Add option to drop the whole TF and continue

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/Configuration.h

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ struct TrackingParameters {
   bool PerPrimaryVertexProcessing = false;
   bool SaveTimeBenchmarks = false;
   bool DoUPCIteration = false;
+  bool FataliseUponFailure = true;
+  bool DropTFUponFailure = false;
   /// Cluster attachment
   bool UseTrackFollower = false;
   bool UseTrackFollowerTop = false;

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TimeFrame.h

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class TimeFrame
   void printCellLUTonLayer(int i);
   void printTrackletLUTs();
   void printCellLUTs();
-  void printROFInfo(const int rofId);
+  void printSliceInfo(const int, const int);
 
   IndexTableUtils mIndexTableUtils;
 
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ class TimeFrame
   std::vector<uint8_t> mMultiplicityCutMask;
 
   const o2::base::PropagatorImpl<float>* mPropagatorDevice = nullptr; // Needed only for GPU
+  void dropTracks()
+  {
+    for (auto& v : mTracks) {
+      deepVectorClear(v);
+    }
+  }
+
  protected:
   template <typename T>
   void deepVectorClear(std::vector<T>& vec)

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/include/ITStracking/TrackingConfigParam.h

@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@ namespace its
 
 struct VertexerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<VertexerParamConfig> {
 
-  int nIterations = 1;         // Number of vertexing passes to perform
-  int vertPerRofThreshold = 0; // Maximum number of vertices per ROF to trigger second a round
-  bool allowSingleContribClusters = false;
-  // Number of ROFs to be considered for the vertexing
-  int deltaRof = 0;
+  int nIterations = 1;                     // Number of vertexing passes to perform.
+  int vertPerRofThreshold = 0;             // Maximum number of vertices per ROF to trigger second a iteration.
+  bool allowSingleContribClusters = false; // attempt to find vertices in case of a single tracklet found.
+  int deltaRof = 0;                        // Number of ROFs to be considered for the vertexing.
 
-  // geometrical cuts
+  // geometrical cuts for tracklet selection
   float zCut = 0.002f;
   float phiCut = 0.005f;
   float pairCut = 0.04f;
@@ -42,12 +41,12 @@ struct VertexerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<VertexerPa
   float maxZPositionAllowed = 25.f; // 4x sZ of the beam
 
   // Artefacts selections
-  int clusterContributorsCut = 16;
+  int clusterContributorsCut = 16; // minimum number of contributors for the second vertex found in the same ROF (pileup cut)
   int maxTrackletsPerCluster = 1e2;
   int phiSpan = -1;
   int zSpan = -1;
-  int ZBins = 1;
-  int PhiBins = 128;
+  int ZBins = 1;     // z-phi index table configutation: number of z bins
+  int PhiBins = 128; // z-phi index table configutation: number of phi bins
 
   int nThreads = 1;
 
@@ -56,11 +55,11 @@ struct VertexerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<VertexerPa
 
 struct TrackerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<TrackerParamConfig> {
   // Use TGeo for mat. budget
-  bool useMatCorrTGeo = false;
-  bool useFastMaterial = false;
-  int deltaRof = 0;
-  float sysErrY2[7] = {0}; // systematic error^2 in Y per layer
-  float sysErrZ2[7] = {0}; // systematic error^2 in Z per layer
+  bool useMatCorrTGeo = false;  // use full geometry to corect for material budget accounting in the fits. Default is to use the material budget LUT.
+  bool useFastMaterial = false; // use faster material approximation for material budget accounting in the fits.
+  int deltaRof = 0;             // configure the width of the window in ROFs to be considered for the tracking.
+  float sysErrY2[7] = {0};      // systematic error^2 in Y per layer
+  float sysErrZ2[7] = {0};      // systematic error^2 in Z per layer
   float maxChi2ClusterAttachment = -1.f;
   float maxChi2NDF = -1.f;
   float nSigmaCut = -1.f;
@@ -69,23 +68,25 @@ struct TrackerParamConfig : public o2::conf::ConfigurableParamHelper<TrackerPara
   float pvRes = -1.f;
   int LUTbinsPhi = -1;
   int LUTbinsZ = -1;
-  float diamondPos[3] = {0.f, 0.f, 0.f};
-  bool useDiamond = false;
-  unsigned long maxMemory = 0;
-  int useTrackFollower = -1;          // bit 0: allow mixing implies bits 1&2; bit 1: topwards; bit2: downwards; => 0 off
-  float trackFollowerNSigmaZ = 1.f;   // sigma in z-cut for track-following search rectangle
-  float trackFollowerNSigmaPhi = 1.f; // sigma in phi-cut for track-following search rectangle
+  float diamondPos[3] = {0.f, 0.f, 0.f}; // override the position of the vertex
+  bool useDiamond = false;               // enable overriding the vertex position
+  unsigned long maxMemory = 0;           // override default protections on the maximum memory to be used by the tracking
+  int useTrackFollower = -1;             // bit 0: allow mixing implies bits 1&2; bit 1: topwards; bit2: downwards; => 0 off
+  float trackFollowerNSigmaZ = 1.f;      // sigma in z-cut for track-following search rectangle
+  float trackFollowerNSigmaPhi = 1.f;    // sigma in phi-cut for track-following search rectangle
   float cellsPerClusterLimit = -1.f;
   float trackletsPerClusterLimit = -1.f;
   int findShortTracks = -1;
-  int nThreads = 1;
-  int nOrbitsPerIterations = 0;
-  int nROFsPerIterations = 0;
-  bool perPrimaryVertexProcessing = false;
-  bool saveTimeBenchmarks = false;
-  bool overrideBeamEstimation = false; // used by gpuwf only
-  int trackingMode = -1;               // -1: unset, 0=sync, 1=async, 2=cosmics used by gpuwf only
-  bool doUPCIteration = false;
+  int nThreads = 1;                        // number of threads to perform the operations in parallel.
+  int nROFsPerIterations = 0;              // size of the slice of ROFs to be processed at a time, preferably integer divisors of nROFs per TF, to balance the iterations.
+  int nOrbitsPerIterations = 0;            // not implemented: size of the slice of ROFs to be processed at a time, computed using the number of ROFs per orbit.
+  bool perPrimaryVertexProcessing = false; // perform the full tracking considering the vertex hypotheses one at the time.
+  bool saveTimeBenchmarks = false;         // dump metrics on file
+  bool overrideBeamEstimation = false;     // use beam position from meanVertex CCDB object
+  int trackingMode = -1;                   // -1: unset, 0=sync, 1=async, 2=cosmics used by gpuwf only
+  bool doUPCIteration = false;             // Perform an additional iteration for UPC events on tagged vertices. You want to combine this config with VertexerParamConfig.nIterations=2
+  bool fataliseUponFailure = true;         // granular management of the fatalisation in async mode
+  bool dropTFUponFailure = false;
 
