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MPI_Op_commute(3)                     MPI                    MPI_Op_commute(3)
NAME
       MPI_Op_commute -  Queries an MPI reduction operation for its
       commutativity.
SYNOPSIS
       int MPI_Op_commutative(MPI_Op op, int *commute)
INPUT PARAMETER
       op     - operation (handle)
OUTPUT PARAMETER
       commute
              - Flag is true if op is a commutative operation. (logical)
NULL HANDLES
       The MPI 1.1 specification, in the section on opaque objects, explicitly
       disallows freeing a null communicator.  The text from the standard is:
       A null handle argument is an erroneous IN argument in MPI calls, unless an
       exception is explicitly stated in the text that defines the function. Such
       exception is allowed for handles to request objects in Wait and Test calls
       (sections Communication Completion and Multiple Completions ). Otherwise, a
       null handle can only be passed to a function that allocates a new object and
       returns a reference to it in the handle.
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 integer 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 statement.
       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 argument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error
       handler is called.  By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job.
       The error handler 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 guarentee 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_ARG
              - Invalid argument.  Some argument is invalid and is not
              identified by a specific error class (e.g., MPI_ERR_RANK ).
SEE ALSO
       MPI_Op_create
LOCATION
       src/mpi/coll/op_commutative.c
                                   10/6/2010                 MPI_Op_commute(3)