Volume rendering with GPU bug #50808

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Martin · 2017-02-27T23:10:28+01:00

Martin commented

2017-02-27 23:10:28 +01:00

System Information
Windows 10, Intel Core i7 5820K, 32GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Blender Version
Broken: 2017-02-25 02:12 Hash: 8c5826f
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
Some CUDA errors like: cuCtxCreate: Launch failed
or corrupted image when switching volume on.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Sorry, I am a beginner with blender
If I choose Volume (Glass BSFD) in world, CPU rendering is normal,
but GPU Compute fails with error or disrupted image.Volume.blend

**System Information** Windows 10, Intel Core i7 5820K, 32GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 **Blender Version** Broken: 2017-02-25 02:12 Hash: 8c5826f Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** Some CUDA errors like: cuCtxCreate: Launch failed or corrupted image when switching volume on. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Sorry, I am a beginner with blender If I choose Volume (Glass BSFD) in world, CPU rendering is normal, but GPU Compute fails with error or disrupted image.[Volume.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F498252/Volume.blend)

Martin commented

2017-02-27 23:10:28 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Martin commented

2017-02-27 23:10:28 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Wigand

Sergey Sharybin was assigned by Bastien Montagne

2017-03-03 09:22:06 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-03 11:08:33 +01:00

I can't see any issues with the attached file on GTX1080.

What are the exact steps reproducing the bug with the file attached?

I can't see any issues with the attached file on GTX1080. What are the exact steps reproducing the bug with the file attached?

Martin commented

2017-03-03 18:19:43 +01:00

Open Blender
Select World
Volume
Select Glass Bsdf
Render with Cycles on GPU

No Error if using CPU

Same with bmw27_gpu

Open Blender Select World Volume Select Glass Bsdf Render with Cycles on GPU No Error if using CPU ![System.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F501340/System.jpg) ![error0.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F501341/error0.jpg) ![error1.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F501343/error1.jpg) Same with bmw27_gpu ![bmw.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F501348/bmw.jpg)

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-22 14:29:54 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2017-03-22 14:29:54 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-22 14:29:54 +01:00

Had a look here. So far managed to reproduce on Windows, didn't see this error on Linux. Most likely it's because of different timeout policies on different platforms (those timeouts are dictated by driver and OS and out of our control). The issue is very similar to the one described in out manual - [x]. It is not solvable in general case for as long as the card is not dedicated for compute (aka, has monitor attached to it).

Some ongoing development which could improve situation here:

Using non-volume and non-emission BSDF for volume output is quite meningless and not supported by the renderer. It is more like a corner case which is allowed by the interface. Such issue is i'm trying to address in D2569.
Using automatic workload size for GPU. Currently the workload on GPU equals to tile size (which is 1024 for viewport render) which could be a bit too much. Some adaptive scaling of workload could help here.

For now i'd just suggest avoid having such a setups which confuses render engine or use CPU for a complex scenes or use a dedicated card for compute. There is really not much we can do about such issues.

Thanks for the report anyway.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/cycles/gpu_rendering.html#cuda-error-unknown-error-in-cuctxsynchronize

Had a look here. So far managed to reproduce on Windows, didn't see this error on Linux. Most likely it's because of different timeout policies on different platforms (those timeouts are dictated by driver and OS and out of our control). The issue is very similar to the one described in out manual - [x]. It is not solvable in general case for as long as the card is not dedicated for compute (aka, has monitor attached to it). Some ongoing development which could improve situation here: - Using non-volume and non-emission BSDF for volume output is quite meningless and not supported by the renderer. It is more like a corner case which is allowed by the interface. Such issue is i'm trying to address in [D2569](https://archive.blender.org/developer/D2569). - Using automatic workload size for GPU. Currently the workload on GPU equals to tile size (which is 1024 for viewport render) which could be a bit too much. Some adaptive scaling of workload could help here. For now i'd just suggest avoid having such a setups which confuses render engine or use CPU for a complex scenes or use a dedicated card for compute. There is really not much we can do about such issues. Thanks for the report anyway. - [x] https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/render/cycles/gpu_rendering.html#cuda-error-unknown-error-in-cuctxsynchronize

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Volume rendering with GPU bug #50808