MPI_Comm_spawn

spawn up to maxprocs instances of a single mpi application

Synopsis

int MPI_Comm_spawn(char *command, char *argv[], int maxprocs, MPI_Info info, 
                  int root, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Comm *intercomm,
                  int array_of_errcodes[])

Input Arguments

char *command
. char *argv[]
int maxprocs
. MPI_Info info
int root
- MPI_Comm comm

Output Arguments

MPI_Comm *intercomm
- int array_of_errcodes[]

Notes

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.

Location:comm_spawn.c