Option --force-local is not forcing local execution

[victorusu]

I have ran reframe with the following command line options:

reframe.py -c cscs-checks/ -R -n hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90  -r --force-local

I cannot see the run phase on my terminal session and I am getting the following log file:

[2018-03-21T17:42:12] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: setting up paths
[2018-03-21T17:42:12] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: setting up the job descriptor
[2018-03-21T17:42:12] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: job scheduler backend: local
[2018-03-21T17:42:12] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: setting up performance logging
...
 entering stage: run 
[2018-03-21T17:42:15] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: executing OS command: sbatch /xxxxx/Work/reframe/stage/gpu/hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90/PrgEnv-cray/hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90_daint_gpu_PrgEnv-cray.sh
[2018-03-21T17:42:17] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: spawned job (jobid=6523122)
[2018-03-21T17:42:17] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: entering stage: wait
[2018-03-21T17:42:17] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: executing OS command: sacct -S 2018-03-21 -P -j 6523122 -o jobid,state,exitcode
[2018-03-21T17:42:17] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-cray: job state not matched (stdout follows)

The error is reproducible with the serial and async policies.
For the async policy I have:

[2018-03-21T17:46:16] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-gnu: entering stage: run 
[2018-03-21T17:46:16] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-gnu: executing OS command: sbatch /xxxxx/Work/reframe/stage/gpu/hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90/PrgEnv-gnu/hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90_daint_gpu_PrgEnv-gnu.sh
[2018-03-21T17:46:16] debug: hello_world_mpi_openmp_static_f90 on daint:gpu using PrgEnv-gnu: spawned job (jobid=6523171)

[teojgo]

After investigating a little bit, it seems that the --force-local option sets the corresponding executor field which is not passed to the underlying tasks and thus the launcher and the scheduler of the check are not forced to the local ones.

[vkarak]

Yes, this is true. It appears this bug was introduced with the new implementation of the execution policies.