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SYNTAX

   C Syntax
          #include <mpi.h>

          int MPI_Errhandler_create(MPI_Handler_function *function,
               MPI_Errhandler *errhandler)

   Fortran Syntax
          USE MPI
          ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'

          MPI_ERRHANDLER_CREATE(FUNCTION, ERRHANDLER, IERROR)
               EXTERNAL        FUNCTION
               INTEGER ERRHANDLER, IERROR

INPUT PARAMETER

       • function: User-defined error handling procedure.

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       • errhandler: MPI error handler (handle).

       • ierror: Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION

       Note that use of this routine is deprecated as of MPI-2. Please use MPI_Comm_create_errhandler instead.

       Registers the user routine function for use as an MPI error handler.  Returns in errhandler a  handle  to
       the registered error handler.

       In the C language, the user routine should be a C function of type MPI_Handler_function, which is defined
       as

          typedef void (MPI_Handler_function)(MPI_Comm *, int *, ...);

       The first argument is the communicator in use. The second is the error code to be  returned  by  the  MPI
       routine that raised the error. If the routine would have returned MPI_ERR_IN_STATUS, it is the error code
       returned in the status for the request that caused  the  error  handler  to  be  invoked.  The  remaining
       arguments  are  stdargs arguments whose number and meaning is implementation-dependent. An implementation
       should clearly document these arguments. Addresses are used  so  that  the  handler  may  be  written  in
       Fortran.

NOTE

       The  MPI Standard states that an implementation may make the output value (errhandler) simply the address
       of the function. However, the action of MPI_Errhandler_free makes this impossible, since it  is  required
       to  set  the  value  of  the  argument to MPI_ERRHANDLER_NULL. In addition, the actual error handler must
       remain until all communicators that use it are freed.

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:

       • MPI_Comm_create_errhandler then MPI_Comm_set_errhandler

       • MPI_File_create_errhandler then MPI_File_set_errhandler

       • MPI_Session_create_errhandler then MPI_Session_set_errhandler or at MPI_Session_init

       • MPI_Win_create_errhandler then MPI_Win_set_errhandler

       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.

       SEE ALSO:

          • MPI_Comm_create_errhandler

          • MPI_Comm_get_errhandler

          • MPI_Comm_set_errhandler

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                                                  Feb 17, 2025                          MPI_ERRHANDLER_CREATE(3)