Running OpenCL kernel multiple times on Parallella

[abdullahyildiz]

I want to execute an OpenCL kernel multiple times. I modified hello-opencl example as follows:

for(i = 0; i < 5; i++){
      clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(cmdq,krn,1,0,gtdsz,ltdsz,0,0,&ev[0]);
      clEnqueueReadBuffer(cmdq,c_buf,CL_TRUE,0,c_sz,c,0,0,&ev[1]);
      err = clWaitForEvents(2,ev);
}

It sometimes works, sometimes the terminal freezes up somewhere within the code and the operating system crashes.

The reason may be that memory is not freed properly.

During running the loop, I get the following error after a while (sometimes also the operating system crashes):

hello-opencl.elf: e_alloc(): mmap failure.
hello-opencl.elf:
ERROR: Can't allocate external memory buffer!

[2931] clmesg WARNING: e32pth_engine_needham.c(360): hardcoded to devnum=0

[browndeer]

Does the error occur after a few (successful) iterations and is it always the same iteration?

abdullah wrote:

I want to execute an OpenCL kernel multiple times. I modified the
hello-opencl example as follows:

for(i = 0; i < 100; i++){
clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(cmdq,krn,1,0,gtdsz,ltdsz,0,0,&ev[0]);
clEnqueueReadBuffer(cmdq,c_buf,CL_TRUE,0,c_sz,c,0,0,&ev[1]);
err = clWaitForEvents(2,ev);
}

During running the loop, I get the following error after a while:

hello-opencl.elf: e_alloc(): mmap failure.
hello-opencl.elf:
ERROR: Can't allocate external memory buffer!

[2931] clmesg WARNING: e32pth_engine_needham.c(360): hardcoded to devnum=0

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[abdullahyildiz]

Yes but not always the same iteration.

[MiguelTasende]

Hello!
I am having the exact same problem, but my "kernel" doesn't even use coprthr (I am using ESDK directly).
I write this here because this is the closest thing to my error that I found.

The behaviour is exactly the same as browndeer describes:
I launch the kernel many times. Every time on the same iteration (94 I think) it freezes and says:

e_alloc(): mmap failure.
ERROR: Can't allocate external memory buffer!

I am resetting and initializing the whole Epiphany on each iteration (i know I shouldn't in a production software, but this one is just for debugging; I am going to change that anyway and test again... but not sure if it will help).
Any idea on which is the problem. I see you are aware of some "similar" behaviours....

Thanks a lot.