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MPI_Testsome(3OpenMPI)                                                                MPI_Testsome(3OpenMPI)



NAME
       MPI_Testsome - Tests for completion of one or more previously initiated communications in a list.


SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Testsome(int incount, MPI_Request *array_of_requests,
            int *outcount, int *array_of_indices, MPI_Status *array_of_statuses)


Fortran Syntax
       INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_TESTSOME(INCOUNT, ARRAY_OF_REQUESTS, OUTCOUNT,
                 ARRAY_OF_INDICES, ARRAY_OF_STATUSES, IERROR)
            INTEGER   INCOUNT, ARRAY_OF_REQUESTS(*)
            INTEGER   OUTCOUNT, ARRAY_OF_INDICES(*)
            INTEGER   ARRAY_OF_STATUSES(MPI_STATUS_SIZE,*), IERROR


C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       static int Request::Testsome(int incount, Request
            array_of_requests[], int array_of_indices[], Status array_of_statuses[])

       static int Request::Testsome(int incount, Request
            array_of_requests[], int array_of_indices[])


INPUT PARAMETERS
       incount   Length of array_of_requests (integer).

       array_of_requests
                 Array of requests (array of handles).


OUTPUT PARAMETERS
       outcount  Number of completed requests (integer).

       array_of_indices
                 Array of indices of operations that completed (array of integers).

       array_of_statuses
                 Array of status objects for operations that completed (array of status).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).


DESCRIPTION
       Behaves  like  MPI_Waitsome,  except  that  it  returns immediately. If no operation has completed it
       returns outcount = 0. If there is no active handle in the list, it returns outcount =  MPI_UNDEFINED.

       MPI_Testsome  is  a  local  operation, which returns immediately, whereas MPI_Waitsome blocks until a
       communication completes, if it was passed a list that contains at least one active handle. Both calls
       fulfill  a  fairness requirement: If a request for a receive repeatedly appears in a list of requests
       passed to MPI_Waitsome or MPI_Testsome, and a matching send has been posted, then  the  receive  will
       eventually  succeed  unless the send is satisfied by another receive; send requests also fulfill this
       fairness requirement.

       Errors that occur during the execution of MPI_Testsome are handled as for MPI_Waitsome.

       If your application does not need to examine the array_of_statuses field, you can save  resources  by
       using  the  predefined  constant  MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE  can  be  used  as  a  special  value  for  the
       array_of_statuses argument.


NOTES
       The use of MPI_Testsome is likely to be more efficient  than  the  use  of  MPI_Testany.  The  former
       returns information on all completed communications; with the latter, a new call is required for each
       communication that completes.

       A server with multiple clients can use MPI_Waitsome so as not to starve any client. Clients send mes-sages messages
       sages to the server with service requests. The server calls MPI_Waitsome with one receive request for
       each client, then handles all receives that have completed. If a call to MPI_Waitany is used instead,
       then one client could starve while requests from another client always sneak in first.


ERRORS
       For  each  invocation  of  MPI_Testsome,  if one or more requests generate an MPI exception, only the
       first MPI request that caused an exception will be passed to its  corresponding  error  handler.   No
       other  error handlers will be invoked (even if multiple requests generated exceptions).  However, all
       requests that generate an exception will have a relevant error code set  in  the  corresponding  sta-tus.MPI_ERROR status.MPI_ERROR
       tus.MPI_ERROR field (unless MPI_IGNORE_STATUSES was used).

       The  default  error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may
       be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler, MPI_File_set_errhandler, or MPI_Win_set_errhandler  (depend-ing (depending
       ing  on  the  type  of  MPI  handle  that  generated  the  MPI request); 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.

       If the invoked error handler allows MPI_Testsome to return to the caller, the value MPI_ERR_IN_STATUS
       will be returned  in  the  C  and  Fortran  bindings.   In  C++,  if  the  predefined  error  handler
       MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS  is  used,  the  value  MPI::ERR_IN_STATUS  will  be  contained  in  the
       MPI::Exception object.  The MPI_ERROR field can then be examined in the array of returned statuses to
       determine exactly which request(s) generated an exception.


SEE ALSO
       MPI_Comm_set_errhandler
       MPI_File_set_errhandler
       MPI_Test
       MPI_Testall
       MPI_Testany
       MPI_Wait
       MPI_Waitall
       MPI_Waitany
       MPI_Waitsome
       MPI_Win_set_errhandler




Open MPI 1.2                                   September 2006                         MPI_Testsome(3OpenMPI)

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