diff --git a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in index 1faaadb23f3..8b2ba6e49f0 100644 --- a/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in +++ b/orte/tools/orterun/orterun.1in @@ -1787,24 +1787,12 @@ exit status of the primary job. Any non-zero exit status in secondary jobs will reported solely in a summary print statement. . .PP -By default, OMPI records and notes that MPI processes exited with non-zero termination status. -This is generally not considered an "abnormal termination" - i.e., OMPI will not abort an MPI -job if one or more processes return a non-zero status. Instead, the default behavior simply -reports the number of processes terminating with non-zero status upon completion of the job. -.PP -However, in some cases it can be desirable to have the job abort when any process terminates -with non-zero status. For example, a non-MPI job might detect a bad result from a calculation -and want to abort, but doesn't want to generate a core file. Or an MPI job might continue past -a call to MPI_Finalize, but indicate that all processes should abort due to some post-MPI result. -.PP -It is not anticipated that this situation will occur frequently. However, in the interest of -serving the broader community, OMPI now has a means for allowing users to direct that jobs be -aborted upon any process exiting with non-zero status. Setting the MCA parameter -"orte_abort_on_non_zero_status" to 1 will cause OMPI to abort all processes once any process - exits with non-zero status. -.PP -Terminations caused in this manner will be reported on the console as an "abnormal termination", -with the first process to so exit identified along with its exit status. +By default, the job will abort when any process terminates with non-zero +status. The MCA parameter "orte_abort_on_non_zero_status" can be set to +"false" (or "0") to cause OMPI to not abort a job if one or more +processes return a non-zero status. In that situation the OMPI records +and notes that processes exited with non-zero termination status to +report the approprate exit status of \fImpirun\fP (per bullet points above). .PP . .\" **************************