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Slurm API(3) Slurm checkpoint functions 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)
March 2009 Morris Jette