Wrong node allocation description #1520
Description
When using the -L/--list-detailed in order to get detailed information about one of my self-backed tests, ReFrame reports the following:
...
Node allocation:
standard (1 task(s))
... This is misleading information because I have the following seam in my code
...
@rfm.run_after('setup')
def set_num_tasks(self):
if self.current_partition.fullname in ['daint:gpu', 'dom:gpu']:
self.num_tasks = 72
self.num_tasks_per_node = 12
self.num_cpus_per_task = 1
...
I do not know what to do here, because I understand that the information is taken from after init.
And if ReFrame executes all steps up to compile (excluding compile) to display the information, I could still write:
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@rfm.run_after('compile')
def set_num_tasks(self):
if self.current_partition.fullname in ['daint:gpu', 'dom:gpu']:
self.num_tasks = 72
self.num_tasks_per_node = 12
self.num_cpus_per_task = 1
...
One cannot execute compile to give me the -L flag because in this particular case, for instance, it takes 20 min to compile the test... 😄
My proposal is to either remove this entry from -L or change the wording, in case, there is a hook for any other phase after init. An example would be
...
Node allocation (assumed):
standard (1 task(s))
...
The word assumed has to be replaced by a better word, but you get the idea.