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storeChunk: Workaround for bug with parallel flushing #5510

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Little fix for parallel flushing
franzpoeschel Jun 30, 2025
ba53682
Workaround for https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/pull/1794
franzpoeschel Oct 17, 2025
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Add the workaround also for recent releases
franzpoeschel Mar 13, 2026
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions include/picongpu/plugins/openPMD/writer/ParticleAttribute.hpp
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Expand Up @@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ namespace picongpu
if(elements == 0)
{
// accumulateWrittenBytes += 0;

// Workaround for this bug: https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/pull/1794
// and also this one for good measure https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/pull/1862
// In the affected versions of the openPMD-api, Span-based storeChunk must be
// treated as an MPI-collective call.
for(uint32_t d = 0; d < components; d++)
{
::openPMD::RecordComponent recordComponent
= components > 1 ? record[name_lookup[d]] : record[::openPMD::MeshRecordComponent::SCALAR];

recordComponent.storeChunk<ComponentType>(
::openPMD::Offset{globalOffset},
::openPMD::Extent{elements});
}
return;
}

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