[Condor-users] Jobs die with signal 11

[mcal00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi, we've got an old linux cluster (i286 processors running RH7.2) that
we've converted into a Condor pool and we constantly see jobs dying with
Shadow exceptions, with the only clue in the StarterLog files being of the
form (Condor v. 6.6.6 all round):

9/27 14:12:33 vm2: Got activate_claim request from shadow
(<172.24.116.193:42835>)
9/27 14:12:33 vm2: Remote job ID is 352.0
9/27 14:12:33 vm2: Got universe "VANILLA" (5) from request classad
9/27 14:12:33 vm2: State change: claim-activation protocol successful
9/27 14:12:33 vm2: Changing activity: Idle -> Busy
9/27 14:21:22 Starter pid 21927 died on signal 11 (signal 11)
9/27 14:21:22 vm2: State change: starter exited
9/27 14:21:22 vm2: Changing activity: Busy -> Idle

What's that signal 11 mean? I notice that someone spotted something similar
under solaris last year (message 476), and Erik Paulson suggested that it
may have been a bug. Was it ever resolved? 

These jobs are coming in from flocked pools across the campus, so the
network they have to traverse is slightly unfriendlier than your average
LAN. Could such a signal be due to a network glitch?

Cheers,
Mark


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