weird phantom application running

**draconar** · 12-Feb-2009, 08:28

hello, all!

does anybody knows which application runs as process called engine_ser? I was working on some math simulations and thought my computer was running low because of it (too many data files being dumped on every iteration), but there was this process engine_ser that was sucking 50% of my CPU's processing power!

**smpoole7** · 12-Feb-2009, 08:34

Originally Posted by draconar

hello, all!

does anybody knows which application runs as process called engine_ser? I was working on some math simulations and thought my computer was running low because of it (too many data files being dumped on every iteration), but there was this process engine_ser that was sucking 50% of my CPU's processing power!

Sounds like something is running valgrind!

**draconar** · 12-Feb-2009, 09:30

Originally Posted by smpoole7

Sounds like something is running valgrind!

how can I tell which program is running it? I'm using a C++ library which uses HDF5 and MPI. Could it be? how can I be sure?

thanks!

**smpoole7** · 12-Feb-2009, 09:53

Originally Posted by draconar

how can I tell which program is running it? I'm using a C++ library which uses HDF5 and MPI. Could it be? how can I be sure?

thanks!

Which library is it? Is it a debug build, or a release build?

Do you only get the CPU loading when running stuff that uses this library, or does it happen all the time? If the former, then yep, that library is probably the issue.

**draconar** · 12-Feb-2009, 10:04

Originally Posted by smpoole7

Which library is it? Is it a debug build, or a release build?

Do you only get the CPU loading when running stuff that uses this library, or does it happen all the time? If the former, then yep, that library is probably the issue.

It's called SAMRAI, from LLNL. It's a release version.

After I killed engine_ser, it didn't came back to life again. I have rebuilt my software but no signs of engine_ser. Weeeeeeeeird.