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MPI_Comm_free(3)                   Open MPI                   MPI_Comm_free(3)

NAME
       MPI_Comm_free  - Mark a communicator object for deallocation.

SYNTAX
C Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_Comm_free(MPI_Comm *comm)

Fortran Syntax
       USE MPI
       ! or the older form: INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       MPI_COMM_FREE(COMM, IERROR)
            INTEGER   COMM, IERROR

Fortran 2008 Syntax
       USE mpi_f08
       MPI_Comm_free(comm, ierror)
            TYPE(MPI_Comm), INTENT(INOUT) :: comm
            INTEGER, OPTIONAL, INTENT(OUT) :: ierror

C++ Syntax
       #include <mpi.h>
       void Comm::Free()

INPUT PARAMETER
       comm      Communicator to be destroyed (handle).

OUTPUT PARAMETER
       IERROR    Fortran only: Error status (integer).

DESCRIPTION
       This operation marks the communicator object for deallocation. The han-
       dle is set to MPI_COMM_NULL. Any pending operations that use this  com-
       municator  will  complete  normally; the object is actually deallocated
       only if there are no other active references to it. This  call  applies
       to intracommunicators and intercommunicators. Upon actual deallocation,
       the delete callback functions for all cached  attributes  (see  Section
       5.7 in the MPI-1 Standard, "Caching") are called in arbitrary order.

NOTES
       Note  that  it  is  not defined by the MPI standard what happens if the
       delete_fn callback invokes other MPI functions.  In Open MPI, it is not
       valid  for  delete_fn  callbacks  (or  any of their children) to add or
       delete attributes on the same object on which the delete_fn callback is
       being invoked.

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++  func-
       tions  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.

SEE ALSO
       MPI_Comm_delete_attr

4.1.2                            Nov 24, 2021                 MPI_Comm_free(3)

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