Manpages - MPI_Reduce_scatter_block.3

MPI_Reduce_scatter_block, MPI_Ireduce_scatter_block - Combines values and scatters the results in blocks.

  #include <mpi.h>
  int MPI_Reduce_scatter_block(const void *sendbuf, void *recvbuf, int recvcount,
  	MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Op op, MPI_Comm comm)

  int MPI_Ireduce_scatter_block(const void *sendbuf, void *recvbuf, int recvcount,
  	MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Op op, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request *request)

  USE MPI
  ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
  MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER_BLOCK(SENDBUF, RECVBUF, RECVCOUNT, DATATYPE, OP,
  		COMM, IERROR)
  	<type>	SENDBUF(*), RECVBUF(*)
  	INTEGER	RECVCOUNT, DATATYPE, OP, COMM, IERROR 

  MPI_IREDUCE_SCATTER_BLOCK(SENDBUF, RECVBUF, RECVCOUNT, DATATYPE, OP,
  		COMM, REQUEST, IERROR)
  	<type>	SENDBUF(*), RECVBUF(*)
  	INTEGER	RECVCOUNT, DATATYPE, OP, COMM, REQUEST, IERROR 

  USE mpi_f08
  MPI_Ireduce_scatter_block(sendbuf, recvbuf, recvcount, datatype, op, comm,
  		ierror)
  	TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), INTENT(IN), ASYNCHRONOUS :: sendbuf
  	TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), ASYNCHRONOUS :: recvbuf
  	INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: recvcount
  	TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
  	TYPE(MPI_Op), INTENT(IN) :: op
  	TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
  	INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

  MPI_Ireduce_scatter_block(sendbuf, recvbuf, recvcount, datatype, op, comm,
  		request, ierror)
  	TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), INTENT(IN), ASYNCHRONOUS :: sendbuf
  	TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), ASYNCHRONOUS :: recvbuf
  	INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: recvcount
  	TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
  	TYPE(MPI_Op), INTENT(IN) :: op
  	TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
  	TYPE(MPI_Request), INTENT(OUT) :: request
  	INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

sendbuf

Starting address of send buffer (choice).

recvcount

lement count per block (non-negative integer).

datatype

Datatype of elements of input buffer (handle).

op

Operation (handle).

comm

Communicator (handle).

recvbuf

Starting address of receive buffer (choice).

request

Request (handle, non-blocking only).

IERROR

Fortran only: Error status (integer).

MPI_Reduce_scatter_block first does an element-wise reduction on vector of count = n * recvcount elements in the send buffer defined by sendbuf, count, and datatype, using the operation op, where n is the number of processes in the group of comm. Next, the resulting vector of results is split into n disjoint segments, where n is the number of processes in the group. Each segments contains recvcount elements. The ith segment is sent to process i and stored in the receive buffer defined by recvbuf, recvcount, and datatype.

When the communicator is an intracommunicator, you can perform a reduce-scatter operation in-place (the output buffer is used as the input buffer). Use the variable MPI_IN_PLACE as the value of the sendbuf. In this case, the input data is taken from the top of the receive buffer. The area occupied by the input data may be either longer or shorter than the data filled by the output data.

When the communicator is an inter-communicator, the reduce-scatter operation occurs in two phases. First, the result of the reduction performed on the data provided by the processes in the first group is scattered among the processes in the second group. Then the reverse occurs: the reduction performed on the data provided by the processes in the second group is scattered among the processes in the first group. For each group, all processes provide the same recvcounts argument, and the sum of the recvcounts values should be the same for both groups.

The reduction functions ( MPI_Op ) do not return an error value. As a result, if the functions detect an error, all they can do is either call MPI_Abort or silently skip the problem. Thus, if you change the error handler from MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL to something else, for example, MPI_ERRORS_RETURN , then no error may be indicated.

The reason for this is the performance problems in ensuring that all collective routines return the same error value.

Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument.

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.

MPI_Reduce_scatter