[slurm-users] additional jobs killed by scancel.

Alastair Neil ajneil.tech at gmail.com
Tue May 12 20:09:24 UTC 2020


 The log is continuous and has all the messages logged by slurmd on the
node for all the jobs mentioned, below are the entries from the slurmctld
log:

[2020-05-10T00:26:03.097] _slurm_rpc_kill_job: REQUEST_KILL_JOB
> JobId=533898 uid 1224431221
>
[2020-05-10T00:26:03.098] email msg to sshres2 at masonlive.gmu.edu: Slurm
> Job_id=533898 Name=r18-relu-ent Ended, Run time 04:36:17, CANCELLED,
> ExitCode 0
> [2020-05-10T00:26:03.098] job_signal: 9 of running JobId=533898 successful
> 0x8004
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.204] _job_complete: JobId=533902 WTERMSIG 9
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.204] email msg to sshres2 at masonlive.gmu.edu: Slurm
> Job_id=533902 Name=r18-soft-ent Failed, Run time 04:30:39, FAILED
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.205] _job_complete: JobId=533902 done
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.210] _job_complete: JobId=533900 WTERMSIG 9
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.210] email msg to sshres2 at masonlive.gmu.edu: Slurm
> Job_id=533900 Name=r18-soft Failed, Run time 04:32:51, FAILED
> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.215] _job_complete: JobId=533900 done
>

it is curious, that all the jobs were running on the same processor,
perhaps this is a cgroup related failure?

