Balar does not compile as written

[mgoldstein322]

Compiling balar requires the user to comment out line 19 of balarTestCPU.cc. This line is #include <sst/core/simulation.h>, which does not exist. Replacing the line with #include <sst/core/simulation_impl.h> does not solve the compilation issue. Additionally, running the balar tests afterward produces a segmentation fault.

How to reproduce:

Compile balar by following the instructions at https://github.com/sstsimulator/sst-elements/blob/master/src/sst/elements/balar/README.md but comment out line 19 of balarTestCPU.cc so that compilation will complete. Next, run sst testBalar-testcpu.py --model-options='-c gpu-v100-mem.cfg -v -x vectorAdd/vectorAdd -t vectorAdd/cuda_calls.trace'. The test will complete and display the "Test Completed Successfully" message, then seg fault.

RHEL9 -- CUDA 11 -- SST core commit 0075ba17 -- SST elements commit 4c91414

[jwilso]

@hughes-c Any progress on this issue? It would be nice to get it into 14.1.0.

[jwilso]

@gvoskuilen This will be deferred to a later release. For 14.1.0, documentation will note this as an open issue.

[hughes-c]

Closing this since #2428 makes changes to balar and the build requirements.