- no more "getPid() - 1"! + In tracing files, actors are called rank- but these are + NOT the real ranks (tracing several communicators is not supported yet). + - Deprecate smpi_process_index() (will be removed in 3.22) + - Better testing on classical proxy apps, through an external project: + https://github.com/simgrid/SMPI-proxy-apps/ Documentation - Use a graphical TOC to make it easier to find the documentation you need - Revamp the MSG tutorial + MSG + - Fix MSG_task_get_remaining_work_ratio(): return 1.0 for unstarted tasks. + - Remove parameter of MSG_process_killall(). + Resetting the PID was bogus anyway (several actors could have the same PID). + S4U - - Execution->setHost() can be called after start() to migrate it. + - Execution->setHost() can be called after start(), to migrate it. - Comm::test_any() is now implemented. - s4u::Actor now has onCreation() and onDestruction() signals. - Install some kernel header files for the users' plugins and more. @@ -19,43 +37,26 @@ SimGrid (3.19) NOT RELEASED YET (target: March 20 2018, 16:15:27 UTC) include/simgrid/kernel/resource/{Action,Resource,Model}.hpp include/simgrid/kernel/routing/*Zone.hpp - XBT - - Remove XBT_LOG_CONNECT, it should be useless nowadays. - SimDag - SD_task_dependency_add(): remove unused parameters 'name' and 'data'. - SMPI - - The privatization of global variables via mmap() is now significantly more - flexible and allows the use of daemons with SMPI and to add new processes - while the simulation is running. (Adding new SMPI instances after the - simulation has already started should also be technically doable now.) - - Removed index notion from SMPI -- no more "getPid() - 1"! - This also means that the trace files - now contain actors called rank-. These are NOT the real - ranks, because tracing several communicators right now is not supported. - - Because of this, smpi_process_index() has now been deprecated and will - be removed in 3.21 - - Support of MPI_Type_create_subarray - - SMPI will now crash and not just warn when encountering an unimplemented - call. Some exceptions are set (mainly for errhandler calls). - - MPI_Sendrecv was behaving badly when MPI_PROC_NULL was sender or receiver. - - Build System: + Build System and other cleanups: + - Remove unused run-time parameter "tracing/onelink-only". - SimGrid now works with intel compilers (MC still buggy) + - Remove XBT_LOG_CONNECT, it should be useless nowadays. PLATFORM: - Rename FULLDUPLEX into SPLITDUPLEX (old name still accepted) - TRACING - - Remove unused run-time parameter "tracing/onelink-only". - Fixed bugs: + - #194: Feature request: simgrid::s4u::Comm::test_any() - #245: migrating an actor does not migrate its execution - #254: Something seems wrong with s4u::Actor::kill(aid_t) - #256: Modernize FindSimGrid.cmake - #257: Fix (ab)use of CMake install +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + SimGrid (3.18) Released December 24 2017 The "Ho Ho Ho! SimGrid 4 beta is coming to town" release. @@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ SimGrid (3.18) Released December 24 2017 - #221: odd LMM warning when killing an actor - #120: Memory leak when the processes are forcefully killed +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + SimGrid (3.17) Released October 8 2017 The Drained Leaks release: (almost) no known leaks despite the tests. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 72960dd8d8..07e09c5236 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ __ _____ _ __ ___(_) ___ _ __ |___ / / |/ _ \ \ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \ |_ \ | | (_) | \ V / __/ | \__ \ | (_) | | | | ___) || |\__, | \_/ \___|_| |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |____(_)_| /_/ - (not released yet) + March 20 2018 +The Moscovitly-cold Spring release. + + * SMPI: Allow to start new actors and ranks after simulation start. + * SMPI: Support ICC, better testing on classical proxy apps. + * Some kernel headers are now installed, allowing external plugins. + * (+ the classical bug fixes and doc improvement) _ _____ _ ___ __ _____ _ __ ___(_) ___ _ __ |___ / / |( _ ) \ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \ |_ \ | |/ _ \ -- 2.20.1