On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 10:10, Steven Dick <kg4ydw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see one job cancelled and two jobs failed.
> Your slurmd log is incomplete -- it doesn't show the two failed jobs
> exiting/failing, so the real error is not here.
>
> It might also be helpful to look through slurmctld's log starting from
> when the first job was canceled, looking at any messages mentioning
> the node or the two failed jobs.
>
> I've had nodes do strange things on job cancel.  Last one I tracked
> down to the job epilog failing because it was NFS mounted and nfs was
> being slower than slurm liked, so it took the node offline and killed
> everything on it.
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM Alastair Neil <ajneil.tech at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > We are using slurm 18.08 and had a weird occurrence over the weekend.  A
> user canceled one of his jobs using scancel, and two additional jobs of the
> user running on the same node were killed concurrently.  The jobs had no
> dependency, but they were all allocated 1 gpu. I am curious to know why
> this happened,  and if this is a known bug is there a workaround to prevent
> it happening?  Any suggestions gratefully received.
> >
> > -Alastair
> >
> > FYI
> > The cancelled job (533898) has this at the end of the .err file:
> >
> >> slurmstepd: error: *** JOB 533898 ON NODE056 CANCELLED AT
> 2020-05-10T00:26:03 ***
> >
> >
> > both of the killed jobs (533900 and 533902)  have this:
> >
> >> slurmstepd: error: get_exit_code task 0 died by signal
> >
> >
> > here is the slurmd log from the node and ths how-job output for each job:
> >
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.735] _run_prolog: run job script took usec=4
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.735] _run_prolog: prolog with lock for job 533898
> ran for 0 seconds
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.754] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.754] batch_job:533898 job_mem:10240MB
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.754] JobNode[0] CPU[0] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.755] JobNode[0] CPU[1] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.756] JobNode[0] CPU[2] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.757] JobNode[0] CPU[3] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.758] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:49:46.758] Launching batch job 533898 for UID 1224431221
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.060] _run_prolog: run job script took usec=3
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.060] _run_prolog: prolog with lock for job 533900
> ran for 0 seconds
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.080] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.080] batch_job:533900 job_mem:10240MB
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.081] JobNode[0] CPU[4] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.082] JobNode[0] CPU[5] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.083] JobNode[0] CPU[6] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.083] JobNode[0] CPU[7] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.084] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:53:14.085] Launching batch job 533900 for UID 1224431221
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.283] _run_prolog: run job script took usec=21
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.284] _run_prolog: prolog with lock for job 533902
> ran for 0 seconds
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.304] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.304] batch_job:533902 job_mem:10240MB
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.304] JobNode[0] CPU[8] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.305] JobNode[0] CPU[9] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.306] JobNode[0] CPU[10] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.306] JobNode[0] CPU[11] Job alloc
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.307] ====================
> >> [2020-05-09T19:55:26.307] Launching batch job 533902 for UID 1224431221
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:03.127] [533898.extern] done with job
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:03.975] [533898.batch] error: *** JOB 533898 ON
> NODE056 CANCELLED AT 2020-05-10T00:26:03 ***
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:04.425] [533898.batch] sending
> REQUEST_COMPLETE_BATCH_SCRIPT, error:0 status 15
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:04.428] [533898.batch] done with job
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.202] [533900.batch] error: get_exit_code task 0
> died by signal
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.202] [533902.batch] error: get_exit_code task 0
> died by signal
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.202] [533900.batch] sending
> REQUEST_COMPLETE_BATCH_SCRIPT, error:0 status 9
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.202] [533902.batch] sending
