Add option for ignoring individual files in the CUDA sanity check

easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

@@ -3322,6 +3322,10 @@ def sanity_check_cuda(self, cuda_dirs=None, check_cuobjdump=True):
         fails = []
         cfg_ccs = build_option('cuda_compute_capabilities') or self.cfg.get('cuda_compute_capabilities', None)
 
+        # Construct the list of files to ignore as full paths (cuda_sanity_ignore_files contains the paths
+        # to ignore, relative to the installation prefix)
+        ignore_file_list = [os.path.join(self.installdir, d) for d in self.cfg['cuda_sanity_ignore_files']]
+
         # If there are no CUDA compute capabilities defined, return
         if cfg_ccs is None or len(cfg_ccs) == 0:
             self.log.info("Skipping CUDA sanity check, as no CUDA compute capabilities where configured")
@@ -3364,9 +3368,15 @@ def sanity_check_cuda(self, cuda_dirs=None, check_cuobjdump=True):
                             if additional_ccs:
                                 fail_msg += "Surplus compute capabilities: %s. " % ', '.join(sorted(additional_ccs))
                             if missing_ccs:
-                                fail_msg += "Missing compute capabilities: %s." % ', '.join(sorted(missing_ccs))
-                            self.log.warning(fail_msg)
-                            fails.append(fail_msg)
+                                fail_msg += "Missing compute capabilities: %s. " % ', '.join(sorted(missing_ccs))
+                            # We still log the result, but don't fail:
+                            if path in ignore_file_list:
+                                fail_msg += f"This failure will be ignored as {path} is listed in "
+                                fail_msg += "'ignore_cuda_sanity_failures'."
+                                self.log.warning(fail_msg)
+                            else:
+                                self.log.warning(fail_msg)
+                                fails.append(fail_msg)
                         else:
                             msg = (f"Output of 'cuobjdump' checked for {path}; device code architecures match "
                                    "those in cuda_compute_capabilities")

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/default.py

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
                        'after make (for e.g.,"test" for make test)'), BUILD],
     'bin_lib_subdirs': [[], "List of subdirectories for binaries and libraries, which is used during sanity check "
                             "to check RPATH linking and banned/required libraries", BUILD],
+    'cuda_sanity_ignore_files': [[], "List of files (relative to the installation prefix) for which failurs in "
+                                     "the CUDA sanity check step are ignored. Typically used for files where you "
+                                     "know the CUDA architectures in those files don't match the "
+                                     "--cuda-compute-capabitilities configured for EasyBuild AND where you know "
+                                     "that this is ok / reasonable (e.g. binary installations)", BUILD],
     'sanity_check_commands': [[], ("format: [(name, options)] e.g. [('gzip','-h')]. "
                                    "Using a non-tuple is equivalent to (name, '-h')"), BUILD],
     'sanity_check_paths': [{}, ("List of files and directories to check "