NAME
pvm_psend - Pack and send data in one call.
SYNOPSIS
C int info = pvm_psend( int tid, int msgtag, char *buf, int len, int datatype )
Fortran call pvmfpsend( tid, msgtag, buf, len, datatype, info )
tid Integer task identifier of destination process.
msgtag Integer message tag supplied by the user. msgtag should be >= 0.
buf Pointer to a buffer to send.
len Length of buffer (in multiple of data type size).
datatype
Type of data to which buf points (see below).
info Integer status code returned by the routine.
DISCUSSION
The routine pvm_psend takes a pointer to a buffer buf its length len and its data type datatype and sends this data directly to the PVM task identified by tid. msgtag is used to label the content of the message. If pvm_psend is successful, info will be 0. If some error occurs then info will be < 0.
pvm_psend data can be received by pvm_precv, pvm_recv, pvm_trecv, or pvm_nrecv.
The pvm_psend routine is asynchronous. Computation on the sending processor resumes as soon as the buffer is safe for reuse. This is in contrast to synchronous communication, during which computation on the sending processor halts until the matching receive is executed by the receiving processor.
In C the datatype parameter must be one of the following, depending on the type of data to be sent: [Version 3.3.0 - This parameter only determines message length, not data conversion. It only sends raw bytes]
The PVM model guarantees the following about message order. If task 1 sends message A to task 2, then task 1 sends message B to task 2, message A will arrive at task 2 before message B. Moreover, if both messages arrive before task 2 does a receive, then a wildcard receive will always return message A.
pvm_psend does not affect the state of the current outgoing message buffer (created by pvm_initsend and used by pvm_send).
info = pvm_psend( tid, msgtag, array, 1000, PVM_FLOAT );
Fortran:
CALL PVMFPSEND( TID, MSGTAG, BUF, CNT, REAL4, INFO )
ERRORS
These error conditions can be returned by pvm_psend