- My original patch stands: MPI_FINALIZE directly invokes the
attribute callbacks on MPI_COMM_SELF
- We added some user-level checks to ensure that they don't call
MPI_FINALIZE twice (this isn't really required, but it will prevent
whacky segv's -- they'll at least get a nice error message)
- Removed the attribute callbacks on MPI_COMM_SELF from
ompi_mpi_comm_finalize (i.e., we just moved them from
ompi_mpi_comm_finalize to ompi_mpi_finalize -- we just moved this
process up earlier in the MPI_FINALIZE sequence of events)
- Because there were so many conversations about this, here's the
rationale:
- MPI-2:4.8 says that we have to MPI_COMM_FREE MPI_COMM_SELF so that
the attribute callbacks are invoked.
- After considerable discussion, we came to the conclusion that
FREE'ing COMM_SELF is not the issue -- calling the callbacks is
the issue.
- So it is sufficent for MPI_FINALIZE to directly invoke these
attribute callbacks
- The attribute callbacks are *not* invoked on other communicators
because said communicators are not MPI_COMM_FREE'ed
This commit was SVN r9628.
- new preferred API calls for registering MCA parameters are
mca_base_param_reg_{int|string} and
mca_base_param_reg_{int|string}_name.
- See opal/mca/base/mca_base_param.h for docs on new calls.
- Can now register and lookup a value at the same time.
- Can now mark a parameter "read only" at registration time
- Can now mark a parameter "internal" at registration time
- Can now associate a help message with the parameter at registration
time; displayed in the ompi_info output.
The old API calls are still available for backwards compatibility
(mca_base_param_register_{int|string}. They will eventually be
removed -- all developers are encouraged to use the new APIs from here
on out and replace any old calls with the new API.
Some params were also renamed -- the previous convention of using
"base_" as a prefix for any param that was not associated with a
component is henceforth deprecated. Instead, use one of the following
prefixes:
mca: for anything in the MCA base itself
opal: for anything in OPAL
orte: for anything in ORTE
mpi: for anything in OMPI
This commit was SVN r6698.
