caught segfault - 'memory not mapped' error in R
I have a problem running some R scripts on our cluster. The problems appeared suddenly (all the scripts were working just fine but one day they started giving a caught segfault error). I cannot provide reproducible code because I can't even reproduce the error on my own computer - it only happens on the cluster. I am also using the same code for two sets of data - one is quite small and runs fine, the other one works with bigger data frames (about 10 million rows) and collapses at certain points. I am only using packages from CRAN repository; R and all the packages should be up to date. The error shows up at totally unrelated actions, see the examples below:
Session info:
R version 3.4.3 (2017-11-30)
Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Writing variable to NetCDF file
# code snippet
library(ncdf4)
library(reshape2)
input <- read.csv("input_file.csv")
species <- "no2"
dimX <- ncdim_def(name="x", units = "m", vals = unique(input$x), unlim = FALSE)
dimY <- ncdim_def(name="y", units = "m", vals = unique(input$y), unlim = FALSE)
dimTime <- ncdim_def(name = "time", units = "hours", unlim = TRUE)
varOutput <- ncvar_def(name = species, units = "ug/m3",
dim = list(dimX, dimY, dimTime), missval = -9999, longname = species)
nc_file <- nc_create(filename = "outFile.nc", vars = list(varOutput), force_v4 = T)
ncvar_put(nc = nc_file, varid = species, vals = acast(input, x~y), start = c(1,1,1),
count = c(length(unique(input$x)), length(unique(input$y)), 1))
At this point, I get the following error:
*** caught segfault ***
address 0x2b607cac2000, cause 'memory not mapped'
Traceback:
1: id(rev(ids), drop = FALSE)
2: cast(data, formula, fun.aggregate, ..., subset = subset, fill = fill, drop = drop, value.var = value.var)
3: acast(result, x ~ y)
4: ncvar_put(nc = nc_file, varid = species, vals = acast(result, x ~ y), start = c(1, 1), count = c(length(unique(result$x)), length(unique(result$y))))
An irrecoverable exception occurred. R is aborting now ...
/opt/sge/default/spool/node10/job_scripts/122270: line 3: 13959 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Complex code with parallel computation
*** caught segfault ***
address 0x330d39b40, cause 'memory not mapped'
Traceback:
1: .Call(gstat_fit_variogram, as.integer(fit.method), as.integer(fit.sills), as.integer(fit.ranges))
2: fit.variogram(experimental_variogram, model = vgm(psill = psill, model = model, range = range, nugget = nugget, kappa = kappa), fit.ranges = c(fit_range), fit.sills = c(fit_nugget, fit_sill), debug.level = 0)
3: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
4: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
5: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
6: tryCatch(expr, error = function(e) { call <- conditionCall(e) if (!is.null(call)) { if (identical(call[[1L]], quote(doTryCatch))) call <- sys.call(-4L) dcall <- deparse(call)[1L] prefix <- paste("Error in", dcall, ": ") LONG <- 75L msg <- conditionMessage(e) sm <- strsplit(msg, "\n")[[1L]] w <- 14L + nchar(dcall, type = "w") + nchar(sm[1L], type = "w") if (is.na(w)) w <- 14L + nchar(dcall, type = "b") + nchar(sm[1L], type = "b") if (w > LONG) prefix <- paste0(prefix, "\n ") } else prefix <- "Error : " msg <- paste0(prefix, conditionMessage(e), "\n") .Internal(seterrmessage(msg[1L])) if (!silent && identical(getOption("show.error.messages"), TRUE)) { cat(msg, file = outFile) .Internal(printDeferredWarnings()) } invisible(structure(msg, class = "try-error", condition = e))})
7: try(fit.variogram(experimental_variogram, model = vgm(psill = psill, model = model, range = range, nugget = nugget, kappa = kappa), fit.ranges = c(fit_range), fit.sills = c(fit_nugget, fit_sill), debug.level = 0), TRUE)
8: getModel(initial_sill - initial_nugget, m, initial_range, k, initial_nugget, fit_range, fit_sill, fit_nugget, verbose = verbose)
9: autofitVariogram(lmResids ~ 1, obsDf, model = "Mat", kappa = c(0.05, seq(0.2, 2, 0.1), 3, 5, 10, 15), fix.values = c(NA, NA, NA), start_vals = c(NA, NA, NA), verbose = F)
10: main_us(obsDf[obsDf$class == "rural" | obsDf$class == "rural-nearcity" | obsDf$class == "rural-regional" | obsDf$class == "rural-remote", ], grd_alt, grd_pop, lm_us, fitvar_us, logTransform, plots, "RuralSt", period, preds)
11: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
12: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
13: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
14: tryCatch(main_us(obsDf[obsDf$class == "rural" | obsDf$class == "rural-nearcity" | obsDf$class == "rural-regional" | obsDf$class == "rural-remote", ], grd_alt, grd_pop, lm_us, fitvar_us, logTransform, plots, "RuralSt", period, preds), error = function(e) e)
15: eval(.doSnowGlobals$expr, envir = .doSnowGlobals$exportenv)
16: eval(.doSnowGlobals$expr, envir = .doSnowGlobals$exportenv)
17: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
18: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
19: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
20: tryCatch(eval(.doSnowGlobals$expr, envir = .doSnowGlobals$exportenv), error = function(e) e)
