diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.am
index 817ccd600c50122c42b8dd7a83dd9a1bae840cd2..fde0b65dc943164a9f92b0e59d239eee2fed685d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.am
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = select_bluegene.la libsched_if64.la
# Blue Gene node selection plugin.
select_bluegene_la_SOURCES = select_bluegene.c \
+ bg_boot_time.h \
bg_job_place.c bg_job_place.h \
bg_job_run.c bg_job_run.h \
bg_block_info.c bg_block_info.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.in b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.in
index 6f705c3df54b92a9e9918151f7f0448f4c79858d..e21b8b361a2eff20a88ace3cbdb67413756b81eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/Makefile.in
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = select_bluegene.la libsched_if64.la
# Blue Gene node selection plugin.
select_bluegene_la_SOURCES = select_bluegene.c \
+ bg_boot_time.h \
bg_job_place.c bg_job_place.h \
bg_job_run.c bg_job_run.h \
bg_block_info.c bg_block_info.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_boot_time.h b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_boot_time.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dd53c74c36c8502ff1c6ee5a66fcd631691c4fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_boot_time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*****************************************************************************\
+ * bg_boot_time.h - Block boot time parameters for use by slurm_prolog
+ * and slurmctld
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Lawrence Livermore National Security.
+ * Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+ * Written by Morris Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
+ *
+ * This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program.
+ * For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission
+ * to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL library under
+ * certain conditions as described in each individual source file, and
+ * distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU
+ * General Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than
+ * OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this
+ * exception to your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do
+ * so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files in
+ * the program, then also delete it here.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with SLURM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+\*****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _BG_BOOT_TIME_H_
+#define _BG_BOOT_TIME_H_
+
+/*
+ * Total time to boot a bglblock should not exceed
+ * BG_FREE_PREVIOUS_BLOCK + BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT +
+ * (BG_INCR_BLOCK_BOOT * base partition count).
+ * For example, if BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT=300, BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT=200,
+ * BG_INCR_BLOCK_BOOT=20 and there are 4 blocks being booted,
+ * wait up to 580 seconds (300 + 200 (20 * 4)).
+ */
+
+#define BG_FREE_PREVIOUS_BLOCK 300 /* time in seconds */
+#define BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT 300 /* time in seconds */
+#define BG_INCR_BLOCK_BOOT 20 /* time in seconds per BP */
+
+#endif /* _BG_BOOT_TIME_H_ */
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/slurm_prolog.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/slurm_prolog.c
index dbe8a93328074e7aa174110588617de0587e4e20..af652b7879cab947ecc2e5ab908d64b8c9d1e4bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/slurm_prolog.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/slurm_prolog.c
@@ -54,23 +54,12 @@
#include "src/common/hostlist.h"
#include "src/common/node_select.h"
#include "src/api/node_select_info.h"
+#include "src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_boot_time.h"
#define _DEBUG 0
-
-/*
- * Check the bgblock's status every POLL_SLEEP seconds.
- * Retry for a period of
- * MIN_FREE_PERVIOUS_BLOCK_DELAY + MIN_DELAY + (INCR_DELAY * base partition count)
- * For example if MIN_FREE_PERVIOUS_BLOCK_DELAY=300 and MIN_DELAY=600 and
- * INCR_DELAY=20 and job_size=4 base partitions then wait up to 980 seconds
- * 300 + 600 + (20 * 4)
- */
#define POLL_SLEEP 3 /* retry interval in seconds */
-#define MIN_FREE_PERVIOUS_BLOCK_DELAY 300 /* time in seconds */
-#define MIN_DELAY 600 /* time in seconds */
-#define INCR_DELAY 20 /* time in seconds per BP */
-int max_delay = MIN_DELAY + MIN_FREE_PERVIOUS_BLOCK_DELAY;
+int max_delay = BG_FREE_PREVIOUS_BLOCK + BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT;
int cur_delay = 0;
enum rm_partition_state {RM_PARTITION_FREE,
@@ -113,8 +102,8 @@ static int _wait_part_ready(uint32_t job_id)
{
int is_ready = 0, i, rc;
- max_delay = MIN_FREE_PERVIOUS_BLOCK_DELAY + MIN_DELAY +
- (INCR_DELAY * _get_job_size(job_id));
+ max_delay = BG_FREE_PREVIOUS_BLOCK + BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT +
+ (BG_INCR_BLOCK_BOOT * _get_job_size(job_id));
#if _DEBUG
printf("Waiting for job %u to become ready.", job_id);
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
index 834ecc65ad60589c253498f7937432dbf8a3c39c..2b3060b7a3a3acc89ccd85c0858e685eaa5d4e29 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
#include "src/slurmctld/sched_plugin.h"
#include "src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h"
#include "src/slurmctld/trigger_mgr.h"
+#include "src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_boot_time.h"
#define _DEBUG 0
#define MAX_RETRIES 10
@@ -1720,7 +1721,9 @@ extern int validate_nodes_via_front_end(
* completes which waits for bgblock boot to complete.
* This can take several minutes on BlueGene. */
if (difftime(now, job_ptr->time_last_active) <=
- (1400 + 5 * job_ptr->node_cnt))
+
+ (BG_FREE_PREVIOUS_BLOCK + BG_MIN_BLOCK_BOOT +
+ BG_INCR_BLOCK_BOOT * job_ptr->node_cnt))
continue;
#else
if (difftime(now, job_ptr->time_last_active) <= 5)