NAME

       MPI_Bcast,  MPI_Ibcast  -  Broadcasts a message from the process with rank root to all other processes of
       the group.

SYNTAX

C Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Bcast(void *buffer, int count, MPI_Datatype datatype,
            int root, MPI_Comm comm)

       int MPI_Ibcast(void *buffer, int count, MPI_Datatype datatype,
            int root, MPI_Comm comm, MPI_Request *request)

Fortran Syntax

       USE MPI
       ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_BCAST(BUFFER, COUNT, DATATYPE, ROOT, COMM, IERROR)
            <type>    BUFFER(*)
            INTEGER   COUNT, DATATYPE, ROOT, COMM, IERROR

       MPI_IBCAST(BUFFER, COUNT, DATATYPE, ROOT, COMM, REQUEST, IERROR)
            <type>    BUFFER(*)
            INTEGER   COUNT, DATATYPE, ROOT, COMM, REQUEST, IERROR

Fortran 2008 Syntax

       USE mpi_f08
       MPI_Bcast(buffer, count, datatype, root, comm, ierror)
            TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..) :: buffer
            INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: count, root
            TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
            TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
            INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

       MPI_Ibcast(buffer, count, datatype, root, comm, request, ierror)
            TYPE(*), DIMENSION(..), ASYNCHRONOUS :: buffer
            INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: count, root
            TYPE(MPI_Datatype), INTENT(IN) :: datatype
            TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(IN) :: comm
            TYPE(MPI_Request), INTENT(OUT) :: request
            INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

C++ Syntax

       #include <mpi.h>
       void MPI::Comm::Bcast(void* buffer, int count,
            const MPI::Datatype& datatype, int root) const = 0

INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       buffer    Starting address of buffer (choice).

       count     Number of entries in buffer (integer).

       datatype  Data type of buffer (handle).

       root      Rank of broadcast root (integer).

       comm      Communicator (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       request   Request (handle, non-blocking only).

       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       MPI_Bcast broadcasts a message from the process with rank root to all  processes  of  the  group,  itself
       included.  It  is  called by all members of group using the same arguments for comm, root. On return, the
       contents of root's communication buffer has been copied to all processes.

       General, derived datatypes are allowed for datatype. The type signature of count, datatype on any process
       must  be equal to the type signature of count, datatype at the root. This implies that the amount of data
       sent must be equal to the amount received, pairwise between each process and the root. MPI_Bcast and  all
       other  data-movement  collective  routines  make  this restriction. Distinct type maps between sender and
       receiver are still allowed.

       Example: Broadcast 100 ints from process 0 to every process in the group.
           MPI_Comm comm;
           int array[100];
           int root=0;
           ...
           MPI_Bcast( array, 100, MPI_INT, root, comm);

       As in many of our sample code fragments, we assume that some of  the  variables  (such  as  comm  in  the
       example above) have been assigned appropriate values.

WHEN COMMUNICATOR IS AN INTER-COMMUNICATOR

       When  the  communicator  is an inter-communicator, the root process in the first group broadcasts data to
       all the processes in the second group.  The first group defines the  root  process.   That  process  uses
       MPI_ROOT  as  the  value of its root argument.  The remaining processes use MPI_PROC_NULL as the value of
       their root argument.  All processes in the second group use the rank of that root process  in  the  first
       group  as the value of their root argument.   The receive buffer arguments of the processes in the second
       group must be consistent with the send buffer argument of the root process in the first group.

NOTES

       This function does not support the in-place option.

ERRORS

       Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as  the  value  of  the  function  and  Fortran
       routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to
       MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the  C++  exception  mechanism  will  be  used  to  throw  an
       MPI::Exception object.

       Before  the  error  value  is  returned,  the current MPI error handler is called. By default, this error
       handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function  errors.  The  error  handler  may  be  changed  with
       MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values
       to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.