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HDF5 version 1.11.2 currently under development
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INTRODUCTION
This document describes the differences between this release and the previous
HDF5 release. It contains information on the platforms tested and known
problems in this release. For more details check the HISTORY*.txt files in the
HDF5 source.
Note that documentation in the links below will be updated at the time of each
final release.
Links to HDF5 documentation can be found on The HDF5 web page:
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5
The official HDF5 releases can be obtained from:
https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdf5/
Changes from Release to Release and New Features in the HDF5-1.10.x release series
can be found at:
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/HDF5+Application+Developer%27s+Guide
If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk:
help@hdfgroup.org
CONTENTS
- New Features
- Support for new platforms and languages
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.2
- Supported Platforms
- Tested Configuration Features Summary
- More Tested Platforms
- Known Problems
New Features
============
Configuration:
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Library:
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Parallel Library:
-----------------
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Fortran Library:
----------------
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C++ Library:
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Java Library:
----------------
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Tools:
------
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High-Level APIs:
---------------
-
C Packet Table API
------------------
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Internal header file
--------------------
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Documentation
-------------
-
Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
=======================================
-
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.2 release
==================================
Library
-------
- If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound datatype with a
suitably large offset, the type conversion code can run off
the end of the type conversion buffer, causing a segmentation
fault.
This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17507.
NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition
should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file
or a file created by third-party software.
THE HDF GROUP WILL NOT FIX THIS BUG AT THIS TIME
Fixing this problem would involve updating the publicly visible
H5T_conv_t function pointer typedef and versioning the API calls
which use it. We normally only modify the public API during
major releases, so this bug will not be fixed at this time.
(DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10356)
Configuration
-------------
Reworked java test suite into individual JUnit tests.
Testing the whole suite of java unit tests in a single JUnit run
made it difficult to determine actual failures when tests would fail.
Running each file set of tests individually, allows individual failures
to be diagnosed easier. A side benifit is that tests for optional components
of the library can be disabled if not configured.
(ADB 2018/05/16, HDFFV-9739)
- Converted CMake global commands ADD_DEFINITIONS and INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
to use target_* type commands. This change modernizes the CMake usage
in the HDF5 library.
In addition, there is the intention to convert to generator expressions,
where possible. The exception is Fortran FLAGS on Windows Visual Studio.
The HDF macros TARGET_C_PROPERTIES and TARGET_FORTRAN_PROPERTIES have
been removed with this change in usage.
The additional language (C++ and Fortran) checks have also been localized
to only be checked when that language is enabled.
(ADB 2018/05/08)
Performance
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Fortran
--------
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Tools
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High-Level APIs:
------
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Fortran High-Level APIs:
------
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Documentation
-------------
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F90 APIs
--------
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C++ APIs
--------
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Testing
-------
Supported Platforms
===================
Linux 2.6.32-696.16.1.el6.ppc64 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-18)
#1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-18)
(ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-18)
IBM XL C/C++ V13.1
IBM XL Fortran V15.1
Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
#1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers:
(kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
Version 4.9.3, Version 5.2.0,
Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc)
compilers:
Version 17.0.0.098 Build 20160721
MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3
SunOS 5.11 32- and 64-bit Sun C 5.12 SunOS_sparc
(emu) Sun Fortran 95 8.6 SunOS_sparc
Sun C++ 5.12 SunOS_sparc
Windows 7 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel C, Fortran 2017 (cmake)
Visual Studio 2015 w/ MSMPI 8 (cmake)
Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.8.0(0.309/5/3)
gcc and gfortran compilers (GCC 5.4.0)
(cmake and autotools)
Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.8.0(0.309/5/3)
gcc and gfortran compilers (GCC 5.4.0)
(cmake and autotools)
Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake)
Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 6.1 from Xcode 7.0
64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2
(osx1010dev/osx1010test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Apple clang/clang++ version 7.3.0 from Xcode 7.3
64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0
(osx1011dev/osx1011test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2
Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang/clang++-802.0.42)
64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 7.1.0
(swallow/kite) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 17.0.2
Tested Configuration Features Summary
=====================================
In the tables below
y = tested
n = not tested in this release
C = Cluster
W = Workstation
x = not working in this release
dna = does not apply
( ) = footnote appears below second table
<blank> = testing incomplete on this feature or platform
Platform C F90/ F90 C++ zlib SZIP
parallel F2003 parallel
Solaris2.11 32-bit n y/y n y y y
Solaris2.11 64-bit n y/n n y y y
Windows 7 y y/y n y y y
Windows 7 x64 y y/y y y y y
Windows 7 Cygwin n y/n n y y y
Windows 7 x64 Cygwin n y/n n y y y
Windows 10 y y/y n y y y
Windows 10 x64 y y/y n y y y
Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y
Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit n y/y n y y ?
Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y ?
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 64-bit n y/y n y y ?
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 GNU n y/y n y y y
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 PGI n y/y n y y y
CentOS 7.2 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y/y y y y y
CentOS 7.2 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y
Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.ppc64 n y/n n y y y
Platform Shared Shared Shared Thread-
C libs F90 libs C++ libs safe
Solaris2.11 32-bit y y y y
Solaris2.11 64-bit y y y y
Windows 7 y y y y
Windows 7 x64 y y y y
Windows 7 Cygwin n n n y
Windows 7 x64 Cygwin n n n y
Windows 10 y y y y
Windows 10 x64 y y y y
Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit y n y y
Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit y n y y
Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 64-bit y n y y
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 GNU y y y y
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.18 x86_64 Intel y y y n
CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 PGI y y y n
CentOS 7.2 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y y n
CentOS 7.2 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel y y y n
Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.ppc64 y y y n
Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding
"Supported Platforms" table.
More Tested Platforms
=====================
The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release.
Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++)
#1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers:
(mayll/platypus) Version 4.4.7 20120313
Version 4.9.3, 5.3.0, 6.2.0
PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on
x86-64;
Version 17.10-0
Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc)
compilers:
Version 17.0.4.196 Build 20170411
MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3
Linux 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7 GNU C (gcc) and C++ (g++) compilers
#1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
(jelly) with NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai)
GCC Version 7.1.0
OpenMPI 3.0.0-GCC-7.2.0-2.29
Intel(R) C (icc) and C++ (icpc) compilers
Version 17.0.0.098 Build 20160721
with NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai)
Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 MPICH 3.2 compiled with GCC 5.3.0
#1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
(moohan)
Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.ppc64 MPICH mpich 3.1.4 compiled with
#1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1
(ostrich) and IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V15.1
Debian 8.4 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gcc, g++ (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
GNU Fortran (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
(cmake and autotools)
Fedora 24 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gcc, g++ (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621
(Red Hat 6.1.1-3)
GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621
(Red Hat 6.1.1-3)
(cmake and autotools)
Ubuntu 16.04.1 4.4.0-38-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux
gcc, g++ (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2)
5.4.0 20160609
GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2)
5.4.0 20160609
(cmake and autotools)
Known Problems
==============
At present, metadata cache images may not be generated by parallel
applications. Parallel applications can read files with metadata cache
images, but since this is a collective operation, a deadlock is possible
if one or more processes do not participate.
Known problems in previous releases can be found in the HISTORY*.txt files
in the HDF5 source. Please report any new problems found to
help@hdfgroup.org.