[Paraview] Help with memory crash?

Burlen Loring burlen.loring at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 10:37:12 EST 2015


Hi Nikolaos,

One thing that I would suggest is to restructure your script so that you 
do not create new objects inside your loop. You can usually construct 
your rendering pipeline first then loop over the files(times, arrays, 
etc) modifying the existing pipeline objects and then calling Render 
followed by WriteImage. When you write your script that way you avoid 
the possibility of creating leaks. If you are convinced that there is a 
leak in ParaView we could advise on locating it, however I hesitate to 
give that advise prematurely. It's more likely that the issues are 
resulting from the way your script is structured.

Burlen

On 01/08/2015 09:57 AM, Nikolaos Beratlis wrote:
> After reading about memory leaks I modified the script at the end by 
> adding "del" after "Delete":
>
>   Delete(DataRepresentation4)
>   del DataRepresentation4
>   Delete(Contour2)
>   del Contour2
>   Delete(DataRepresentation3)
>   del DataRepresentation3
>   Delete(Q_VP_xmf)
>   del Q_VP_xmf
>   Delete(DataRepresentation2)
>   del DataRepresentation2
>   Delete(Contour1)
>   del Contour1
>   Delete(DataRepresentation1)
>   del DataRepresentation1
>   Delete(cf_VP_xmf)
>   del cf_VP_xmf
>
> That should fully delete the objects from the memory and it helped a 
> little but I still have memory leaks. Before the script memory usage 
> in the Memory Inspector is 1.4Gb and after one iteration it increases 
> to 4Gb, compared to 10Gb without the del statements. After 4 
> iterations the memory usage increases to 8Gb. Any ideas on how to 
> track and eliminate completely the memory leaks? I am forgetting to 
> delete an object from the script?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Nikolaos Beratlis 
> <nikos.beratlis at gmail.com <mailto:nikos.beratlis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     So I did some more tests by running the script interactively. I
>     used a smaller grid first, 2002 x 20 x 1000 points and ran it only
>     for 1 iteration. When Paraview loaded the memory usage on the
>     server was 1.04GB. After doing one iteration the memory usage
>     spiked to 10.42GB and remained like that when the script finished.
>     What I found out is the Delete statements make no difference at
>     all, with or without them the memory usage remained 10.42GB.
>     Performing more iterations in the script actually worsens this
>     problem, after 4 iterations the memory used increased to 14.32GB.
>     With a larger grid of 2002 x 100 x 1000 points the memory after
>     one iteration increased from 10.42GB before the script to 45.25GB
>     after the script. How can I properly delete all datasets and clear
>     the memory in Paraview?
>
>
>
>     On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Nikolaos Beratlis
>     <nikos.beratlis at gmail.com <mailto:nikos.beratlis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I am trying to run a script on a cluster with Paraview in
>         parallel. The cluster architecture is 16cores and 64GB per
>         node. The script reads in two XMF files, one contains a grid
>         of 2002x100x1000 points along with one variable. There is a
>         loop to perform two iterations:
>
>         try: paraview.simple
>         except: from paraview.simple import *
>         paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()
>
>         RenderView1 = GetRenderView()
>         RenderView1.Background = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
>         view = GetActiveView()
>         view.ViewSize = [ 800, 500 ]
>
>         RenderView1.CenterAxesVisibility = 0
>         #RenderView1.OrientationAxesVisibility = 0
>
>         #Define variables
>         wdir =
>         '/lustre/groups/balarasgrp/nikosb/Research/Simulations/golfball/stationary/S120/Re200000/gridC1/run_wm'
>         #wdir =
>         '/Users/nikosb/colone/Research/Simulations/golfball/stationary/S120/Re200000/gridC1/run_wm'
>         #wdir =
>         '/Users/nikosb/Research/Simulations/SPHERE/Re100/gridC1/run'
>         Qval = 0.1
>         cfmin = -0.001
>         cfmax = 0.005
>
>         index = [None]*9999
>
>         m = 0
>         for i in range(0, 9):
>           for j in range(0, 9):
>             for k in range(0, 9):
>               for l in range(0, 9):
>                 index[m] = chr(i+48)+chr(j+48)+chr(k+48)+chr(l+48)
>                 m = m+1
>
>
>         for i in range(1,3):
>
>           cf_VP_xmf = XDMFReader(
>         FileName=wdir+'/VPfield/XDMF/cf_VP'+index[i]+'.xmf' )
>
>           cf_VP_xmf.Sets = []
>           cf_VP_xmf.Grids = ['STL Grid']
>           cf_VP_xmf.PointArrays = ['Cf']
>
>           RenderView1 = GetRenderView()
>           RenderView1.CenterOfRotation = [6.2286853790283203e-06,
>         2.5033950805664062e-06, 7.1227550506591797e-06]
>
>           DataRepresentation1 = Show()
>           DataRepresentation1.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.50000762951094835]
>         DataRepresentation1.SelectionPointFieldDataArrayName = 'Cf'
>           DataRepresentation1.ColorArrayName = ('POINT_DATA', 'Cf')
>         DataRepresentation1.ScalarOpacityUnitDistance =
>         0.033928799990483226
>           DataRepresentation1.ScaleFactor = 0.099998557567596444
>
>           a1_Cf_PVLookupTable = GetLookupTableForArray( "Cf", 1,
>         RGBPoints=[-0.0099065126851201057, 0.23000000000000001,
>         0.29899999999999999, 0.754, 0.0097341262735426426,
>         0.86499999999999999, 0.86499999999999999, 0.86499999999999999,
>         0.029374765232205391, 0.70599999999999996, 0.016,
>         0.14999999999999999], VectorMode='Magnitude', NanColor=[0.25,
>         0.0, 0.0], ColorSpace='Diverging', ScalarRangeInitialized=1.0 )
>           a1_Cf_PiecewiseFunction = CreatePiecewiseFunction(
>         Points=[-0.0099065126851201057, 0.0, 0.5, 0.0,
>         0.029374765232205391, 1.0, 0.5, 0.0] )
>
>         DataRepresentation1.ScalarOpacityFunction =
>         a1_Cf_PiecewiseFunction
>           DataRepresentation1.LookupTable = a1_Cf_PVLookupTable
>
>         a1_Cf_PVLookupTable.ScalarOpacityFunction =
>         a1_Cf_PiecewiseFunction
>
>           a1_Cf_PVLookupTable.RGBPoints = [cfmin, 0.23000000000000001,
>         0.29899999999999999, 0.754, -0.002, 0.86499999999999999,
>         0.86499999999999999, 0.86499999999999999, cfmax,
>         0.70599999999999996, 0.016, 0.14999999999999999]
>         a1_Cf_PVLookupTable.ScalarOpacityFunction =
>         a1_Cf_PiecewiseFunction
>           a1_Cf_PVLookupTable.LockScalarRange = 1
>
>           RenderView1.CameraPosition = [6.2286853790283203e-06,
>         2.5033950805664062e-06, 3.3460035306026636]
>           RenderView1.CameraFocalPoint = [6.2286853790283203e-06,
>         2.5033950805664062e-06, 7.1227550506591797e-06]
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [2.3175641399614015,
>         4.6486514901655163]
>           RenderView1.CameraParallelScale = 0.86600759519558368
>
>           Contour1 = Contour( PointMergeMethod="Uniform Binning" )
>
>           Contour1.PointMergeMethod = "Uniform Binning"
>           Contour1.ContourBy = ['POINTS', 'Cf']
