17.2.59. MPI_Comm_free_keyval

MPI_Comm_free_keyval — Frees attribute key for communicator cache attribute.

17.2.59.1. SYNTAX

17.2.59.1.1. C Syntax

#include <mpi.h>

int MPI_Comm_free_keyval(int *comm_keyval)

17.2.59.1.2. Fortran Syntax

USE MPI
! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
MPI_COMM_FREE_KEYVAL(COMM_KEYVAL, IERROR)
     INTEGER COMM_KEYVAL, IERROR

17.2.59.1.3. Fortran 2008 Syntax

USE mpi_f08
MPI_Comm_free_keyval(comm_keyval, ierror)
     INTEGER, INTENT(INOUT) :: comm_keyval
     INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

17.2.59.2. INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER

comm_keyval:

17.2.59.3. OUTPUT PARAMETER

ierror: Fortran only: Error status (integer).

17.2.59.4. DESCRIPTION

MPI_Comm_free_keyval frees an extant attribute key. This function sets the value of keyval to MPI_KEYVAL_INVALID. Note that it is not erroneous to free an attribute key that is in use, because the actual free does not transpire until after all references (in other communicators on the process) to the key have been freed. These references need to be explicitly freed by the program, either via calls to MPI_Comm_delete_attr that free one attribute instance, or by calls to MPI_Comm_free that free all attribute instances associated with the freed communicator.

This call is identical to the call MPI_Keyval_free but is needed to match the communicator-specific creation function introduced in the MPI-2 standard. The use of MPI_Keyval_free is deprecated.

17.2.59.5. NOTES

Key values are global (they can be used with any and all communicators).

17.2.59.6. 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.