> REQUEST_COMPLETE_BATCH_SCRIPT, error:0 status 9
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.211] [533902.batch] done with job
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.216] [533900.batch] done with job
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.234] [533902.extern] done with job
> >> [2020-05-10T00:26:05.235] [533900.extern] done with job
> >
> >
> >> [root at node056 2020-05-10]# cat 533{898,900,902}/show-job.txt
> >> JobId=533898 JobName=r18-relu-ent
> >>  UserId=sshres2(1224431221) GroupId=users(100) MCS_label=N/A
> >>  Priority=19375 Nice=0 Account=csjkosecka QOS=csqos
> >>  JobState=CANCELLED Reason=None Dependency=(null)
> >>  Requeue=1 Restarts=0 BatchFlag=1 Reboot=0 ExitCode=0:15
> >>  RunTime=04:36:17 TimeLimit=5-00:00:00 TimeMin=N/A
> >>  SubmitTime=2020-05-09T19:49:45 EligibleTime=2020-05-09T19:49:45
> >>  AccrueTime=2020-05-09T19:49:45
> >>  StartTime=2020-05-09T19:49:46 EndTime=2020-05-10T00:26:03 Deadline=N/A
> >>  PreemptTime=None SuspendTime=None SecsPreSuspend=0
> >>  LastSchedEval=2020-05-09T19:49:46
> >>  Partition=gpuq AllocNode:Sid=ARGO-2:7221
> >>  ReqNodeList=(null) ExcNodeList=(null)
> >>  NodeList=NODE056
> >>  BatchHost=NODE056
> >>  NumNodes=1 NumCPUs=4 NumTasks=0 CPUs/Task=4 ReqB:S:C:T=0:0:*:*
> >>  TRES=cpu=4,mem=10G,node=1,billing=4,gres/gpu=1
> >>  Socks/Node=* NtasksPerN:B:S:C=0:0:*:* CoreSpec=*
> >>  MinCPUsNode=4 MinMemoryNode=10G MinTmpDiskNode=0
> >>  Features=(null) DelayBoot=00:00:00
> >>  OverSubscribe=OK Contiguous=0 Licenses=(null) Network=(null)
> >>
> Command=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/command_resnet18_relu_ent.slurm
> >>  WorkDir=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project
> >>
> StdErr=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-relu-ent-533898.err
> >>  StdIn=/dev/null
> >>
> StdOut=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-relu-ent-533898.out
> >>  Power=
> >>  TresPerNode=gpu:1
> >>
> >> JobId=533900 JobName=r18-soft
> >>  UserId=sshres2(1224431221) GroupId=users(100) MCS_label=N/A
> >>  Priority=19375 Nice=0 Account=csjkosecka QOS=csqos
> >>  JobState=FAILED Reason=JobLaunchFailure Dependency=(null)
> >>  Requeue=1 Restarts=0 BatchFlag=1 Reboot=0 ExitCode=0:9
> >>  RunTime=04:32:51 TimeLimit=5-00:00:00 TimeMin=N/A
> >>  SubmitTime=2020-05-09T19:53:13 EligibleTime=2020-05-09T19:53:13
> >>  AccrueTime=2020-05-09T19:53:13
> >>  StartTime=2020-05-09T19:53:14 EndTime=2020-05-10T00:26:05 Deadline=N/A
> >>  PreemptTime=None SuspendTime=None SecsPreSuspend=0
> >>  LastSchedEval=2020-05-09T19:53:14
> >>  Partition=gpuq AllocNode:Sid=ARGO-2:7221
> >>  ReqNodeList=(null) ExcNodeList=(null)
> >>  NodeList=NODE056
> >>  BatchHost=NODE056
> >>  NumNodes=1 NumCPUs=4 NumTasks=0 CPUs/Task=4 ReqB:S:C:T=0:0:*:*
> >>  TRES=cpu=4,mem=10G,node=1,billing=4,gres/gpu=1
> >>  Socks/Node=* NtasksPerN:B:S:C=0:0:*:* CoreSpec=*
> >>  MinCPUsNode=4 MinMemoryNode=10G MinTmpDiskNode=0
> >>  Features=(null) DelayBoot=00:00:00
> >>  OverSubscribe=OK Contiguous=0 Licenses=(null) Network=(null)
> >>
> Command=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/command_resnet18_soft.slurm
> >>  WorkDir=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project
> >>
> StdErr=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-soft-533900.err
> >>  StdIn=/dev/null
> >>
> StdOut=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-soft-533900.out
> >>  Power=
> >>  TresPerNode=gpu:1
> >>
> >> JobId=533902 JobName=r18-soft-ent
> >>  UserId=sshres2(1224431221) GroupId=users(100) MCS_label=N/A
> >>  Priority=19375 Nice=0 Account=csjkosecka QOS=csqos
> >>  JobState=FAILED Reason=JobLaunchFailure Dependency=(null)
> >>  Requeue=1 Restarts=0 BatchFlag=1 Reboot=0 ExitCode=0:9
> >>  RunTime=04:30:39 TimeLimit=5-00:00:00 TimeMin=N/A
> >>  SubmitTime=2020-05-09T19:55:26 EligibleTime=2020-05-09T19:55:26
> >>  AccrueTime=2020-05-09T19:55:26
> >>  StartTime=2020-05-09T19:55:26 EndTime=2020-05-10T00:26:05 Deadline=N/A
> >>  PreemptTime=None SuspendTime=None SecsPreSuspend=0
> >>  LastSchedEval=2020-05-09T19:55:26
> >>  Partition=gpuq AllocNode:Sid=ARGO-2:7221
> >>  ReqNodeList=(null) ExcNodeList=(null)
> >>  NodeList=NODE056
> >>  BatchHost=NODE056
> >>  NumNodes=1 NumCPUs=4 NumTasks=0 CPUs/Task=4 ReqB:S:C:T=0:0:*:*
> >>  TRES=cpu=4,mem=10G,node=1,billing=4,gres/gpu=1
> >>  Socks/Node=* NtasksPerN:B:S:C=0:0:*:* CoreSpec=*
> >>  MinCPUsNode=4 MinMemoryNode=10G MinTmpDiskNode=0
> >>  Features=(null) DelayBoot=00:00:00
> >>  OverSubscribe=OK Contiguous=0 Licenses=(null) Network=(null)
> >>
> Command=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/command_resnet18_soft_ent.slurm
> >>  WorkDir=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project
> >>
> StdErr=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-soft-ent-533902.err
> >>  StdIn=/dev/null
> >>
> StdOut=/scratch/sshres2/workspace-scratch/cs747-project/logs_slurm/r18-soft-ent-533902.out
> >>  Power=
> >>  TresPerNode=gpu:1
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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