"libtorch.so: error adding symbols: File in wrong format" when trying to compile torchvision on Linux on IBM z machine

Hello Guys,

I'm getting below error while trying to compile torchvision on linux on IBM z14 machine.
Could anyone help have a look on this?

My env:

redhat 8.4 on IBM LinuxONE
gcc (GCC) 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)

command sequence to compile:

wget https://download.pytorch.org/libtorch/nightly/cpu/libtorch-shared-with-deps-latest.zip
unzip libtorch-shared-with-deps-latest.zip

git clone git://github.com/pytorch/vision.git
cd vision
mkdir build
cd build

Add -DWITH_CUDA=on support for the CUDA if needed

cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PWD/../../libtorch ..
make
make install

cmake and make logs:

(base) [root@qiskit build]# cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PWD/../../libtorch .. 
-- Found PNG: /usr/lib64/libpng.so (found version "1.6.34") 
-- Found JPEG: /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so (found version "62") 
-- Configuring done
CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:73 (add_library):
  Cannot generate a safe runtime search path for target torchvision because
  files in some directories may conflict with libraries in implicit
  directories:

    runtime library [libpng16.so.16] in /usr/lib64 may be hidden by files in:
      /opt/anaconda/lib

  Some of these libraries may not be found correctly.


-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root/vision/build
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 
(base) [root@qiskit build]# make 
Scanning dependencies of target torchvision
[  2%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/common_jpeg.cpp.o
[  5%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/decode_image.cpp.o
[  7%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/decode_jpeg.cpp.o
[ 10%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/decode_png.cpp.o
[ 12%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/encode_jpeg.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/encode_png.cpp.o
[ 17%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cpu/read_write_file.cpp.o
[ 20%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/cuda/decode_jpeg_cuda.cpp.o
[ 22%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/io/image/image.cpp.o
[ 25%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/models/alexnet.cpp.o
[ 27%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/models/densenet.cpp.o
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[ 97%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/torchvision/csrc/vision.cpp.o
In file included from /root/vision/torchvision/csrc/vision.cpp:1:
/root/vision/torchvision/csrc/vision.h:10:40: warning: ‘_register_ops’ initialized and declared ‘extern’
 extern "C" VISION_INLINE_VARIABLE auto _register_ops = &cuda_version;
                                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
[100%] Linking CXX shared library libtorchvision.so
/root/libtorch/lib/libtorch.so: error adding symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/build.make:680: libtorchvision.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:95: CMakeFiles/torchvision.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:149: all] Error 2
(base) [root@qiskit build]# 

Thanks
Regards

Start with the CMake invocation and CMakeLists.txt:73, then inspect the libtorch archive used from /root/libtorch and the link step for torchvision/csrc/vision.cpp. Reproduce the failure with the listed LinuxONE environment and determine whether the issue is an incompatible library or a project build problem; done requires a confirmed cause and a documented fix or limitation.