From 11771c54c63e78081b81bf1b5e653adc06a27f02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morris Jette <jette@schedmd.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:19:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Explain job limit parameters better --- doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 index c37b0219f95..042d224fcc2 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 @@ -2091,6 +2091,11 @@ the default action is to propagate all limits. Only one of the parameters, either \fBPropagateResourceLimits\fR or \fBPropagateResourceLimitsExcept\fR, may be specified. +The user limits can not exceed hard limits under which the slurmd daemon +operates. If the user limits are not propagated, the limits from the slurmd +daemon will be propagated to the user's job. The limits used for the Slurm +daemons can be set in the /etc/sysconf/slurm file. For more information, see: +http://slurm.schedmd.com/faq.html#memlock The following limit names are supported by Slurm (although some options may not be supported on some systems): .RS -- GitLab