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MPI_Graph_create(3OpenMPI)                                                        MPI_Graph_create(3OpenMPI)



NAME
       MPI_Graph_create  - Makes a new communicator to which topology information has been attached.


SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Graph_create(MPI_Comm comm_old, int nnodes, int *index,
            int *edges, int reorder, MPI_Comm *comm_graph)


Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_GRAPH_CREATE(COMM_OLD, NNODES, INDEX, EDGES, REORDER,
                 COMM_GRAPH, IERROR)
            INTEGER   COMM_OLD, NNODES, INDEX(*), EDGES(*)
            INTEGER   COMM_GRAPH, IERROR
            LOGICAL   REORDER


C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       Graphcomm Intracomm::Create_graph(int nnodes, const int index[],
            const int edges[], bool reorder) const


INPUT PARAMETERS
       comm_old  Input communicator without topology (handle).

       nnodes    Number of nodes in graph (integer).

       index     Array of integers describing node degrees (see below).

       edges     Array of integers describing graph edges (see below).

       reorder   Ranking may be reordered (true) or not (false) (logical).


OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       comm_graph
                 Communicator with graph topology added (handle).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).


DESCRIPTION
       MPI_Graph_create  returns  a  handle to a new communicator to which the graph topology information is
       attached. If reorder = false then the rank of each process in the new group is identical to its  rank
       in  the  old  group.  Otherwise,  the function may reorder the processes. If the size, nnodes, of the
       graph is smaller than  the  size  of  the  group  of  comm_old,  then  some  processes  are  returned
       MPI_COMM_NULL,  in  analogy to MPI_Cart_create and MPI_Comm_split. The call is erroneous if it speci-fies specifies
       fies a graph that is larger than the group size of the input communicator.

       The three parameters nnodes, index, and edges define the graph structure. nnodes  is  the  number  of
       nodes  of  the  graph. The nodes are numbered from 0 to nnodes-1. The ith entry of array index stores
       the total number of neighbors of the first i graph nodes. The lists of neighbors of nodes  0, 1, ...,
       nnodes-1 are stored in consecutive locations in array edges. The array edges is a flattened represen-tation representation
       tation of the edge lists. The total number of entries in index is nnodes  and  the  total  number  of
       entries in edges is equal to the number of graph edges.

       The  definitions  of the arguments nnodes, index, and edges are illustrated with the following simple
       example.

       Example: Assume there are four processes 0, 1, 2, 3 with the following adjacency matrix:

           Process    Neighbors
              0          1, 3
              1          0
              2          3
              3          0, 2

       Then, the input arguments are:
           nnodes = 4
           index  = 2, 3, 4, 6
           edges  = 1, 3, 0, 3, 0, 2

       Thus, in C, index[0] is the degree of node zero, and index[i] - index[i-1] is the degree of  node  i,
       i=1,  .  .  .  ,  nnodes-1;   the list of neighbors of node zero is stored in edges[j], for 0 <= j <=
       index[0] - 1 and the list of neighbors of node i, i > 0 ,  is stored in edges[j], index[i-1] <= j  <=
       index[i] - 1.

       In  Fortran,  index(1) is the degree of node zero, and index(i+1) - index(i) is the degree of node i,
       i=1, . . . , nnodes-1;  the list of neighbors of node zero is stored in  edges(j),  for  1  <=  j  <=
       index(1)  and  the  list  of neighbors of node  i, i > 0, is stored in edges(j), index(i) + 1 <= j <=
       index(i + 1).


ERRORS
       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the  function  and  Fortran
       routines  in  the  last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is
       set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to  throw
       an MPI:Exception object.

       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.


SEE ALSO
       MPI_Graph_get
       MPI_Graphdims_get




Open MPI 1.2                                   September 2006                     MPI_Graph_create(3OpenMPI)

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