Check input and layout

The input files and the lattice layout can be checked with the commands (after the application program has been built)

<hila-program-name> -check

<hila-program-name> -check -n <number-of-nodes> # without spaces

This runs the program without initializing MPI, Cuda or other hardware features and exits at lattice.setup() before any large memory allocations are made. If the number-of-nodes argument is given, program reports how the node layout is done.

Example:

Running hila_example in directory hila/applications/hila_example with the command build/hila_example -check -n 32 checks the input file and the layout for 32 nodes.

cd applications/hila_example
make -j4 hila_simple_example
./build/hila_simple_example -check -n 32

Expected output

$ ./build/hila_example -check -n 32
       INPUT AND LAYOUT CHECK ******
----- HILA ⩩ lattice framework ---------------------------
Running program ./build/hila_example
with command line arguments '-check -n 32 '
Code version: git SHA d117618b
Compiled Jun 21 2023 at 11:28:48
with options: EVEN_SITES_FIRST
Starting -- date Wed Jun 21 11:30:25 2023  run time 0.0005546s
No runtime limit given
GNU c-library performance: not returning allocated memory
----- Reading file parameters ------------------------------
lattice size         128,128,128
smear loops          100
smear coefficient    0.1
expansion order      12
random seed          3324565456
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
LAYOUT: lattice size  128 x 128 x 128  =  2097152 sites
Dividing to 32 nodes
 
Sites on node: 64 x 32 x 32  =  65536
Processor layout: 2 x 4 x 4  =  32 nodes
Node remapping: NODE_LAYOUT_BLOCK with blocksize 4
Node block size 2 2 1  block division 1 2 4
------------------------------------------------------------
      Input check done *****
No timers defined
 No communications done from node 0
Finishing -- date Wed Jun 21 11:30:25 2023  run time 0.02263s
------------------------------------------------------------

If the application source had a typo in parameter reading, for example lsize = par.get("latticesize"); then the output will notify the following:

Expected output

$ ./build/hila_example -check -n 32
       INPUT AND LAYOUT CHECK ******
----- HILA ⩩ lattice framework ---------------------------
Running program ./build/hila_example
with command line arguments '-check -n 32 '
Code version: git SHA d117618b
Compiled Jun 21 2023 at 11:28:48
with options: EVEN_SITES_FIRST
Starting -- date Wed Jun 21 11:34:54 2023  run time 0.0002599s
No runtime limit given
GNU c-library performance: not returning allocated memory
----- Reading file parameters ------------------------------
 lattice size       128,128,128
Error: expecting key 'latticesize'
Error: expecting 3 comma-separated ints after 'latticesize'
No timers defined
Finishing -- date Wed Jun 21 11:34:54 2023  run time 0.0005286s
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Additionally if the node layout is insufficient then the output would be:

Expected output

$ ./build/hila_example -check -n 7
       INPUT AND LAYOUT CHECK ******
----- HILA ⩩ lattice framework ---------------------------
Running program ./build/hila_example
with command line arguments '-check -n 7 '
Code version: git SHA d117618b
Compiled Jun 21 2023 at 11:28:48
with options: EVEN_SITES_FIRST
Starting -- date Wed Jun 21 11:36:22 2023  run time 0.0003294s
No runtime limit given
GNU c-library performance: not returning allocated memory
----- Reading file parameters ------------------------------
lattice size         128,128,128
smear loops          100
smear coefficient    0.1
expansion order      12
random seed          3324565456
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
LAYOUT: lattice size  128 x 128 x 128  =  2097152 sites
Dividing to 7 nodes
 
Using uneven node division to direction 0:
Lengths: 2 * (19 sites) + 5 * (18 sites)
Divisions: 19 - 18 - 18 - 19 - 18 - 18 - 18
Filling efficiency: 96.2406%
NOTE: number of smaller nodes > large nodes 
 
Sites on node: (18-19) x 128 x 128  =  294912 - 311296
Processor layout: 7 x 1 x 1  =  7 nodes
Node remapping: NODE_LAYOUT_BLOCK with blocksize 4
Node block size 1 1 1  block division 7 1 1
------------------------------------------------------------
      Input check done *****
No timers defined
 No communications done from node 0
Finishing -- date Wed Jun 21 11:36:22 2023  run time 0.06517s
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