   O2ParamDef(TrackerParamConfig, "ITSCATrackerParam");
 };

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/TimeFrame.cxx

@@ -609,16 +609,19 @@ void TimeFrame::printNClsPerROF()
   }
 }
 
-void TimeFrame::printROFInfo(const int rofId)
+void TimeFrame::printSliceInfo(const int startROF, const int sliceSize)
 {
-  std::cout << "ROF " << rofId << " dump:" << std::endl;
-  for (int iLayer{0}; iLayer < mClusters.size(); ++iLayer) {
-    std::cout << "Layer " << iLayer << " has: " << getClustersOnLayer(rofId, iLayer).size() << " clusters." << std::endl;
-  }
-  std::cout << "Number of seeding vertices: " << getPrimaryVertices(rofId).size() << std::endl;
-  int iVertex{0};
-  for (auto& v : getPrimaryVertices(rofId)) {
-    std::cout << "\t vertex " << iVertex++ << ": x=" << v.getX() << " " << " y=" << v.getY() << " z=" << v.getZ() << " has " << v.getNContributors() << " contributors." << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Dumping slice of " << sliceSize << " rofs:" << std::endl;
+  for (int iROF{startROF}; iROF < startROF + sliceSize; ++iROF) {
+    std::cout << "ROF " << iROF << " dump:" << std::endl;
+    for (int iLayer{0}; iLayer < mClusters.size(); ++iLayer) {
+      std::cout << "Layer " << iLayer << " has: " << getClustersOnLayer(iROF, iLayer).size() << " clusters." << std::endl;
+    }
+    std::cout << "Number of seeding vertices: " << getPrimaryVertices(iROF).size() << std::endl;
+    int iVertex{0};
+    for (auto& v : getPrimaryVertices(iROF)) {
+      std::cout << "\t vertex " << iVertex++ << ": x=" << v.getX() << " " << " y=" << v.getY() << " z=" << v.getZ() << " has " << v.getNContributors() << " contributors." << std::endl;
+    }
   }
 }
 

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/Tracker.cxx

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void Tracker::clustersToTracks(std::function<void(std::string s)> logger, std::f
     }
   }
 
