MPI_Scatterv

Scatters a buffer in parts to all tasks in a group

Synopsis

#include "mpi.h"
int MPI_Scatterv ( sendbuf, sendcnts, displs, sendtype, 
                   recvbuf, recvcnt,  recvtype, 
                   root, comm )
void             *sendbuf;
int              *sendcnts;
int              *displs;
MPI_Datatype      sendtype;
void             *recvbuf;
int               recvcnt;
MPI_Datatype      recvtype;
int               root;
MPI_Comm          comm;

Input Parameters

	sendbuf	address of send buffer (choice, significant only at root)
	sendcounts	integer array (of length group size) specifying the number of elements to send to each processor
	displs	integer array (of length group size). Entry i specifies the displacement (relative to sendbuf from which to take the outgoing data to process i
	sendtype	data type of send buffer elements (handle)
	recvcount	number of elements in receive buffer (integer)
	recvtype	data type of receive buffer elements (handle)
	root	rank of sending process (integer)
	comm	communicator (handle)

Output Parameter

recvbuf

address of receive buffer (choice)

Notes for Fortran

All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK) have an additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list. ierr is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the call statement.

All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype, MPI_Comm) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

Errors

All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Errhandler_set; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

MPI_SUCCESS

No error; MPI routine completed successfully.

MPI_ERR_COMM

Invalid communicator. A common error is to use a null communicator in a call (not even allowed in MPI_Comm_rank).

MPI_ERR_COUNT

Invalid count argument. Count arguments must be non-negative; a count of zero is often valid.

MPI_ERR_TYPE

Invalid datatype argument. May be an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit).

MPI_ERR_BUFFER

Invalid buffer pointer. Usually a null buffer where one is not valid.

Location:scatterv.c