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MPI_File_get_size, max file limit on windows 10

Michael_B_10 — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:55:28 GMT

It seems the max file size returned is limited to a 4 byte unsigned integer, even though MPI_Offset is 8 bytes. The following program fails in MPI_File_get_size for files larger than 4GB. Is there a way around this?

This is for Windows 10, mpicc.bat for the Intel(R) MPI Library 2018 Update 2 for Windows*
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Attached program shows the issue.

Just curious: are you asking

Tony_G_2 — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:19:22 GMT

Just curious: are you asking this question because you are trying to use HDF5 on Windows10 with files >4Gb? Or it is another use case for which you hit this problem?

@Michael: Thanks for

Klaus-Dieter_O_Intel — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:56:41 GMT

@Michael: Thanks for providing the test code. I have reproduced the issue on Windows 10 and created an internal report. I will keep this forum updated.

Tony_G_2 — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:59:59 GMT

Id like to add that this is issue is stopping anyone using Intel MPI with HDF5 on windows with large files.

Would appreciate a getaround and/or bug fix for MPI 2017 as well.

The issue was resolved in the

Klaus-Dieter_O_Intel — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:10:16 GMT

The issue was resolved in the now available version Intel(R) MPI Library 2018 Update 4.