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segfault in batchExport

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I'm getting the following segfault when running batchtools via the dpFuture/future.batchtools/batchtools stack. The problem is technically in dir_map but I suspect that the condition that gives it rise is a race condition. I only base this conclusion on the fact that some of the job files have time stamp out of order. I can help to isolate and reproduce this error but could really use advice on what it might be to help narrow in - my current code takes many hours to run on 300 cores to see the error. A run with only 40 cores doesn't produce any issues. It's worth noting that I don't really know the batchtools package at all, hence I'm asking for a "gut feel" for which direction to look in. Thanks in advance!

Boris

*** caught segfault ***
address 0x7ffe38150ff8, cause 'memory not mapped'

Traceback:
1: dir_map(old, identity, all, recurse, type, fail)
2: dir_ls(old, type = "directory", recurse = TRUE, all = TRUE)
3: dir_delete(old[dirs])
4: fs::file_delete(x[fs::file_exists(x)])
5: file_remove(file)
6: (function (object, file, compress = "gzip") { file_remove(file) saveRDS(object, file = file, version = 2L, compress = compress) waitForFile(file, 300) invisible(TRUE)})(object = dots[[1L]]
[[23L]], file = dots[[2L]][[23L]], compress = dots[[3L]][[1L]])
7: mapply(FUN = f, ..., SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
8: Map(writeRDS, object = export, file = fn, compress = reg$compress)
9: batchExport(export = future$globals, reg = reg)
10: run.BatchtoolsFuture(future)

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Start with the batchExport entry point and the dir_map call shown in the traceback; compare behavior at 40 and 300 cores and inspect the out-of-order job-file timestamps. The issue is done when the failure is reproducible or ruled out and the segfault condition has a verified resolution.

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Tech stack
r
Domain
hpc
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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