Slurm API(3)

NAME
slurm_checkpoint_able, slurm_checkpoint_complete, slurm_checkpoint_create, slurm_checkpoint_disable, slurm_checkpoint_enable, slurm_checkpoint_error, slurm_checkpoint_restart, slurm_checkpoint_vacate - Slurm checkpoint functions

SYNTAX

#include <slurm/slurm.h>

int slurm_checkpoint_able (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    time_t *start_time,
);

int slurm_checkpoint_complete (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    time_t start_time,
    uint32_t error_code,
    char *error_msg
);

int slurm_checkpoint_create (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    uint16_t max_wait,
    char *image_dir
);

int slurm_checkpoint_disable (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id
);

int slurm_checkpoint_enable (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id
);

int slurm_checkpoint_error (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    uint32_t *error_code,
    char ** error_msg
);

int slurm_checkpoint_restart (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    uint16_t stick,
    char *image_dir
);

int slurm_checkpoint_tasks (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    time_t begin_time,
    char *image_dir,
    uint16_t max_wait,
    char *nodelist
);

int slurm_checkpoint_vacate (
    uint32_t job_id,
    uint32_t step_id,
    uint16_t max_wait,
    char *image_dir
);

ARGUMENTS

begin_time
    When to begin the operation.

error_code
    Error code for checkpoint operation. Only the highest value is preserved.

error_msg
    Error message for checkpoint operation. Only the error_msg value for the highest error_code is preserved.

image_dir
    Directory specification for where the checkpoint file should be read from or written to. The default value is specified by the JobCheckpointDir Slurm configuration parameter.

job_id
    Slurm job ID to perform the operation upon.

max_wait
    Maximum time to allow for the operation to complete in seconds.

nodelist
    Nodes to send the request.

start_time
    Time at which last checkpoint operation began (if one is in progress), otherwise zero.

step_id
    Slurm job step ID to perform the operation upon. May be NO_VAL if the operation is to be performed on all steps of the specified job. Specify SLURM_BATCH_SCRIPT to checkpoint a batch job.

stick
    If non-zero then restart the job on the same nodes that it was checkpointed from.

DESCRIPTION

slurm_checkpoint_able Report if checkpoint operations can presently be issued for the specified job step. If yes, returns SLURM_SUCCESS and sets start_time if checkpoint operation is presently active. Returns ESLURM_DISABLED if checkpoint operation is disabled.

slurm_checkpoint_complete Note that a requested checkpoint has been completed.

slurm_checkpoint_create Request a checkpoint for the identified job step. Continue its execution upon completion of the checkpoint.

slurm_checkpoint_disable Make the identified job step non-checkpointable. This can be issued as needed to prevent checkpointing while a job step is in a critical section or for other reasons.

slurm_checkpoint_enable Make the identified job step checkpointable.

slurm_checkpoint_error Get error information about the last checkpoint operation for a given job step.

slurm_checkpoint_restart Request that a previously checkpointed job resume execution. It may continue execution on different nodes than were originally used. Execution may be delayed if resources are not immediately available.

slurm_checkpoint_vacate Request a checkpoint for the identified job step. Terminate its execution upon completion of the checkpoint.

RETURN VALUE

Zero is returned upon success. On error, -1 is returned, and the Slurm error code is set appropriately.

ERRORS

ESLURM_INVALID_JOB_ID the requested job or job step id does not exist.

ESLURM_ACCESS_DENIED the requesting user lacks authorization for the requested action (e.g. trying to delete or modify another user's job).

ESLURM_JOB_PENDING the requested job is still pending.

ESLURM_ALREADY_DONE the requested job has already completed.

ESLURM_DISABLED the requested operation has been disabled for this job step. This will occur when a request for checkpoint is issued when they have been disabled.

ESLURM_NOT_SUPPORTED the requested operation is not supported on this system.

EXAMPLE

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <slurm/slurm.h>
#include <slurm/slurm_errno.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    uint32_t job_id, step_id;

    if (argc < 3) {
        printf("Usage: %s job_id step_id\n", argv[0]);
        exit(1);
    }

    job_id = atoi(argv[1]);
    step_id = atoi(argv[2]);
    if (slurm_checkpoint_disable(job_id, step_id)) {
        slurm_perror ("slurm_checkpoint_error:");
        exit (1);
    }
    exit (0);
}

NOTE
These functions are included in the libslurm library, which must be linked to your process for use (e.g. "cc -lslurm myprog.c").

COPYING
Copyright (C) 2004-2007 The Regents of the University of California. Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Lawrence Livermore National Security. Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER). CODE-OCEC-09-009. All rights reserved.

This file is part of Slurm, a resource management program. For details, see <http://slurm.schedmd.com/>.

Slurm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Slurm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

SEE ALSO

srun(1), squeue(1), free(3), slurm.conf(5)