This file describes changes in recent versions of Slurm. It primarily documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators. * Changes in Slurm 17.11.0pre1 ============================== -- Interpet all format options in output/error file to log prolog errors. Prior logic only supported "%j" (job ID) option. -- Add the configure option --with-shared-libslurm which will link to libslurm.so instead of libslurm.o thus reducing the footprint of all the binaries. -- In switch plugin, added plugin_id symbol to plugins and wrapped switch_jobinfo_t with dynamic_plugin_data_t in interface calls in order to pass switch information between clusters with different switch types. -- Switch naming of acct_gather_infiniband to acct_gather_interconnect -- Make it so you can "stack" the interconnect plugins. -- Add a last_sched_eval timestamp to record when a job was last evaluated by the main scheduler or backfill. -- Add scancel "--hurry" option to avoid staging out any burst buffer data. -- Simplify the sched plugin interface. -- Add new advanced reservation flags of "weekday" (repeat on each weekday; Monday through Friday) and "weekend" (repeat on each weekend day; Saturday and Sunday). -- Add new advanced reservation flag of "flex", which permits jobs requesting the reservation to begin prior to the reservation's start time and use resources inside or outside of the reservation. A typical use case is to prevent jobs not explicitly requesting the reservation from using those reserved resources rather than forcing jobs requesting the reservation to use those resources in the time frame reserved. -- Add NoDecay flag to QOS. -- Node "OS" field expanded from "sysname" to "sysname release version" (e.g. change from "Linux" to "Linux 4.8.0-28-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Sat Feb 8 09:15:00 UTC 2017"). -- jobcomp/elasticsearch - Add "job_name" and "wc_key" fields to stored information. -- jobcomp/filetxt - Add ArrayJobId, ArrayTaskId, ReservationName, Gres, Account, QOS, WcKey, Cluster, SubmitTime, EligibleTime, DerivedExitCode and ExitCode. -- scontrol modified to report core IDs for reservation containing individual cores. -- MYSQL - Get rid of table join during rollup which speeds up the process dramatically on large job/step tables. -- Add ability to define features on clusters for directing federated jobs to different clusters. -- Add new RPC to process multiple federation RPCs in a single communication. -- Modify slurm_load_jobs() function to load job information from all clusters in a federation. -- Add squeue --local and --sibling options to modify filtering of jobs on federated clusters. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.2 ========================== -- Update hyperlink to LBNL Node Health Check program. -- burst_buffer/cray - Add support for line continuation. -- If a job is cancelled by the user while it's allocated nodes are being reconfigured (i.e. the capmc_resume program is rebooting nodes for the job) and the node reconfiguration fails (i.e. the reboot fails), then don't requeue the job but leave it in a cancelled state. -- capmc_resume (Cray resume node script) - Do not disable changing a node's active features if SyscfgPath is configured in the knl.conf file. -- Improve the srun documentation for the --resv-ports option. -- burst_buffer/cray - Fix parsing for discontinuous allocated nodes. A job allocation of "20,22" must be expressed as "20\n22". -- Fix rare segfault when shutting down slurmctld and still sending data to the database. -- Fix gres output of a job if it is updated while pending to be displayed correctly with Slurm tools. -- Fix pam_slurm_adopt. -- Fix missing unlock when job_list doesn't exist when starting priority/ multifactor. -- Fix segfault if slurmctld is shutting down and the slurmdbd plugin was in the middle of setting db_indexes. -- Add ESLURM_JOB_SETTING_DB_INX to errno to note when a job can't be updated because the dbd is setting a db_index. -- Fix possible double insertion into database when a job is updated at the moment the dbd is assigning a db_index. -- Fix memory error when updating a job's licenses. -- Fix seff to work correctly with non-standard perl installs. -- Export missing slurmdbd_defs_[init|fini] needed for libslurmdb.so to work. -- Fix sacct from returning way more than requested when querying against a job array task id. -- Fix double read lock of tres when updating gres or licenses on a job. -- Make sure locks are always in place when calling assoc_mgr_make_tres_str_from_array. -- Prevent slurmctld SEGV when creating reservation with duplicated name. -- Consider QOS flags Partition[Min|Max]Nodes when doing backfill. -- Fix slurmdbd_defs.c to not have half symbols go to libslurm.so and the other half go to libslurmdb.so. -- Fix 'scontrol show jobs' to remove an errant newline when 'Switches' is printed. -- Better code for handling memory required by a task