[libfabric-users] Failure of fi_getinfo with verbs backend

[Hefty, Sean]

> Here is the relevant code snippet:
> > hints = fi_allocinfo();
> > hints->ep_attr->type  = FI_EP_MSG;
> > hints->caps = FI_MSG;
> > hints->mode   = FI_LOCAL_MR;
> >
> > if(ret = fi_getinfo(FI_VERSION(1, 1), "127.0.0.1", "12345", 0, hints,
> &fi))
> > {
> >   ERROR("fi_getinfo failed: %d '%s'", ret, fi_strerror(-ret));
> > }
> 
> Which fails with
> > error: fi_getinfo failed: -61 'No data available'

Hmmm... odd.  Is the sockets provider installed as well?  I'm surprised that doesn't return anything either.

> The output of fi_info suggests the verbs provider has the capabilities
> I
> request. Oddly enough, it works on the server side, where the only
> difference is an added FI_SOURCE flag to the fi_getinfo call.

Is the server side running on a different system, or are you just running as a server on the same system?