DeinoMPI

The Great and Terrible implementation of MPI-2

function index

MPI_Win_create_keyval

Create an attribute keyval for MPI window objects
int MPI_Win_create_keyval(
  MPI_Win_copy_attr_function *win_copy_attr_fn,
  MPI_Win_delete_attr_function *win_delete_attr_fn,
  int *win_keyval,
  void *extra_state
);

Parameters

win_copy_attr_fn
[in] copy callback function for win_keyval (function)
win_delete_attr_fn
[in] delete callback function for win_keyval (function)
win_keyval
[out] key value for future access (integer)
extra_state
[in] extra state for callback functions

Remarks

The argument win_copy_attr_fn may be specified as MPI_WIN_NULL_COPY_FN or MPI_WIN_DUP_FN from either C, C++, or Fortran. MPI_WIN_NULL_COPY_FN is a function that does nothing other than returning flag = 0 and MPI_SUCCESS. MPI_WIN_DUP_FN is a simple-minded copy function that sets flag = 1, returns the value of attribute_val_in in attribute_val_out, and returns MPI_SUCCESS.

The argument win_delete_attr_fn may be specified as MPI_WIN_NULL_DELETE_FN from either C, C++, or Fortran. MPI_WIN_NULL_DELETE_FN is a function that does nothing, other than returning MPI_SUCCESS.

The C callback functions are:

typedef int MPI_Win_copy_attr_function(MPI_Win oldwin, int win_keyval, void *extra_state, void *attribute_val_in, void *attribute_val_out, int *flag);
 

and

typedef int MPI_Win_delete_attr_function(MPI_Win win, int win_keyval, void *attribute_val, void *extra_state);
 

The Fortran callback functions are:

SUBROUTINE WIN_COPY_ATTR_FN(OLDWIN, WIN_KEYVAL, EXTRA_STATE, ATTRIBUTE_VAL_IN, ATTRIBUTE_VAL_OUT, FLAG, IERROR)
INTEGER OLDWIN, WIN_KEYVAL, IERROR
INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) EXTRA_STATE, ATTRIBUTE_VAL_IN,
ATTRIBUTE_VAL_OUT
LOGICAL FLAG
 

and

SUBROUTINE WIN_DELETE_ATTR_FN(WIN, WIN_KEYVAL, ATTRIBUTE_VAL, EXTRA_STATE, IERROR)
INTEGER WIN, WIN_KEYVAL, IERROR
INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND) ATTRIBUTE_VAL, EXTRA_STATE
 

The C++ callbacks are:

typedef int MPI::Win::Copy_attr_function(const MPI::Win& oldwin, int win_keyval, void* extra_state, void* attribute_val_in, void* attribute_val_out, bool& flag);
 

and

typedef int MPI::Win::Delete_attr_function(MPI::Win& win, int win_keyval, void* attribute_val, void* extra_state);

Default copy and delete functions are available. These are
MPI_WIN_NULL_COPY_FN
empty copy function
MPI_WIN_NULL_DELETE_FN
empty delete function
MPI_WIN_DUP_FN
simple dup function

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.
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_OTHER
Other error; use MPI_Error_string to get more information about this error code.

Example Code

The following sample code illustrates MPI_Win_create_keyval.

#include "mpi.h"
#include <stdio.h>

/* Test creating and inserting attributes in different orders */

int checkAttrs( MPI_Win win, int n, int key[], int attrval[] );
int checkNoAttrs( MPI_Win win, int n, int key[] );

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    int errs = 0;
    int key[3], attrval[3];
    int i;
    int buf[1];
    MPI_Comm comm;
    MPI_Win  win;

    MPI_Init( &argc, &argv );

    comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
    MPI_Win_create( buf, sizeof(int), sizeof(int), MPI_INFO_NULL, comm, &win );

    /* Create key values */
    for (i=0; i<3; i++) {
        MPI_Win_create_keyval( MPI_NULL_COPY_FN, MPI_NULL_DELETE_FN, &key[i], (void *)0 );
        attrval[i] = 1024 * i;
    }

    /* Insert attribute in several orders.  Test after put with get, then delete, then confirm delete with get. */

    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[2], &attrval[2] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[1], &attrval[1] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[0], &attrval[0] );
    errs += checkAttrs( win, 3, key, attrval );

    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[0] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[1] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[2] );
    errs += checkNoAttrs( win, 3, key );

    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[1], &attrval[1] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[2], &attrval[2] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[0], &attrval[0] );
    errs += checkAttrs( win, 3, key, attrval );

    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[2] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[1] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[0] );
    errs += checkNoAttrs( win, 3, key );

    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[0], &attrval[0] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[1], &attrval[1] );
    MPI_Win_set_attr( win, key[2], &attrval[2] );
    errs += checkAttrs( win, 3, key, attrval );

    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[1] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[2] );
    MPI_Win_delete_attr( win, key[0] );
    errs += checkNoAttrs( win, 3, key );

    for (i=0; i<3; i++) {
        MPI_Win_free_keyval( &key[i] );
    }
    MPI_Win_free( &win );

    MPI_Finalize();
    return errs;
}

int checkAttrs( MPI_Win win, int n, int key[], int attrval[] )
{
    int errs = 0;
    int i, flag, *val_p;

    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
        MPI_Win_get_attr( win, key[i], &val_p, &flag );
        if (!flag) {
            errs++;
            fprintf( stderr, "Attribute for key %d not set\n", i );fflush(stderr);
        }
        else if (val_p != &attrval[i]) {
            errs++;
            fprintf( stderr, "Atribute value for key %d not correct\n", i );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    return errs;
}

int checkNoAttrs( MPI_Win win, int n, int key[] )
{
    int errs = 0;
    int i, flag, *val_p;

    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
        MPI_Win_get_attr( win, key[i], &val_p, &flag );
        if (flag) {
            errs++;
            fprintf( stderr, "Attribute for key %d set but should be deleted\n", i );fflush(stderr);
        }
    }

    return errs;
}