Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of pantasks_controller_interactions

Timestamp:

Oct 4, 2012, 1:21:04 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

eugene

Comment:

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pantasks_controller_interactions

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 messages are sent to the controller:
 
- jobstack exit : the controller thread checks for the set of completed
+ * jobstack exit : the controller thread checks for the set of completed
   jobs (which did not crash) by sending this command.  The response is
   a list of jobs ready for harvest.
 
-* jobstack crash : the controller thread checks for the set of
+ * jobstack crash : the controller thread checks for the set of
   complete jobs which crashed by sending this command.  The response
   is a list of jobs ready for harvest.
 
-* delete : jobs which have completed and for which the stderr/stdout
+ * delete : jobs which have completed and for which the stderr/stdout
   have been received can be deleted from the controller.  For
   'pcontrol', this is necessary to free up resources managing the
   specific job.
 
-* check job : once the controller gets a list of jobs which have
+ * check job : once the controller gets a list of jobs which have
   exited or crashed, pantasks loops over those jobs, harvesting their
   results.  this command is used to get the needed stats (size of
   stderr buffer, size of stdout buffer, exit status, etc).  
 
-* job : Submit a job to the controller.  this command is used by the
+ * job : Submit a job to the controller.  this command is used by the
   function SubmitControllerJob to send a new job to the controller.
   the function appends options such as +host, -nice as needed.  the
@@ -245 +245 @@
   interactions.
 
-* quit : shutdown the controller
-
----
-
-pantasks & condor
+ * quit : shutdown the controller
+
+=== Pantasks & Condor ===
 
 There are three classes of pcontrol operations which pantasks
 currently perform:
 
-* submit jobs to pcontrol
-* detect completion and harvest job output
-* manage the hosts used by pcontrol
+ * submit jobs to pcontrol
+ * detect completion and harvest job output
+ * manage the hosts used by pcontrol
 
 The communication between pantasks and pcontrol uses a pipe; pcontrol
@@ -273 +271 @@
 able to respect the limit on the number of mistargeted jobs currently
 active.
+
+---
 
 ^1^ : note that the command 'controller status' includes the job and^