115. MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER

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MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER extends the functionality of MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER_BLOCK such that the scattered blocks can vary in size. Block sizes are determined by the recvcounts array, such that the i-th block contains recvcounts[i] elements.

MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER( sendbuf, recvbuf, recvcounts, datatype, op, comm)
IN sendbuf starting address of send buffer (choice)
OUT recvbuf starting address of receive buffer (choice)
IN recvcountsnon-negative integer array (of length group size) specifying the number of elements of the result distributed to each process.
IN datatype data type of elements of send and receive buffers (handle)
IN op operation (handle)
IN comm communicator (handle)

int MPI_Reduce_scatter(const void* sendbuf, void* recvbuf, const int recvcounts[], MPI_Datatype datatype, MPI_Op op, MPI_Comm comm)

MPI_Reduce_scatter(sendbuf, recvbuf, recvcounts, datatype, op, comm, ierror)
TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), INTENT(IN) :: sendbuf
TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..) :: recvbuf
INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: recvcounts(*)
TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
TYPE(MPI_Op), INTENT(IN) :: op
TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror
MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER(SENDBUF, RECVBUF, RECVCOUNTS, DATATYPE, OP, COMM, IERROR)
<type> SENDBUF(*), RECVBUF(*)
INTEGER RECVCOUNTS(*), DATATYPE, OP, COMM, IERROR

If comm is an intracommunicator, MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER first performs a global, element-wise reduction on vectors of Image file elements in the send buffers defined by sendbuf, count and datatype, using the operation op, where n is the number of processes in the group of comm. The routine is called by all group members using the same arguments for recvcounts, datatype, op and comm. The resulting vector is treated as n consecutive blocks where the number of elements of the i-th block is recvcounts[i]. The blocks are scattered to the processes of the group. The i-th block is sent to process i and stored in the receive buffer defined by recvbuf, recvcounts[i] and datatype.


Advice to implementors.

The MPI_REDUCE_SCATTER routine is functionally equivalent to: an MPI_REDUCE collective operation with count equal to the sum of recvcounts[i] followed by MPI_SCATTERV with sendcounts equal to recvcounts. However, a direct implementation may run faster. ( End of advice to implementors.)
The ``in place'' option for intracommunicators is specified by passing MPI_IN_PLACE in the sendbuf argument. In this case, the input data is taken from the receive buffer. It is not required to specify the ``in place'' option on all processes, since the processes for which recvcounts[i] ==0 may not have allocated a receive buffer.

If comm is an intercommunicator, then the result of the reduction of the data provided by processes in one group (group A) is scattered among processes in the other group (group B), and vice versa. Within each group, all processes provide the same recvcounts argument, and provide input vectors of Image file elements stored in the send buffers, where n is the size of the group. The resulting vector from the other group is scattered in blocks of recvcounts[i] elements among the processes in the group. The number of elements count must be the same for the two groups.


Rationale.

The last restriction is needed so that the length of the send buffer can be determined by the sum of the local recvcounts entries. Otherwise, a communication is needed to figure out how many elements are reduced. ( End of rationale.)


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