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lamtrace - Unload LAM trace data.
After an application has finished, the record of its execution is stored in the trace daemons of each node that was running the application. The lamtrace command can be used to retrieve these traces and store them in one file for display by a performance visualization tool, such as xmpi(1). If the application was started by xmpi(1), lamtrace is not normally needed as the equivalent functionality is invoked with a button.
Incomplete trace data can be unloaded while the application is running. The output file must not exist prior to invoking lamtrace. This is a good situation to use the -k option, which preserves the trace daemon's contents after unloading. Each reload will then get the entire run's trace data up to the present time.
A running process is likely to be holding the most recent trace data in an internal buffer. A standard LAM signal, LAM_SIGTRACE (see doom(1)), causes trace enabled processes to flush the internal trace buffer to the daemon. The -f option tells lamtrace to send this signal to all target processes before unloading trace data. A race condition develops between the target process storing trace data to the daemon and the unloading procedure. The problem is foisted upon the user who gives a delay parameter after -f.
Trace data are organized by node, process identifier and list number. A process can store traces on any node, although the local node is the obvious, least intrusive choice. The process can identify itself in any meaningful way (getpid(2) is a good idea) The list number is also chosen by the process. These values may be set by an instrumented library, such as libmpi(3), or directly by the application with lam_rtrstore(2). Unloading flexibility follows that of storing with the -l option selecting the list number, and standard LAM command line mnemonics selecting nodes and processes.
Dropping old traces when a pre-compiled volume limit is reached only happens for positive list numbers. Traces in negatively numbered lists will be collected until the underlying system runs out of memory. Do not use negative list numbers for high volume trace data.
If no process selection is given on the command line, trace data will be unloaded for all processes on each specified node.
LAM, its trace daemon and lamtrace are all unaware of the format and meaning of traces.
The -R option does not unload trace data. It causes the target trace daemons to free the memory occupied by trace data in the given list. If all lists are specified (no -l option), the trace daemon is effectively reset to its state after initiating LAM.
If multiple world communicators exist within LAM's trace daemons, the first one found is used. Multiple worlds may be present due to multiple concurrent applications, trace data from a previous run not removed (either with lamtrace or lamclean(1)), or an application that spawns processes. A particular world communicator can be located by providing precise node and process location to lamtrace.
The -mpi option is not compatible with the -l option.
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