compilation fail on perlmutter

[aodhanmci]

Description

I was having problems on Perlmutter and thought a recompilation would help - compilation seems to break at the very end. I am following the WarpX on Perlmutter instructions. I then compiled without the QED tables and it seemed to work ok (I think this was the only thing I changed)

System information

• Operating system (name and version):
  • [x ] Linux: e.g., Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • macOS: e.g., macOS Monterey 12.4
  • Windows: e.g., Windows 11 Pro
• Version of WarpX: e.g., latest, 24.10, etc.
• Installation method:
  • Conda
  • Spack
  • PyPI
  • Brew
  • [x ] From source with CMake
  • Module system on an HPC cluster
• Other dependencies: yes/no, describe
• Computational resources:
  • CPU
  • [x ] GPU: e.g., NVIDIA, AMD, etc.

If applicable, please add any additional information about your software environment:

• [ x] CMake: 3.24.3
• [x ] C++ compiler: GNU 12.3.0 with NVCC 12.2.91
• Python: yes but unsure
• [x ] MPI: e.g., OpenMPI 4.5
• FFTW: not sure
• [x ] HDF5: e.g., 1.12.0
• [x ] ADIOS2: e.g., 2.8.3
• Other dependencies: yes/no, describe

Additional information

here is the error message:

/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/12/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: lib/libwarpx.2d.MPI.CUDA.DP.PDP.OPMD.FFT.EB.QED.GENQEDTABLES.a(BreitWheelerEngineWrapper.cpp.o): in function long double boost::math::detail::gamma_imp<long double, boost::math::policies::policy<boost::math::policies::promote_float<false>, boost::math::policies::promote_double<false>, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy>, boost::math::lanczos::lanczos17m64>(long double, boost::math::policies::policy<boost::math::policies::promote_float<false>, boost::math::policies::promote_double<false>, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy> const&, boost::math::lanczos::lanczos17m64 const&) [clone .isra.0]': tmpxft_0007bbf5_00000000-6_BreitWheelerEngineWrapper.cudafe1.cpp:(.text+0x56c6): undefined reference to boost::assertion_failed_msg(char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, long)'
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/12/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: lib/libwarpx.2d.MPI.CUDA.DP.PDP.OPMD.FFT.EB.QED.GENQEDTABLES.a(QuantumSyncEngineWrapper.cpp.o): in function long double boost::math::detail::gamma_imp<long double, boost::math::policies::policy<boost::math::policies::promote_float<false>, boost::math::policies::promote_double<false>, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy>, boost::math::lanczos::lanczos17m64>(long double, boost::math::policies::policy<boost::math::policies::promote_float<false>, boost::math::policies::promote_double<false>, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy, boost::math::policies::default_policy> const&, boost::math::lanczos::lanczos17m64 const&) [clone .isra.0]': tmpxft_0007bbc1_00000000-6_QuantumSyncEngineWrapper.cudafe1.cpp:(.text+0x5226): undefined reference to boost::assertion_failed_msg(char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, long)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/app_2d.dir/build.make:110: bin/warpx.2d.MPI.CUDA.DP.PDP.OPMD.FFT.EB.QED.GENQEDTABLES] Error 1
gmake[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:3632: CMakeFiles/app_2d.dir/all] Error 2
gmake: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

seems to work when I switch off QED tables though.

thanks,
Aodhan

[aeriforme]

Thank you for your question.
We have to update the variable BOOST_ROOT in the script perlmutter_<gpu,cpu>_warpx.profile.
It should work with this one for now:

export BOOST_ROOT=/global/common/software/spackecp/perlmutter/e4s-23.08/default/spack/opt/spack/linux-sles15-zen3/gcc-12.3.0/boost-1.83.0-2duyuvmto7nxhdxbmtdzfqta2zd2e6gp

It will be fixed with PR #5477

[aodhanmci]

perfect all sorted. thank you