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MPI_Allgather(3)		       MPI			MPI_Allgather(3)

NAME
     MPI_Allgather  -	Gathers  data from all tasks and distribute the combined
     data to all tasks

SYNOPSIS
     int MPI_Allgather(const void *sendbuf, int sendcount, MPI_Datatype sendtype,
     void *recvbuf, int recvcount, MPI_Datatype recvtype,
     MPI_Comm comm)

     int MPI_Allgather_c(const void *sendbuf, MPI_Count sendcount,
     MPI_Datatype sendtype, void *recvbuf, MPI_Count recvcount,
     MPI_Datatype recvtype, MPI_Comm comm)

INPUT PARAMETERS
     sendbuf
	    - starting address of send buffer (choice)
     sendcount
	    - number of elements in send buffer (non-negative integer)
     sendtype
	    - data type of send buffer elements (handle)
     recvcount
	    - number of elements received from any process  (non-negative  inte-
	    ger)
     recvtype
	    - data type of receive buffer elements (handle)
     comm   - communicator (handle)

OUTPUT PARAMETERS
     recvbuf
	    - address of receive buffer (choice)

NOTES
     The MPI standard (1.0 and 1.1) says that

     The  jth block of data sent from  each process is received by every process
     and placed in the jth block of the buffer recvbuf .

     This is misleading; a better description is

     The block of data sent from the jth process is received  by  every  process
     and placed in the jth block of the buffer recvbuf .

     This text was suggested by Rajeev Thakur and has been adopted as a clarifi-
     cation by the MPI Forum.

THREAD AND INTERRUPT SAFETY
     This  routine  is	thread-safe.  This means that this routine may be safely
     used by multiple threads without the  need  for  any  user-provided  thread
     locks.  However, the routine is not interrupt safe.  Typically, this is due
     to  the use of memory allocation routines such as malloc or other non-MPICH
     runtime routines that are themselves not interrupt-safe.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN
     All MPI routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK )	have  an
     additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list.	ierr is an inte-
     ger  and  has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C.  In
     Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are invoked with the call state-
     ment.

     All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are  of  type  INTEGER  in
     Fortran.

ERRORS
     All MPI routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C
     routines  as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last ar-
     gument.  Before the value is returned, the current  MPI  error  handler  is
     called.  By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job.  The error han-
     dler  may	be  changed  with  MPI_Comm_set_errhandler  (for communicators),
     MPI_File_set_errhandler (for files), and  MPI_Win_set_errhandler  (for  RMA
     windows).	 The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but its use is
     deprecated.  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;  however,  MPI  implementations
     will attempt to continue whenever possible.

     MPI_SUCCESS
	    - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.
     MPI_ERR_BUFFER
	    -  Invalid	buffer	pointer.  Usually a null buffer where one is not
	    valid.
     MPI_ERR_COMM
	    - Invalid communicator.  A common error is to use a null  communica-
	    tor in a call (not even allowed in MPI_Comm_rank ).
     MPI_ERR_COUNT
	    -  Invalid	count argument.  Count arguments must be non-negative; a
	    count of zero is often valid.
     MPI_ERR_TYPE
	    - Invalid datatype argument.  Additionally, this error can occur  if
	    an uncommitted MPI_Datatype (see MPI_Type_commit ) is used in a com-
	    munication call.
     MPI_ERR_OTHER
	    -  Other  error;  use MPI_Error_string to get more information about
	    this error code.

				    4/10/2026			MPI_Allgather(3)

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