MPI_Start(3OpenMPI) MPI_Start(3OpenMPI)
NAME
MPI_Start - Initiates a communication using a persistent request han-
dle.
SYNTAX
C Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Start(MPI_Request *request)
Fortran Syntax
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_START(REQUEST, IERROR)
INTEGER REQUEST, IERROR
C++ Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
void Prequest::Start()
INPUT PARAMETER
request Communication request (handle).
OUTPUT PARAMETER
IERROR Fortran only: Error status (integer).
DESCRIPTION
A communication (send or receive) that uses a persistent request is
initiated by the function MPI_Start.
The argument, request, is a handle returned by one of the persistent
communication-request initialization functions (MPI_Send_init,
MPI_Bsend_init, MPI_Ssend_init, MPI_Rsend_init, MPI_Recv_init). The
associated request should be inactive and becomes active once the call
is made.
If the request is for a send with ready mode, then a matching receive
should be posted before the call is made. From the time the call is
made until after the operation completes, the communication buffer
should not be accessed.
The call is local, with semantics similar to the nonblocking communica-
tion operations (see Section 3.7 in the MPI-1 Standard, "Nonblocking
Communication.") That is, a call to MPI_Start with a request created by
MPI_Send_init starts a communication in the same manner as a call to
MPI_Isend; a call to MPI_Start with a request created by MPI_Bsend_init
starts a communication in the same manner as a call to MPI_Ibsend; and
so on.
ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value
of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ func-
tions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to
MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism
will be used to throw an MPI:Exception object.
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for
I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with
MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN
may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does
not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.
SEE ALSO
MPI_Bsend_init(3), MPI_Rsend_init(3), MPI_Send_init(3),
MPI_Sssend_init(3), MPI_Recv_init(3), MPI_Startall(3)
Open MPI 1.2 September 2006 MPI_Start(3OpenMPI)
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