MPI_Pack_size

Returns the upper bound on the amount of space needed to pack a message

Synopsis

#include "mpi.h"
int MPI_Pack_size ( incount, datatype, comm, size )
int           incount;
MPI_Datatype  datatype;
MPI_Comm      comm;
int          *size;

Input Parameters

	incount	count argument to packing call (integer)
	datatype	datatype argument to packing call (handle)
	comm	communicator argument to packing call (handle)

Output Parameter

size: upper bound on size of packed message, in bytes (integer)

Notes

The MPI standard document describes this in terms of MPI_Pack, but itapplies to both MPI_Pack and MPI_Unpack. That is, the value size isthe maximum that is needed by either MPI_Pack or MPI_Unpack.

Notes for Fortran

All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK) havean additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list. ierris an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routinein C. In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with thecall statement.

All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype, MPI_Comm) are of type INTEGERin 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 lastargument. Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler iscalled. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job. The error handlermay be changed with MPI_Errhandler_set; the predefined error handlerMPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can continue pastan error.

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_TYPE: Invalid datatype argument. May be an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit).

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

Location:pack_size.c