Here are the notes I took at the first reading on Monday. They're rough, but I can clarify anything as needed. -d MPI_ERR_RANK_FAILED --> MPI_ERR_PROC_FAILED "is failed" --> "has failed" p346l39 "the call the" --> "the call to" Example 8.7, add something like "assuming the above situation doesn't happen" p346 l39: after MPI_FINALIZE, add something like "but all processes have not been aborted" MPI_Rank_info --> MPI_Rank_state p567 l38: Pull out "fault" as it's own definition item fail-stop process failure definition: remove "often due to a component crash" clarify failed-stop failure: stops wrt MPI, stops communicating, stops responding alive state: remove "normal", or define it as "not failed" remove references to state, or add forward references recognized/unrecognized failed processes: add something like "recognized with the validate function" collectively active: need to be recognized using validate_all p568 l22: change to something like "all processes will eventually be able to know of any failed process" Section 17.4: Mention that state is bound to an abject.