18.2.389. MPI_Type_create_resized

MPI_Type_create_resized - Returns a new data type with new extent and upper and lower bounds.

18.2.389.1. SYNTAX

18.2.389.1.1. C Syntax

#include <mpi.h>

int MPI_Type_create_resized(MPI_Datatype oldtype, MPI_Aint lb,
     MPI_Aint extent, MPI_Datatype *newtype)

18.2.389.1.2. Fortran Syntax (see FORTRAN 77 NOTES)

USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_TYPE_CREATE_RESIZED(OLDTYPE, LB, EXTENT, NEWTYPE, IERROR)
     INTEGER OLDTYPE, NEWTYPE, IERROR
     INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND)  LB, EXTENT

18.2.389.1.3. Fortran 2008 Syntax

USE mpi_f08
MPI_Type_create_resized(oldtype, lb, extent, newtype, ierror)
     INTEGER(KIND=MPI_ADDRESS_KIND), INTENT(IN) :: lb, extent
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: oldtype
     TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(OUT) :: newtype
     INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

18.2.389.2. INPUT PARAMETERS

oldtype: Input data type (handle).
lb: New lower bound of data type (integer).
extent: New extent of data type (integer).

18.2.389.3. OUTPUT PARAMETERS

newtype: Output data type (handle).
IERROR: Fortran only: Error status (integer).

18.2.389.4. DESCRIPTION

MPI_Type_create_resized returns in newtype a handle to a new data type that is identical to oldtype, except that the lower bound of this new data type is set to be lb, and its upper bound is set to be lb + extent. Any previous lb and ub markers are erased, and a new pair of lower bound and upper bound markers are put in the positions indicated by the lb and extent arguments. This affects the behavior of the data type when used in communication operations, with count > 1, and when used in the construction of new derived data types.

18.2.389.5. FORTRAN 77 NOTES

The MPI standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for the LB and EXTENT arguments only for Fortran 90. FORTRAN 77 users may use the non-portable syntax

     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND LB
or
     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND EXTENT

where MPI_ADDRESS_KIND is a constant defined in mpif.h and gives the length of the declared integer in bytes.

18.2.389.6. NOTE

Use of MPI_Type_create_resized is strongly recommended over the old MPI-1 functions MPI_Type_extent and MPI_Type_lb.

18.2.389.7. ERRORS

Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the return result of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument.

Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler associated with the communication object (e.g., communicator, window, file) is called. If no communication object is associated with the MPI call, then the call is considered attached to MPI_COMM_SELF and will call the associated MPI error handler. When MPI_COMM_SELF is not initialized (i.e., before MPI_INIT / MPI_INIT_THREAD, after MPI_FINALIZE, or when using the Sessions Model exclusively) the error raises the initial error handler. The initial error handler can be changed by calling MPI_COMM_SET_ERRHANDLER on MPI_COMM_SELF when using the World model, or the mpi_initial_errhandler CLI argument to mpiexec or info key to MPI_COMM_SPAWN[_MULTIPLE]. If no other appropriate error handler has been set, then the MPI_ERRORS_RETURN error handler is called for MPI I/O functions and the MPI_ERRORS_ABORT error handler is called for all other MPI functions.

In the sessions model, the error handler can be set during MPI_Session_init.

Open MPI includes three predefined error handlers that can be used:

MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL: Causes the program to abort all connected MPI processes.
MPI_ERRORS_ABORT:     An error handler that can be invoked on a communicator,
                      window, file, or session. When called on a communicator, it
                      acts as if MPI_ABORT was called on that communicator. If
                      called on a window or file, acts as if MPI_ABORT was called
                      on a communicator containing the group of processes in the
                      corresponding window or file. If called on a session,
                      aborts only the local process.
MPI_ERRORS_RETURN:    Returns an error code to the application.

MPI applications can also implement their own error handlers.

Custom MPI error handlers can be created by calling: MPI_Comm_create_errhandler(3) MPI_File_create_errhandler(3) MPI_Session_create_errhandler(3) MPI_Win_create_errhandler(3)

Predefined and custom error handlers can be set by calling: MPI_Comm_set_errhandler(3) MPI_File_set_errhandler(3) MPI_Session_set_errhandler(3) MPI_Win_set_errhandler(3)

Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

See the MPI man page for a full list of MPI error codes.

See the Error Handling section of the MPI-3 standard for more information.