[openib-general] Fork issues with simple MPI program

Davis, Arlin R arlin.r.davis at intel.com
Tue Feb 20 14:29:40 PST 2007



>An application that wants fork() to work with libibverbs should
>either call ibv_fork_init() before doing anything else with
>libibverbs, or else a user can set the IBV_FORK_SAFE or
>RDMAV_FORK_SAFE environment variable to get the same effect.  There is
>some overhead to making fork() work so it is not enabled by default.
>This is described in the ibv_fork_init manpage in the latest
>libibverbs git tree.


Does this require 2.6.16 or better kernel support?




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