>           Contour1.Isosurfaces = [0.0097341262735426426]
>
>           DataRepresentation2 = Show()
>           DataRepresentation2.ColorArrayName = ('POINT_DATA', '')
>           DataRepresentation2.ScaleFactor = 0.099971860647201538
>         DataRepresentation2.SelectionPointFieldDataArrayName = 'Cf'
>           DataRepresentation2.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.50000762951094835]
>
>           DataRepresentation2.Representation = 'Wireframe'
>           DataRepresentation2.AmbientColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
>
>           DataRepresentation1.Visibility = 0
>
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [2.7470738944403328,
>         4.2397684828477349]
>
>           DataRepresentation1.Visibility = 1
>
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [2.3175641399614015,
>         4.6486514901655163]
>
>           Q_VP_xmf = XDMFReader(
>         FileName=wdir+'/VPfield/XDMF/Q_VP'+index[i]+'.xmf' )
>
>           Contour1.Isosurfaces = [0.0]
>
>           Q_VP_xmf.Sets = []
>           Q_VP_xmf.Grids = ['Eulerian Grid']
>           Q_VP_xmf.PointArrays = ['Q']
>
>           DataRepresentation3 = Show()
>           DataRepresentation3.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.50000762951094835]
>         DataRepresentation3.SelectionPointFieldDataArrayName = 'Q'
>         DataRepresentation3.ScalarOpacityUnitDistance =
>         0.0045778956118952439
>           DataRepresentation3.Representation = 'Outline'
>           DataRepresentation3.ScaleFactor = 0.25585924386978148
>
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [0.30866115510384229,
>         6.1311800002592065]
>
>           Contour2 = Contour( PointMergeMethod="Uniform Binning" )
>
>           Contour2.PointMergeMethod = "Uniform Binning"
>           Contour2.ContourBy = ['POINTS', 'Q']
>           Contour2.Isosurfaces = [-348374.28125]
>
>           DataRepresentation4 = Show()
>           DataRepresentation4.ScaleFactor = 0.1348903000354767
>         DataRepresentation4.SelectionPointFieldDataArrayName = 'Normals'
>           DataRepresentation4.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.50000762951094835]
>
>           Contour2.Isosurfaces = [0.5]
>
>           DataRepresentation3.Visibility = 0
>
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [0.46635874330917981,
>         5.5760844897764175]
>
>           RenderView1.CameraViewUp = [-1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
>           RenderView1.CameraPosition = [-5.0, 0.0, 5.0]
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [3.0180305778980254,
>         7.5069525367021557]
>           RenderView1.CameraFocalPoint = [0.0, 0.0, 5.0]
>           RenderView1.CameraParallelScale = 1.565457167140391
>           RenderView1.CenterOfRotation = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
>
>           RenderView1.CameraFocalPoint = [0.0, 0.0, 0.5]
>           RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [0.86197012554183883,
>         4.2263653610655147]
>           RenderView1.CameraPosition = [0.0, -2.5, 0.0]
>
>         WriteImage(wdir+'/POSTPRO/IMAGES/Q_cf_VP'+index[i]+'.jpg')
>
>           Delete(DataRepresentation4)
>           Delete(Contour2)
>           Delete(DataRepresentation3)
>           Delete(Q_VP_xmf)
>
>           Delete(DataRepresentation2)
>           Delete(Contour1)
>           Delete(DataRepresentation1)
>           Delete(cf_VP_xmf)
>
>         The script was created by running an interactive Paraview
>         session and recording the commands. I then modified it
>         slightly to add the loop and some variables.
