Moshe Mergy <moshe.me...@weizmann.ac.il> writes:
> Hi Sandor
>
> I personnaly block "--mem=0" requests in file job_submit.lua (slurm 20.02):
>
> if (job_desc.min_mem_per_node == 0 or job_desc.min_mem_per_cpu == 0) then
> slurm.log_info("%s: ERROR: unlimited memory requested", log_prefix)
> slurm.log_info("%s: ERROR: job %s from user %s rejected because of an
> invalid (unlimited) memory request.", log_prefix, job_desc.name,
> job_desc.user_name)
> slurm.log_user("Job rejected because of an invalid memory request.")
> return slurm.ERROR
> end
What happens if somebody explicitly requests all the memory, so in
Sandor's case --mem=500G ?
> Maybe there is a better or nicer solution...
>
> All the best
> Moshe
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: slurm-users <slurm-users-boun...@lists.schedmd.com> on behalf of Felho,
> Sandor <sandor.fe...@transunion.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 7:03 PM
> To: slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com
> Subject: [slurm-users] srun --mem issue
>
> TransUnion is running a ten-node site using slurm with multiple queues. We
> have an issue with --mem parameter. The is one user who has read the slurm
> manual and found the
> --mem=0. This is giving the maximum memory on the node (500 GiB's) for the
> single job. How can I block a --mem=0 request?
>
> We are running:
>
> * OS: RHEL 7
> * cgroups version 1
> * slurm: 19.05
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sandor Felho
>
> Sr Consultant, Data Science & Analytics
>
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