Hello Jeff and Hristo,
Now I am completely confused:
So, let's say, the complete reception requires 8192 bytes. And, I have:
MPI_Irecv(
(void*)this->receivebuffer,/* the receive buffer */
this->receive_packetsize, /* 80 */
MPI_BYTE, /* The data type expected */
this->transmittingnode, /* The node from which to receive */
this->uniquetag, /* Tag */
MPI_COMM_WORLD, /* Communicator */
&Irecv_request /* request handle */
);
That means, the the MPI_Test will tell me that the reception is complete when I have received the first 80 bytes. Correct?
Next, let[s say that I have a receive buffer with a capacity of 160 bytes, then, will overflow error occur here? Even if I have decided to receive a large payload in chunks of 80 bytes?
I am sorry, the manual and the API reference was too vague for me.
Thanks a lot
Devendra
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From: "Iliev, Hristo" <iliev_at_[hidden]>
To: Open MPI Users <users_at_[hidden]>
Cc: devendra rai <rai.devendra_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 9:48
Subject: Re: [OMPI users] MPI_Irecv: Confusion with <<int count>> inputy parameter
Jeff,
>> Or is it the number of elements that are expected to be received, and hence MPI_Test will tell me that the receive is not complete untill "count" number of elements have not been received?
>
> Yes.
Answering "Yes" this question might further the confusion there. The "count" argument specifies the *capacity* of the receive buffer and the receive operation (blocking or not) will complete successfully for any matching message with size up to "count", even for an empty message with 0 elements, and will produce an overflow error if the received message was longer and data truncation has to occur.
On 20.08.2012, at 16:32, Jeff Squyres <jsquyres_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 5:51 AM, devendra rai wrote:
>
>> Is it the number of elements that have been received *thus far* in the buffer?
>
> No.
>
>> Or is it the number of elements that are expected to be received, and hence MPI_Test will tell me that the receive is not complete untill "count" number of elements have not been received?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Here's the reason why I have a problem (and I think I may be completely stupid here, I'd appreciate your patience):
> [snip]
>> Does anyone see what could be going wrong?
>
> Double check that the (sender_rank, tag, communicator) tuple that you issued in the MPI_Irecv matches the (rank, tag, communicator) tuple from the sender (tag and communicator are arguments on the sending side, and rank is the rank of the sender in that communicator).
>
> When receives block like this without completing like this, it usually means a mismatch between the tuples.
>
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