MPI_Reduce_scatter(3)

NAME
MPI_Reduce_scatter, MPI_Ireduce_scatter - Combines values and scatters the results.

SYNTAX

C Syntax
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Reduce_scatter(const void *sendbuf, void *recvbuf, const int recvcounts[],
	MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Op op, MPI_Comm comm)
int MPI_Ireduce_scatter(const void *sendbuf, void *recvbuf, const int recvcounts[],
	MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Op op, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request *request)

INPUT PARAMETERS

sendbuf
    Starting address of send buffer (choice).

recvcounts
    Integer array specifying the number of elements in result distributed to each process. Array must be identical on all calling processes.

datatype
    Datatype of elements of input buffer (handle).

op  Operation (handle).

comm
    Communicator (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

recvbuf
    Starting address of receive buffer (choice).

request
    Request (handle, non-blocking only).

IERROR
    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
MPI_Reduce_scatter first does an element-wise reduction on vector of count = S(i)recvcounts[i] elements in the send buffer defined by sendbuf, count, and datatype. Next, the resulting vector of results is split into n disjoint segments, where n is the number of processes in the group. Segment i contains recvcounts[i] elements. The ith segment is sent to process i and stored in the receive buffer defined by recvbuf, recvcounts[i], and datatype.

USE OF IN-PLACE OPTION
When the communicator is an intracommunicator, you can perform a reduce-scatter operation in-place (the output buffer is used as the input buffer). Use the variable MPI_IN_PLACE as the value of the sendbuf. In this case, the input data is taken from the top of the receive buffer. The area occupied by the input data may be either longer or shorter than the data filled by the output data.

WHEN COMMUNICATOR IS AN INTER-COMMUNICATOR

When the communicator is an inter-communicator, the reduce-scatter operation occurs in two phases. First, the result of the reduction performed on the data provided by the processes in the first group is scattered among the processes in the second group. Then the reverse occurs: the reduction performed on the data provided by the processes in the second group is scattered among the processes in the first group. For each group, all processes provide the same recvcounts argument, and the sum of the recvcounts values should be the same for both groups.

NOTES ON COLLECTIVE OPERATIONS
The reduction functions ( MPI_Op ) do not return an error value. As a result, if the functions detect an error, all they can do is either call MPI_Abort or silently skip the problem. Thus, if you change the error handler from MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL to something else, for example, MPI_ERRORS_RETURN , then no error may be indicated. The reason for this is the performance problems in ensuring that all collective routines return the same error value.

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++ functions 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.