MPI_Add_error_string

Associates an error string with an MPI error code or class

Synopsis

int MPI_Add_error_string(int errorcode, char *string)

Input Parameters

errorcode

error code or class (integer)

string

text corresponding to errorcode (string)

Notes

The string must be no more than MPI_MAX_ERROR_STRING characters long. The length of the string is as defined in the calling language. The length of the string does not include the null terminator in C or C++. Note that the string is const even though the MPI standard does not specify it that way.

According to the MPI-2 standard, it is erroneous to call MPI_Add_error_string for an error code or class with a value less than or equal to MPI_ERR_LASTCODE. Thus, you cannot replace the predefined error messages with this routine.

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.

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_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.

Location:add_error_string.c