Hi, I have downloaded the source code for the MCS lock from the excellent book "Using Advanced MPI" from http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpi/usingmpi/examples-advmpi/rma2/m... I have made a very simple piece of test code for testing the MCS lock but it works at random and often never escapes the busy loops in the acquire and release functions (see attached source code). The code appears semantically correct to my eyes. #include <stdio.h> #include <mpi.h> #include "mcs-lock.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { MPI_Win win; MPI_Init( &argc, &argv ); MCSLockInit(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &win); int rank, size; MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank); MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size); printf("rank: %d, size: %d\n", rank, size); MCSLockAcquire(win); printf("rank %d aquired lock\n", rank); fflush(stdout); MCSLockRelease(win); MPI_Win_free(&win); MPI_Finalize(); return 0; } I have tested on several hardware platforms and mpich-3.2 and mpich-3.3a2 but with no luck. It appears that the MPI_Win_Sync are not "refreshing" the local data or I have a bug I can't spot. A simple unfair lock like http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpi/usingmpi/examples-advmpi/rma2/g... works perfectly. Best regards, Ask Jakobsen _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] To manage subscription options or unsubscribe: https://lists.mpich.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss