> On Aug 12, 2016, at 5:09 PM, Ryan Novosielski <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 12, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Ryan Novosielski <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Aug 12, 2016, at 12:16, Kilian Cavalotti 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Ryan Novosielski <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> [pid 11767] 
>>>> open("/sys/fs/cgroup/devices/slurm/uid_109366/job_5377709/devices.allow", 
>>>> O_WRONLY) = 10
>>>> [pid 11767] write(10, "501835 rwm", 10) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
>>>> [pid 11767] close(10)                   = 0
>>> 
>>> You bet it's EINVAL. :)
>>> 
>>> Question is: where does it get that 501835 number from? Looks like a
>>> bug to me.
>> 
>> That number, neither 501 nor 835 (figured, maybe), appear anyplace else in 
>> either the output of find /dev -ls or the entire strace output that I’ve 
>> excerpted. I thought maybe a funny special character at the end of 
>> group_allowed_devices_file.conf or something, so I tried reordering the file 
>> just for fun. It happens after everything in that file is dealt with. My 
>> next step, I think, was going to be trying with “ConstrainDevices” disabled 
>> so that I can at least possibly introduce core and memory constraints and 
>> finish this up a little later.
>> 
>>> I would suggest:
>>> 1. try a newer version: you mentioned you're running 15.08.4. I would
>>> try at least 15.08.9, or if possible, move to the 16.05 release branch.
>> 
>> Will do. It should be possible for me to do that fairly quickly.
> 
> Problem still present in 15.08.9. Ah well.

Also present in 15.08.12. I somehow thought that 15.08.9 was the newest when I 
went to the download page. Behavior seems to be exactly the same. Behavior goes 
away, as expected, when ConstrainDevices=no in cgroups.conf.

>>> 2. submit a bug to http://bugs.schedmd.com (esp. if you have a support
>>> contract, which IMHO, is worth every penny), that's the best way to
>>> get valuable insight. Although I suspect they may suggest 1. :)
>> 
>> I do not, but am inching ever-closer to looking into it. :-P
> 
> Guess I’ll submit a bug at this point. How strange, eh?

Curious, to anyone reading this — anyone think that this could be the same bug: 
https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2493

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