+  bool dropTF = false;
   for (int iteration = 0; iteration < (int)mTrkParams.size(); ++iteration) {
     if (iteration == 3 && mTrkParams[0].DoUPCIteration) {
       mTimeFrame->swapMasks();
@@ -75,9 +76,12 @@ void Tracker::clustersToTracks(std::function<void(std::string s)> logger, std::f
           &Tracker::computeTracklets, "Tracklet finding", [](std::string) {}, iteration, iROFs, iVertex);
         nTracklets += mTraits->getTFNumberOfTracklets();
         if (!mTimeFrame->checkMemory(mTrkParams[iteration].MaxMemory)) {
-          mTimeFrame->printROFInfo(iROFs);
+          mTimeFrame->printSliceInfo(iROFs, mTrkParams[iteration].nROFsPerIterations);
           error(fmt::format("Too much memory used during trackleting in iteration {} in ROF span {}-{}: {:.2f} GB. Current limit is {:.2f} GB, check the detector status and/or the selections.",
                             iteration, iROFs, iROFs + mTrkParams[iteration].nROFsPerIterations, mTimeFrame->getArtefactsMemory() / GB, mTrkParams[iteration].MaxMemory / GB));
+          if (mTrkParams[iteration].DropTFUponFailure) {
+            dropTF = true;
+          }
           break;
         }
         float trackletsPerCluster = mTraits->getTFNumberOfClusters() > 0 ? float(mTraits->getTFNumberOfTracklets()) / mTraits->getTFNumberOfClusters() : 0.f;
@@ -91,9 +95,13 @@ void Tracker::clustersToTracks(std::function<void(std::string s)> logger, std::f
           &Tracker::computeCells, "Cell finding", [](std::string) {}, iteration);
         nCells += mTraits->getTFNumberOfCells();
         if (!mTimeFrame->checkMemory(mTrkParams[iteration].MaxMemory)) {
-          mTimeFrame->printROFInfo(iROFs);
+          mTimeFrame->printSliceInfo(iROFs, mTrkParams[iteration].nROFsPerIterations);
           error(fmt::format("Too much memory used during cell finding in iteration {} in ROF span {}-{}: {:.2f} GB. Current limit is {:.2f} GB, check the detector status and/or the selections.",
                             iteration, iROFs, iROFs + mTrkParams[iteration].nROFsPerIterations, mTimeFrame->getArtefactsMemory() / GB, mTrkParams[iteration].MaxMemory / GB));
+          if (mTrkParams[iteration].DropTFUponFailure) {
+            dropTF = true;
+          }
+          dropTF = true;
           break;
         }
         float cellsPerCluster = mTraits->getTFNumberOfClusters() > 0 ? float(mTraits->getTFNumberOfCells()) / mTraits->getTFNumberOfClusters() : 0.f;
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ void Tracker::clustersToTracks(std::function<void(std::string s)> logger, std::f
           &Tracker::findRoads, "Road finding", [](std::string) {}, iteration);
       }
       iVertex++;
-    } while (iVertex < maxNvertices);
+    } while (iVertex < maxNvertices && !dropTF);
     logger(fmt::format(" - Tracklet finding: {} tracklets found in {:.2f} ms", nTracklets, timeTracklets));
     logger(fmt::format(" - Cell finding: {} cells found in {:.2f} ms", nCells, timeCells));
     logger(fmt::format(" - Neighbours finding: {} neighbours found in {:.2f} ms", nNeighbours, timeNeighbours));
@@ -122,6 +130,11 @@ void Tracker::clustersToTracks(std::function<void(std::string s)> logger, std::f
       total += timeExtending;
       logger(fmt::format(" - Extending Tracks: {} extended tracks using {} clusters found in {:.2f} ms", nExtendedTracks + mTimeFrame->mNExtendedTracks, nExtendedClusters + mTimeFrame->mNExtendedUsedClusters, timeExtending));
     }
+    if (dropTF) {
+      error(fmt::format("...Dropping Timeframe..."));
+      mTimeFrame->dropTracks();
+      break; // breaking out the iterations loop
+    }
   }
 
   total += evaluateTask(&Tracker::findShortPrimaries, "Short primaries finding", logger);
@@ -502,6 +515,8 @@ void Tracker::getGlobalConfiguration()
     params.nROFsPerIterations = nROFsPerIterations;
     params.PerPrimaryVertexProcessing = tc.perPrimaryVertexProcessing;
     params.SaveTimeBenchmarks = tc.saveTimeBenchmarks;
+    params.FataliseUponFailure = tc.fataliseUponFailure;
+    params.DropTFUponFailure = tc.dropTFUponFailure;
     for (int iD{0}; iD < 3; ++iD) {
       params.Diamond[iD] = tc.diamondPos[iD];
     }

Detectors/ITSMFT/ITS/tracking/src/TrackingInterface.cxx

@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@ void ITSTrackingInterface::run(framework::ProcessingContext& pc)
     mTimeFrame->setROFMask(processUPCMask);
     // Run CA tracker
     if constexpr (isGPU) {
-      if (mMode == o2::its::TrackingMode::Async) {
+      if (mMode == o2::its::TrackingMode::Async && o2::its::TrackerParamConfig::Instance().fataliseUponFailure) {
         mTracker->clustersToTracksHybrid(logger, fatalLogger);
       } else {
         mTracker->clustersToTracksHybrid(logger, errorLogger);
       }
     } else {
-      if (mMode == o2::its::TrackingMode::Async) {
+      if (mMode == o2::its::TrackingMode::Async && o2::its::TrackerParamConfig::Instance().fataliseUponFailure) {
         mTracker->clustersToTracks(logger, fatalLogger);
       } else {
         mTracker->clustersToTracks(logger, errorLogger);