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 Parameters

command

name of program to be spawned (string, significant only at root)

argv

arguments to command (array of strings, significant only at root)

maxprocs

maximum number of processes to start (integer, significant only at root)

info

a set of key-value pairs telling the runtime system where and how to start the processes (handle, significant only at root)

root

rank of process in which previous arguments are examined (integer)

comm

intracommunicator containing group of spawning processes (handle)

Output Parameters

intercomm

intercommunicator between original group and the newly spawned group (handle)

array_of_errcodes

one code per process (array of integer)

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 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.

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_ARG

Invalid argument. Some argument is invalid and is not identified by a specific error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK).

MPI_ERR_INFO

Invalid Info

MPI_ERR_SPAWN

Location:comm_spawn.c