on a heterogeneous system. -- Fix regression in 17.02.0 with respects to GrpTresMins on a QOS or Association. -- Cleanup to make make dist work. -- Schedule interactive jobs quicker. -- Perl API - correct value of MEM_PER_CPU constant to correctly handle memory values. -- Fix 'flags' variable to be 32 bit from the old 16 bit value in the perl api. -- Export sched_nodes for a job in the perl api. -- Improve error output when updating a reservation that has already started. -- Fix --ntasks-per-node issue with srun so DenyOnLimit would work correctly. -- node_features/knl_cray plugin - Fix memory leak. -- Fix wrong cpu_per_task count issue on heterogeneous system when dealing with steps. -- Fix double free issue when removing usage from an association with sacctmgr. -- Fix issue with SPANK plugins attempting to set null values as environment variables, which leads to the command segfaulting on newer glibc versions. -- Fix race condition on slurmctld startup when plugins have not gone through init() ahead of the rpc_manager processing incoming messages. -- job_submit/lua - expose admin_comment field. -- Allow AdminComment field to be set by the job_submit plugin. -- Allow AdminComment field to be changed by any Administrator. -- Fix key words in jobcomp select. -- MYSQL - Streamline job flush sql when doing a clean start on the slurmctld. -- Fix potential infinite loop when talking to the DBD when shutting down the slurmctld. -- Fix MCS filter. -- Make it so pmix can be included in the plugin rpm without having to specify --with-pmix. -- MYSQL - Fix initial load when not using he DBD. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.1-2 ============================ -- Replace clock_gettime with time(NULL) for very old systems without the call. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.1 ========================== -- Modify pam module to work when configured NodeName and NodeHostname differ. -- Update to sbatch/srun man pages to explain the "filename pattern" clearer -- Add %x to sbatch/srun filename pattern to represent the job name. -- job_submit/lua - Add job "bitflags" field. -- Update slurm.spec file to note obsolete RPMs. -- Fix deadlock scenario when dumping configuration in the slurmctld. -- Remove unneeded job lock when running assoc_mgr cache. This lock could cause potential deadlock when/if TRES changed in the database and the slurmctld wasn't made aware of the change. This would be very rare. -- Fix missing locks in gres logic to avoid potential memory race. -- If gres is NULL on a job don't try to process it when returning detailed information about a job to scontrol. -- Fix print of consumed energy in sstat when no energy is being collected. -- Print formatted tres string when creating/updating a reservation. -- Fix issues with QOS flags Partition[Min|Max]Nodes to work correctly. -- Prevent manipulation of the cpu frequency and governor for batch or extern steps. This addresses an issue where the batch step would inadvertently set the cpu frequency maximum to the minimum value supported on the node. -- Convert a slurmctd power management data structure from array to list in order to eliminate the possibility of zombie child suspend/resume processes. -- Burst_buffer/cray - Prevent slurmctld daemon abort if "paths" operation fails. Now job will be held. Update job update time when held. -- Fix issues with QOS flags Partition[Min|Max]Nodes to work correctly. -- Refactor slurmctld agent logic to eliminate some pthreads. -- Added "SyscfgTimeout" parameter to knl.conf configuration file. -- Fix for CPU binding for job steps run under a batch job. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.0 ========================== -- job_submit/lua - Make "immediate" parameter available. -- Fix srun I/O race condtion to eliminate a error message that might be generated if the application exits with outstanding stdin. -- Fix regression when purging/archiving jobs/events. -- Add new job state JOB_OOM indicating Out Of Memory condition as detected by task/cgroup plugin. -- If QOS has been added to the system go refigure out Deny/AllowQOS on partitions. -- Deny job with duplicate GRES requested. -- Fix loading super old assoc_mgr usage without segfaulting. -- CRAY systems: Restore TaskPlugins order of task/cray before task/cgroup. -- Task/cray: Treat missing "mems" cgroup with "debug" messages rather than "error" messages. The file may be missing at step termination due to a change in how cgroups are released at job/step end. -- Fix for job constraint specification with counts, --ntasks-per-node value, and no node count. -- Fix ordering of step task allocation to fill in a socket before going into another one. -- Fix configure to not require C++ -- job_submit/lua - Remove access to slurmctld internal reservation fields of job_pend_cnt and job_run_cnt. -- Prevent job_time_limit enforcement from blocking other internal operations if a large number of jobs need to be cancelled. -- Add 'preempt_youngest_order' option to preempt/partition_prio plugin. -- Fix controller being able to talk to a pre-released DBD. -- Added ability to override the invoking uid for "scontrol update job" by specifying "--uid=|-u ". -- Changed file broadcast "offset" from 32 to 64 bits in order to support files over 2 GB. -- slurm.spec - do not install init scripts alongside systemd service files. