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MPI_Comm_get_attr

Retrieves attribute value by key

int MPI_Comm_get_attr(
  MPI_Comm comm,
  int comm_keyval,
  void *attribute_val,
  int *flag
);

Parameters

comm: [in] communicator to which attribute is attached (handle)
comm_keyval: [in] key value (integer)
attribute_val: [out] attribute value, unless flag = false
flag: [out] true if an attribute value was extracted; false if no attribute is associated with the key

Remarks

Retrieves attribute value by key. The call is erroneous if there is no key with value keyval. On the other hand, the call is correct if the key value exists, but no attribute is attached on comm for that key; in such case, the call returns flag = false. In particular MPI_KEYVAL_INVALID is an erroneous key value.

Advice to users.

The call to MPI_Attr_put passes in attribute_val the value of the attribute; the call to MPI_Attr_get passes in attribute_val the address of the the location where the attribute value is to be returned. Thus, if the attribute value itself is a pointer of type void*, the the actual attribute_val parameter to MPI_Attr_put will be of type void* and the actual attribute_val parameter to MPI_Attr_put will be of type void**. ( End of advice to users.)

Rationale.

The use of a formal parameter attribute_val or type void* (rather than void**) avoids the messy type casting that would be needed if the attribute value is declared with a type other than void*.

This function replaces MPI_ATTR_GET, whose use is deprecated. The C binding is identical. The Fortran binding differs in that attribute_val is an address-sized integer.

Attributes must be extracted from the same language as they were inserted in with MPI_Comm_set_attr. 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. See the rationale in the standard for more details.

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 mallocor other non-MPICH runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

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. ierris 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 INTEGERin 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_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

Example Code

The following sample code illustrates MPI_Comm_get_attr.

#include "mpi.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main( int argc, char **argv)
{
    void *v;
    int flag;
    int vval;
    int rank, size;

    MPI_Init( &argc, &argv );
    MPI_Comm_size( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size );
    MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank );

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_TAG_UB, &v, &flag );
    if (!flag) {
        fprintf( stderr, "Could not get TAG_UB\n" );fflush(stderr);
    }
    else {
        vval = *(int*)v;
        if (vval < 32767) {
            fprintf( stderr, "Got too-small value (%d) for TAG_UB\n", vval );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_HOST, &v, &flag );
    if (!flag) {
        fprintf( stderr, "Could not get HOST\n" );fflush(stderr);
    }
    else {
        vval = *(int*)v;
        if ((vval < 0 || vval >= size) && vval != MPI_PROC_NULL) {
            fprintf( stderr, "Got invalid value %d for HOST\n", vval );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_IO, &v, &flag );
    if (!flag) {
        fprintf( stderr, "Could not get IO\n" );fflush(stderr);
    }
    else {
        vval = *(int*)v;
        if ((vval < 0 || vval >= size) && vval != MPI_ANY_SOURCE && vval != MPI_PROC_NULL) {
            fprintf( stderr, "Got invalid value %d for IO\n", vval );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_WTIME_IS_GLOBAL, &v, &flag );
    if (flag) {
        /* Wtime need not be set */
        vval = *(int*)v;
        if (vval < 0 || vval > 1) {
            fprintf( stderr, "Invalid value for WTIME_IS_GLOBAL (got %d)\n", vval );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_APPNUM, &v, &flag );
    /* appnum need not be set */
    if (flag) {
        vval = *(int *)v;
        if (vval < 0) {
            fprintf( stderr, "MPI_APPNUM is defined as %d but must be nonnegative\n", vval );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_UNIVERSE_SIZE, &v, &flag );
    /* MPI_UNIVERSE_SIZE need not be set */
    if (flag) {
        /* But if it is set, it must be at least the size of comm_world */
        vval = *(int *)v;
        if (vval < size) {
            fprintf( stderr, "MPI_UNIVERSE_SIZE = %d, less than comm world (%d)\n", vval, size );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    MPI_Comm_get_attr( MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_LASTUSEDCODE, &v, &flag );
    /* Last used code must be defined and >= MPI_ERR_LASTCODE */
    if (flag) {
        vval = *(int*)v;
        if (vval < MPI_ERR_LASTCODE) {
            fprintf( stderr, "MPI_LASTUSEDCODE points to an integer (%d) smaller than MPI_ERR_LASTCODE (%d)\n", vval, MPI_ERR_LASTCODE );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }
    else {
        fprintf( stderr, "MPI_LASTUSECODE is not defined\n" );fflush(stderr);
    }
    MPI_Finalize( );
    return 0;
}

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