>
>         I have been able to run the script successfully on 1,2,16 and
>         32 cores successfully and it loops twice. However when I try
>         to run on 64 cores I get the following error message:
>
>         [node116:58372] 63 more processes have sent help message
>         help-mpi-common-cuda.txt / dlopen failed
>         [node116:58372] Set MCA parameter "orte_base_help_aggregate"
>         to 0 to see all help / error messages
>         terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
>           what():  std::bad_alloc
>         [node125:37180] *** Process received signal ***
>         [node125:37180] Signal: Aborted (6)
>         [node125:37180] Signal code:  (-6)
>         [node125:37180] [ 0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf710)
>         [0x2aaab28f3710]
>         [node125:37180] [ 1] /lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35)
>         [0x2aaab479f625]
>         [node125:37180] [ 2] /lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x175)
>         [0x2aaab47a0e05]
>         [node125:37180] [ 3]
>         /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(_ZN9__gnu_cxx27__verbose_terminate_handlerEv+0x12d)
>         [0x2aaab408aa7d]
>         [node125:37180] [ 4] /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(+0xbcbd6)
>         [0x2aaab4088bd6]
>         [node125:37180] [ 5] /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(+0xbcc03)
>         [0x2aaab4088c03]
>         [node125:37180] [ 6] /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(+0xbcd22)
>         [0x2aaab4088d22]
>         [node125:37180] [ 7] /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(_Znwm+0x7d)
>         [0x2aaab408911d]
>         [node125:37180] [ 8] /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6(_Znam+0x9)
>         [0x2aaab40891d9]
>         [node125:37180] [ 9]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkXdmfHeavyData10ReadPointsEP12XdmfGeometryPiS2_+0x3a6)
>         [0x2aaab716310c]
>         [node125:37180] [10]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkXdmfHeavyData21RequestStructuredGridEP8XdmfGrid+0xfb)
>         [0x2aaab716292f]
>         [node125:37180] [11]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkXdmfHeavyData15ReadUniformDataEP8XdmfGrid+0x14c)
>         [0x2aaab71614ce]
>         [node125:37180] [12]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkXdmfHeavyData8ReadDataEP8XdmfGrid+0xd1)
>         [0x2aaab7160c91]
>         [node125:37180] [13]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkXdmfHeavyData8ReadDataEv+0x4f)
>         [0x2aaab7160a0f]
>         [node125:37180] [14]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN13vtkXdmfReader11RequestDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x31c)
>         [0x2aaab716daf0]
>         [node125:37180] [15]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOLegacy-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN13vtkDataReader14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x62)
>         [0x2aaab0b3b9be]
>         [node125:37180] [16]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkIOXdmf2-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN13vtkXdmfReader14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x76)
>         [0x2aaab716c702]
>         [node125:37180] [17]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN12vtkExecutive13CallAlgorithmEP14vtkInformationiPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x8d)
>         [0x2aaab10c63d1]
>         [node125:37180] [18]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x76)
>         [0x2aaab10c0b1c]
>         [node125:37180] [19]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x468)
>         [0x2aaab10b9950]
>         [node125:37180] [20]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x522)
>         [0x2aaab10c0248]
>         [node125:37180] [21]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0xa6c)
>         [0x2aaab10e5ace]
>         [node125:37180] [22]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline15ForwardUpstreamEP14vtkInformation+0x2d6)
>         [0x2aaab10bbb6e]
>         [node125:37180] [23]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x48a)
>         [0x2aaab10c01b0]
>         [node125:37180] [24]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0xa6c)
>         [0x2aaab10e5ace]
>         [node125:37180] [25]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline10UpdateDataEi+0x2fb)
>         [0x2aaab10c0965]
>         [node125:37180] [26]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline6UpdateEi+0xf8)
>         [0x2aaab10e5d3e]
>         [node125:37180] [27]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN16vtkSISourceProxy14UpdatePipelineEidb+0x196)
>         [0x2aaaac77ef72]
>         [node125:37180] [28]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv4.1.so.1(_Z23vtkSISourceProxyCommandP26vtkClientServerInterpreterP13vtkObjectBasePKcRK21vtkClientServerStreamRS5_Pv+0x6ee)
>         [0x2aaaab7f27bd]
>         [node125:37180] [29]
>         /c1/apps/paraview/4.1.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv4.1.so.1(_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter19CallCommandFunctionEPKcP13vtkObjectBaseS1_RK21vtkClientServerStreamRS4_+0x343)
>         [0x2aaaafb57aa5]
>         [node125:37180] *** End of error message ***
>
>         I am afraid there is an issue with memory leakage or improper
>         memory allocation and deallocation. At this point I do not
>         know how to proceed to debug it. Is there an obvious problem
>         in in the script and the way datasets are deallocated at the
>         end of each iteration?
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Nikos
>
>
>
>
>
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