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NAME
MPI_Request_free - Frees a communication request object.
SYNTAX
C Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Request_free(MPI_Request *request)
Fortran Syntax
INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_REQUEST_FREE(REQUEST, IERROR)
INTEGER REQUEST, IERROR
C++ Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
void Request::Free()
INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER
request Communication request (handle).
DESCRIPTION
This operation allows a request object to be deallocated without wait-
ing for the associated communication to complete.
MPI_Request_free marks the request object for deallocation and sets
request to MPI_REQUEST_NULL. Any ongoing communication that is associ-
ated with the request will be allowed to complete. The request will be
deallocated only after its completion.
NOTES
Once a request is freed by a call to MPI_Request_free, it is not possi-
ble to check for the successful completion of the associated communica-
tion with calls to MPI_Wait or MPI_Test. Also, if an error occurs sub-
sequently during the communication, an error code cannot be returned to
the user -- such an error must be treated as fatal. Questions arise as
to how one knows when the operations have completed when using
MPI_Request_free. Depending on the program logic, there may be other
ways in which the program knows that certain operations have completed
and this makes usage of MPI_Request_free practical. For example, an
active send request could be freed when the logic of the program is
such that the receiver sends a reply to the message sent -- the arrival
of the reply informs the sender that the send has completed and the
send buffer can be reused. An active receive request should never be
freed, as the receiver will have no way to verify that the receive has
completed and the receive buffer can be reused.
Example:
CALL MPI_COMM_RANK(MPI_COMM_WORLD, rank)
IF(rank.EQ.0) THEN
DO i=1, n
DO I=1, n-1
CALL MPI_ISEND(outval, 1, MPI_REAL, 0, 0, req, ierr)
CALL MPI_REQUEST_FREE(req, ierr)
CALL MPI_IRECV(inval, 1, MPI_REAL, 0, 0, req, ierr)
CALL MPI_WAIT(req, status, ierr)
END DO
CALL MPI_ISEND(outval, 1, MPI_REAL, 0, 0, req, ierr)
CALL MPI_WAIT(req, status)
END IF
This routine is normally used to free persistent requests created with
either MPI_Recv_init or MPI_Send_init and friends. However, it can be
used to free a request created with MPI_Irecv or MPI_Isend and friends;
in that case the use can not use the test/wait routines on the request.
It is permitted to free an active request. However, once freed, you
can not use the request in a wait or test routine (e.g., MPI_Wait ).
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++ func-
tions 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_Isend
MPI_Irecv
MPI_Issend
MPI_Ibsend
MPI_Irsend
MPI_Recv_init
MPI_Send_init
MPI_Ssend_init
MPI_Rsend_init
MPI_Test
MPI_Wait
MPI_Waitall
MPI_Waitany
MPI_Waitsome
MPI_Testall
MPI_Testany
MPI_Testsome
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