MPI_Attr_get
Retrieves attribute value by key
Synopsis
int MPI_Attr_get(MPI_Comm comm, int keyval, void *attr_value, int *flag)
Input Parameters
- comm
- communicator to which attribute is attached (handle)
- keyval
- key value (integer)
Output Parameters
- attr_value
- attribute value, unless flag = false
- flag
- true if an attribute value was extracted; false if no attribute is
associated with the key
Notes
Attributes must be extracted from the same language as they were inserted
in with MPI_ATTR_PUT. The notes for C and Fortran below explain why.
Notes for C
Even though the attr_value arguement is declared as void *, it is
really the address of a void pointer (i.e., a void **). Using
a void *, however, is more in keeping with C idiom and allows the
pointer to be passed without additional casts.
Thread and Interrupt Safety
This routine is thread-safe. This means that this routine may be
safely used by multiple threads without the need for any user-provided
thread locks. However, the routine is not interrupt safe. Typically,
this is due to the use of memory allocation routines such as malloc
or other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.
Deprecated Function
The MPI-2 standard deprecated a number of routines because MPI-2 provides
better versions. This routine is one of those that was deprecated. The
routine may continue to be used, but new code should use the replacement
routine.
The replacement for this routine is MPI_Comm_get_attr.
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.
The attr_value in Fortran is a pointer to a Fortran integer, not
a pointer to a void *.
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_Comm_set_errhandler (for communicators),
MPI_File_set_errhandler (for files), and MPI_Win_set_errhandler (for
RMA windows). The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but
its use is deprecated. 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; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever
possible.
- 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_KEYVAL
- Invalid keyval
See Also
MPI_Attr_put, MPI_Keyval_create, MPI_Attr_delete, MPI_Comm_get_attr
Location:attr_get.c