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.0rc1 ============================== -- Add port info to 'sinfo' and 'scontrol show node'. -- Fix errant definition of USE_64BIT_BITSTR which can lead to core dumps. -- Move BatchScript to end of each job's information when using "scontrol -dd show job" to make it more readable. -- Add SchedulerParameters configuration parameter of "default_gbytes", which treats numeric only (no suffix) value for memory and tmp disk space as being in units of Gigabytes. Mostly for compatability with LSF. -- Fix race condtion in srun/sattach logic which would prevent srun from terminating. -- Bitstring operations are now 64bit instead of 32bit. -- Replace hweight() function in bitstring with faster version. -- scancel would treat a non-numeric argument as the name of jobs to be cancelled (a non-documented feature). Cancelling jobs by name now require the "--jobname=" command line argument. -- scancel modified to note that no jobs satisfy the filter options when the --verbose option is used along with one or more job filters (e.g. "--qos="). -- Change _pack_cred to use pack_bit_str_hex instead of pack_bit_fmt for better scalability and performance. -- Add BootTime configuration parameter to knl.conf file to optimize resource allocations with respect to required node reboots. -- Add node_features_p_boot_time() to node_features plugin to optimize scheduling with respect to node reboots. -- Avoid allocating resources to a job in the event that its run time plus boot time (if needed) extent into an advanced reservation. -- Burst_buffer/cray - Avoid stage-out operation if job never started. -- node_features/knl_cray - Add capability to detected Uncorrectable Memory Errors (UME) and if detected then log the event in all job and step stderr with a message of the form: error: *** STEP 1.2 ON tux1 UNCORRECTABLE MEMORY ERROR AT 2016-12-14T09:09:37 *** Similar logic added to node_features/knl_generic in version 17.02.0pre4. -- If job is allocated nodes which are powered down, then reset job start time when the nodes are ready and do not charge the job for power up time. -- Add the ability to purge transactions from the database. -- Add support for requeue'ing of federated jobs (BETA). -- Add support for interactive federated jobs (BETA). -- Add the ability to purge rolled up usage from the database. -- Properly set SLURM_JOB_GPUS environment variable for Prolog. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.0pre4 ============================== -- Add support for per-partitiion OverTimeLimit configuration. -- Add --mem_bind option of "sort" to run zonesort on KNL nodes at step start. -- Add LaunchParameters=mem_sort option to configure running of zonesort by default at step startup. -- Add "FreeSpace" information for each pool to the "scontrol show burstbuffer" output. Required changes to the burst_buffer_info_t data structure. -- Add new node state flag of NODE_STATE_REBOOT for node reboots triggered by "scontrol reboot" commands. Previous logic re-used NODE_STATE_MAINT flag, which could lead to inconsistencies. Add "ASAP" option to "scontrol reboot" command that will drain a node in order to reboot it as soon as possible, then return it to service. -- Allow unit conversion routine to convert 1024M to 1G. -- switch/cray plugin - change legacy spool directory location. -- Add new PriorityFlags option of INCR_ONLY, which prevents a job's priority from being decremented. -- Make it so we don't purge job start messages until after we purge step messages. Hopefully this will reduce the number of messages lost when filling up memory when the database/DBD is down. -- Added SchedulingParameters option of "bf_job_part_count_reserve". Jobs below the specified threshold will not have resources reserved for them. -- If GRES are configured with file IDs, then "scontrol -d show node" will not only identify the count of currently allocated GRES, but their specific index numbers (e.g. "GresUsed=gpu:alpha:2(IDX:0,2),gpu:beta:0(IDX:N/A)"). Ditto for job information with "scontrol -d show job". -- Add new mcs/account plugin. -- Add "GresEnforceBind=Yes" to "scontrol show job" output if so configured. -- Add support for SALLOC_CONSTRAINT, SBATCH_CONSTRAINT and SLURM_CONSTRAINT environment variables to set default constraints for salloc, sbatch and srun commands respectively. -- Provide limited support for the MemSpecLimit configuration parameter without the task/cgroup plugin. -- node_features/knl_generic - Add