[libfabric-users] OFI libfabric and forking

[Zhang, Wei]

Hi Howard,

I think for any provider that needs to pin memory during memory registration, using fork can cause data corruption, thus will cause problem.

The EFA provider registered a fork callback function to prevent user from using fork, unless they enable the additional fork support.

Sincerely,

Wei Zhang


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Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [libfabric-users] OFI libfabric and forking


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Hi All,

Before I open an issue against libfabric, I've got a high level question.

If an application process initializes libfabric, and in particular, uses the memory monitor infrastructure,  should the application be able to fork additional processes without problems?
Assume the forked processes are not utilizing libfabric in any way.

I just wanted to get a sanity check before opening an issue post Thanksgiving holidays.

Thanks,

Howard
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