Tim, Since MPI_Comm_create sets the created communicator to MPI_COMM_NULL for the processes that are not in the group , may be preceding your collectives by a: if (MPI_COMM_NULL != new_comm) { <your collective> } could be enough.
But may be I'm wrong: I'll let the specialists answer. Regards, Nadia -- Nadia Derbey users-boun...@open-mpi.org wrote on 03/06/2012 02:32:03 PM: > De : Timothy Stitt <timothy.stit...@nd.edu> > A : Open MPI Users <us...@open-mpi.org> > Date : 03/06/2012 02:32 PM > Objet : Re: [OMPI users] Scatter+Group Communicator Issue > Envoyé par : users-boun...@open-mpi.org > > Hi Nadia, > > Thanks for the reply. This is were my confusion with the scatter > command comes in. I was really hoping that MPI_Scatter would > automagically ignore the ranks that are not part of the group > communicator, since this test code is part of something more > complicated were many sub-communicators are created over various > combinations of ranks, and used in various collective routines. Do I > really have to filter out manually the non-communicator ranks before > I call the scatter...it would be really nice if the scatter command > was 'smart' enough to do this for me by looking at the communicator > that is passed to the routine. > > Thanks again, > > Tim. > > On Mar 6, 2012, at 8:28 AM, <nadia.der...@bull.net> wrote: > > Isn't it because you're calling MPI_Scatter() even on rank 2 which > is not part of your new_comm? > > Regards, > Nadia > > users-boun...@open-mpi.org wrote on 03/06/2012 01:52:06 PM: > > > De : Timothy Stitt <timothy.stit...@nd.edu> > > A : "us...@open-mpi.org" <us...@open-mpi.org> > > Date : 03/06/2012 01:52 PM > > Objet : [OMPI users] Scatter+Group Communicator Issue > > Envoyé par : users-boun...@open-mpi.org > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am scratching my head over what I think should be a relatively > > simple group communicator operation. I am hoping some kind person > > can put me out of my misery and figure out what I'm doing wrong. > > > > Basically, I am trying to scatter a set of values to a subset of > > process ranks (hence the need for a group communicator). When I run > > the sample code over 4 processes (and scattering to 3 processes), I > > am getting a group-communicator related error in the scatter operation: > > > > > [stats.crc.nd.edu:29285] *** An error occurred in MPI_Scatter > > > [stats.crc.nd.edu:29285] *** on communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD > > > [stats.crc.nd.edu:29285] *** MPI_ERR_COMM: invalid communicator > > > [stats.crc.nd.edu:29285] *** MPI_ERRORS_ARE_FATAL (your MPI job > > will now abort) > > > Complete - Rank 1 > > > Complete - Rank 0 > > > Complete - Rank 3 > > > > The actual test code is below: > > > > program scatter_bug > > > > use mpi > > > > implicit none > > > > integer :: ierr,my_rank,procValues(3),procRanks(3) > > integer :: in_cnt,orig_group,new_group,new_comm,out > > > > call MPI_INIT(ierr) > > call MPI_COMM_RANK(MPI_COMM_WORLD,my_rank,ierr) > > > > procRanks=(/0,1,3/) > > procValues=(/0,434,268/) > > in_cnt=3 > > > > ! Create sub-communicator > > call MPI_COMM_GROUP(MPI_COMM_WORLD, orig_group, ierr) > > call MPI_Group_incl(orig_group, in_cnt, procRanks, new_group, ierr) > > call MPI_COMM_CREATE(MPI_COMM_WORLD, new_group, new_comm, ierr) > > > > call MPI_SCATTER(procValues, 1, MPI_INTEGER, out, 1, MPI_INTEGER, > > 0, new_comm, ierr); > > > > print *,"Complete - Rank", my_rank > > > > end program scatter_bug > > > > Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. > > > > Regards. > > > > Tim. > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > us...@open-mpi.org > > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > <ATT00001..txt> > > Tim Stitt PhD (User Support Manager). > Center for Research Computing | University of Notre Dame | > P.O. Box 539, Notre Dame, IN 46556 | Phone: 574-631-5287 | Email: > tst...@nd.edu > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users