21: (function (args) { lapply(names(args), function(n) assign(n, args[[n]], pos = .doSnowGlobals$exportenv)) tryCatch(eval(.doSnowGlobals$expr, envir = .doSnowGlobals$exportenv), error = function(e) e)})(quote(list(timeIndex = 255L)))
22: do.call(msg$data$fun, msg$data$args, quote = TRUE)
23: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
24: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
25: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
26: tryCatch(do.call(msg$data$fun, msg$data$args, quote = TRUE), error = handler)
27: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
28: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
29: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
30: tryCatch({ msg <- recvData(master) if (msg$type == "DONE") { closeNode(master) break } else if (msg$type == "EXEC") { success <- TRUE handler <- function(e) { success <<- FALSE structure(conditionMessage(e), class = c("snow-try-error", "try-error")) } t1 <- proc.time() value <- tryCatch(do.call(msg$data$fun, msg$data$args, quote = TRUE), error = handler) t2 <- proc.time() value <- list(type = "VALUE", value = value, success = success, time = t2 - t1, tag = msg$data$tag) msg <- NULL sendData(master, value) value <- NULL }}, interrupt = function(e) NULL)
31: slaveLoop(makeSOCKmaster(master, port, timeout, useXDR))
32: parallel:::.slaveRSOCK()
An irrecoverable exception occurred. R is aborting now ...
Is it likely that there is an issue with the cluster rather than the code (or R)? I don't know if it could be related, but since some time ago we've been getting error messages like these:
Message from syslogd@master1 at Mar 8 13:51:37 ...
kernel:[Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 1): DRAM ECC error detected on the NB.
Message from syslogd@master1 at Mar 8 13:51:37 ...
kernel:[Hardware Error]: Error Status: Corrected error, no action required.
Message from syslogd@master1 at Mar 8 13:51:37 ...
kernel:[Hardware Error]: CPU:4 (15:2:0) MC4_STATUS[-|CE|MiscV|-|AddrV|-|-|CECC]: 0x9c08400067080a13
Message from syslogd@master1 at Mar 8 13:51:37 ...
kernel:[Hardware Error]: MC4_ADDR: 0x000000048f32b490
Message from syslogd@master1 at Mar 8 13:51:37 ...
kernel:[Hardware Error]: cache level: L3/GEN, mem/io: MEM, mem-tx: RD, part-proc: RES (no timeout)
I have tried to uninstall and reinstall packages based on this question but it didn't help.
Answer
The problem is a mismatch between currently installed shared libraries and the libraries that were built to install R or packages.
I got this error for the first time today. See below. I've solved it, can explain situation.
This is an Ubuntu system that was recently upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04, running R-3.4.4. A lot of C and C++ libraries were replaced. But not all programs were replaced. Immediately I noticed that lots of programs were getting segmentation faults. Anything that touched the tidyverse was a fail. The stringi package could not find the shared libraries with which it was compiled.
The example here is a bit interesting because it happens when running the "R CMD check" for a package, which, at least in theory, should be safe. I found the fix was to remove the packages "RCurl" and "url" and rebuild them.
Here's the symptom, anyway
* checking for file ‘kutils.gitex/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* preparing ‘kutils’:
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* installing the package to build vignettes
* creating vignettes ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* looking to see if a ‘data/datalist’ file should be added
* re-saving image files
* building ‘kutils_1.40.tar.gz’
Warning: invalid uid value replaced by that for user 'nobody'
Warning: invalid gid value replaced by that for user 'nobody'
Run check: OK? (y or n)y
* using log directory ‘/home/pauljohn/GIT/CRMDA/software/kutils/package/kutils.Rcheck’
* using R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)
* using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
* using session charset: UTF-8
* using option ‘--as-cran’
* checking for file ‘kutils/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* checking extension type ... Package
* this is package ‘kutils’ version ‘1.40’
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ...
*** caught segfault ***
address 0x68456, cause 'memory not mapped'
Traceback:
1: curlGetHeaders(u)
2: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
3: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
4: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
5: tryCatch(curlGetHeaders(u), error = identity)
6: .fetch(u)
7: .check_http_A(u)
8: FUN(X[[i]], ...)
9: lapply(urls[pos], .check_http)
10: do.call(rbind, lapply(urls[pos], .check_http))
11: check_url_db(url_db_from_package_sources(dir), remote = !localOnly)
12: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
13: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
14: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
15: tryCatch(check_url_db(url_db_from_package_sources(dir), remote = !localOnly), error = identity)
16: .check_package_CRAN_incoming(pkgdir, localOnly)
17: check_CRAN_incoming(!check_incoming_remote)
18: tools:::.check_packages()
An irrecoverable exception occurred. R is aborting now ...
Segmentation fault