capability to detected Uncorrectable Memory Errors (UME) and if detected then log the event in all job and step stderr with a message of the form: error: *** STEP 1.2 ON tux1 UNCORRECTABLE MEMORY ERROR AT 2016-12-14T09:09:37 *** -- Add SLURM_JOB_GID to TaskProlog environment. -- burst_buffer/cray - Remove leading zeros from node ID lists passed to dw_wlm_cli program. -- Add "Partitions" field to "scontrol show node" output. -- Remove sched/wiki and sched/wiki2 plugins and associated code. -- Remove SchedulerRootFilter option and slurm_get_root_filter() API call. -- Add SchedulerParameters option of spec_cores_first to select specialized cores from the lowest rather than highest number cores and sockets. -- Add PrologFlags option of Serial to disable concurrent launch of Prolog and Epilog scripts. -- Fix security issue caused by insecure file path handling triggered by the failure of a Prolog script. To exploit this a user needs to anticipate or cause the Prolog to fail for their job. CVE-2016-10030. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.0pre3 ============================== -- Add srun host & PID to job step data structures. -- Avoid creating duplicate pending step records for the same srun command. -- Rewrite srun's logic for pending steps for better efficiency (fewer RPCs). -- Added new SchedulerParameters options step_retry_count and step_retry_time to control scheduling behaviour of job steps waiting for resources. -- Optimize resource allocation logic for --spread-job job option. -- Modify cpu_bind and mem_bind map and mask options to accept a repetition count to better support large task count. For example: "mask_mem:0x0f*2,0xf0*2" is equivalent to "mask_mem:0x0f,0x0f,0xf0,0xf0". -- Add support for --mem_bind=prefer option to prefer, but not restrict memory use to the identified NUMA node. -- Add mechanism to constrain kernel memory allocation using cgroups. New cgroup.conf parameters added: ConstrainKmemSpace, MaxKmemPercent, and MinKmemSpace. -- Correct invokation of man2html, which previously could cause FreeBSD builds to hang. -- MYSQL - Unconditionally remove 'ignore' clause from 'alter ignore'. -- Modify service files to not start Slurm daemons until after Munge has been started. NOTE: If you are not using Munge, but are using the "service" scripts to start Slurm daemons, then you will need to remove this check from the etc/slurm*service scripts. -- Do not process SALLOC_HINT, SBATCH_HINT or SLURM_HINT environment variables if any of the following salloc, sbatch or srun command line options are specified: -B, --cpu_bind, --hint, --ntasks-per-core, or --threads-per-core. -- burst_buffer/cray: Accept new jobs on backup slurmctld daemon without access to dw_wlm_cli command. No burst buffer actions will take place. -- Do not include SLURM_JOB_DERIVED_EC, SLURM_JOB_EXIT_CODE, or SLURM_JOB_EXIT_CODE in PrologSlurmctld environment (not available yet). -- Cray - set task plugin to fatal() if task/cgroup is not loaded after task/cray in the TaskPlugin settings. -- Remove separate slurm_blcr package. If Slurm is built with BLCR support, the files will now be part of the main Slurm packages. -- Replace sjstat, seff and sjobexit RPM packages with a single "contribs" package. -- Remove long since defunct slurmdb-direct scripts. -- Add SbcastParameters configuration option to control default file destination directory and compression algorithm. -- Add new SchedulerParameter (max_array_tasks) to limit the maximum number of tasks in a job array independently from the maximum task ID (MaxArraySize). -- Fix issue where number of nodes is not properly allocated when sbatch and salloc are requested with -n tasks < hosts from -w hostlist or from -N. -- Add infrastructure for submitting federated jobs. * Changes in Slurm 17.02.0pre2 ============================== -- Add new RPC (REQUEST_EVENT_LOG) so that slurmd and slurmstepd can log events through the slurmctld daemon. -- Remove sbatch --bb option. That option was never supported. -- Automatically clean up task/cgroup cpuset and devices cgroups after steps are completed. -- Add federation read/write locks. -- Limit job purge run time to 1 second at a time. -- The database index for jobs is now 64 bits. If you happen to be close to 4 billion jobs in your database you will want to update your slurmctld at the same time as your slurmdbd to prevent roll over of this variable as it is 32 bit previous versions of Slurm. -- Optionally lock slurmstepd in memory for performance reasons and to avoid possible SIGBUS if the daemon is paged out at the time of a Slurm upgrade (changing plugins). Controlled via new LaunchParameters options of slurmstepd_memlock and slurmstepd_memlock_all. -- Add event trigger on burst buffer errors (see strigger man page, --burst_buffer option). -- Add job AdminComment field which can only be set by a Slurm administrator. -- Add salloc, sbatch and srun option of --delay-boot=