[mvapich-discuss] LiMIC2/KNEM

[Mark Dixon]

Hi,

I'm looking at trying to give MPI performance a boost with one of the 
kernel-assisted memory copy modules. I see there are a few of them, 
including LiMIC2 and KNEM.

The website for LiMIC2, http://sslab.konkuk.ac.kr/, isn't responding but 
MVAPICH2 seems to be the biggest user of the software (according to 
Google), so I'm posting my question here.

I've read about a few security concerns about LiMIC2 dotted around the 
net, but not found any official documentation to confirm/refute that an 
attacker can use it to read any memory they like.

Are the concerns real? If so:

* Are there any plans to address them?

* Is KNEM supported with MVAPICH2 as an alternative? (I see it wasn't in 
2011)

Thanks,

Mark
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