17.2.54. MPI_Comm_disconnect

MPI_Comm_disconnect — Deallocates communicator object and sets handle to MPI_COMM_NULL.

17.2.54.1. SYNTAX

17.2.54.1.1. C Syntax

#include <mpi.h>

int MPI_Comm_disconnect(MPI_Comm *comm)

17.2.54.1.2. Fortran Syntax

USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'

MPI_COMM_DISCONNECT(COMM, IERROR)
    INTEGER COMM, IERROR

17.2.54.1.3. Fortran 2008 Syntax

USE mpi_f08

MPI_Comm_disconnect(comm, ierror)
    TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(INOUT) :: comm
    INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

17.2.54.1.4. INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER

comm : Communicator (handle).

17.2.54.2. OUTPUT PARAMETER

ierror : Fortran only: Error status (integer).

17.2.54.3. DESCRIPTION

MPI_Comm_disconnect waits for all pending communication on comm to complete internally, deallocates the communicator object, and sets the handle to MPI_COMM_NULL. It is a collective operation. It may not be called with the communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD or MPI_COMM_SELF. MPI_Comm_disconnect may be called only if all communication is complete and matched, so that buffered data can be delivered to its destination. This requirement is the same as for MPI_Finalize. MPI_Comm_disconnect has the same action as MPI_Comm_free, except that it waits for pending communication to finish internally and enables the guarantee about the behavior of disconnected processes.

17.2.54.4. NOTES

To disconnect two processes you may need to call MPI_Comm_disconnect, MPI_Win_free, and MPI_File_close to remove all communication paths between the two processes. Note that it may be necessary to disconnect several communicators (or to free several windows or files) before two processes are completely independent.

17.2.54.5. 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/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.

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 by calling:

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-3.1 standard for more information.