From f30518dd08b8e62bd23fc9e7454a48913f056d1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:22:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] expand explanation of PMI_FANOUT_OFF_HOST env var. --- doc/man/man1/srun.1 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1 index 9c89faf2d36..e7c755e885d 100644 --- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 +++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1 @@ -1144,8 +1144,10 @@ per host and one task on that host forwards the data to other tasks on that host up to \fBPMI_FANOUT\fR. If \fBPMI_FANOUT_OFF_HOST\fR is defined, the user task may be required to forward the data to tasks on other hosts. -Setting \fBPMI_FANOUT_OFF_HOST\fR may increase performance -and vulnerability to failures. +Setting \fBPMI_FANOUT_OFF_HOST\fR may increase performance. +Since more work is performed by the PMI library loaded by +the user application, failures also can be more common and +more difficult to diagnose. .TP \fBPMI_TIME\fR This is used exclusively with PMI (MPICH2 and MVAPICH2) and -- GitLab