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#ifndef PMI_H
#define PMI_H

/* prototypes for the PMI interface in MPICH2 */

#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif

/*D
PMI_CONSTANTS - PMI definitions

Error Codes:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - operation completed successfully
. PMI_FAIL - operation failed
. PMI_ERR_NOMEM - input buffer not large enough
. PMI_ERR_INIT - PMI not initialized
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY - invalid key argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY_LENGTH - invalid key length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL - invalid val argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL_LENGTH - invalid val length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_ARGS - invalid number of arguments
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARGS - invalid args argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_PARSED - invalid num_parsed length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEYVALP - invalid keyvalp argument
- PMI_ERR_INVALID_SIZE - invalid size argument

Booleans:
+ PMI_TRUE - true
- PMI_FALSE - false

D*/
#define PMI_SUCCESS                  0
#define PMI_FAIL                    -1
#define PMI_ERR_INIT                 1
#define PMI_ERR_NOMEM                2
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG          3
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY          4
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY_LENGTH   5
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL          6
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL_LENGTH   7
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH       8
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_ARGS     9
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARGS        10
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_PARSED  11
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEYVALP     12
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_SIZE        13
#define PMI_ERR_INVALID_KVS         14

typedef int PMI_BOOL;
#define PMI_TRUE     1
#define PMI_FALSE    0

/* PMI Group functions */

/*@
PMI_Init - initialize the Process Manager Interface

Output Parameter:
. spawned - spawned flag

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - initialization completed successfully
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - initialization failed

Notes:
Initialize PMI for this process group. The value of spawned indicates whether
this process was created by 'PMI_Spawn_multiple'.  'spawned' will be 'PMI_TRUE' if
this process group has a parent and 'PMI_FALSE' if it does not.

@*/
int PMI_Init( int *spawned );

/*@
PMI_Initialized - check if PMI has been initialized

Output Parameter:
. initialized - boolean value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - initialized successfully set
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to set the variable

Notes:
On successful output, initialized will either be 'PMI_TRUE' or 'PMI_FALSE'.

+ PMI_TRUE - initialize has been called.
- PMI_FALSE - initialize has not been called or previously failed.

@*/
int PMI_Initialized( PMI_BOOL *initialized );

/*@
PMI_Finalize - finalize the Process Manager Interface

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - finalization completed successfully
- PMI_FAIL - finalization failed

Notes:
 Finalize PMI for this process group.

@*/
int PMI_Finalize( void );

/*@
PMI_Get_size - obtain the size of the process group

Output Parameters:
. size - pointer to an integer that receives the size of the process group

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - size successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the size

Notes:
This function returns the size of the process group to which the local process
belongs.

@*/
int PMI_Get_size( int *size );

/*@
PMI_Get_rank - obtain the rank of the local process in the process group

Output Parameters:
. rank - pointer to an integer that receives the rank in the process group

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - rank successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the rank

Notes:
This function returns the rank of the local process in its process group.

@*/
int PMI_Get_rank( int *rank );

/*@
PMI_Get_universe_size - obtain the universe size

Output Parameters:
. size - pointer to an integer that receives the size

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - size successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the size


@*/
int PMI_Get_universe_size( int *size );

/*@
PMI_Get_appnum - obtain the application number

Output parameters:
. appnum - pointer to an integer that receives the appnum

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - appnum successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the size


@*/
int PMI_Get_appnum( int *appnum );

/*@
PMI_Publish_name - publish a name 

Input parameters:
. service_name - string representing the service being published
. port - string representing the port on which to contact the service

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - port for service successfully published
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to publish service


@*/
int PMI_Publish_name( const char service_name[], const char port[] );

/*@
PMI_Unpublish_name - unpublish a name

Input parameters:
. service_name - string representing the service being unpublished

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - port for service successfully published
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to unpublish service


@*/
int PMI_Unpublish_name( const char service_name[] );

/*@
PMI_Lookup_name - lookup a service by name

Input parameters:
. service_name - string representing the service being published

Output parameters:
. port - string representing the port on which to contact the service

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - port for service successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to lookup service


@*/
int PMI_Lookup_name( const char service_name[], char port[] );

/*@
PMI_Get_id - obtain the id of the process group

Input Parameter:
. length - length of the id_str character array

Output Parameter:
. id_str - character array that receives the id of the process group

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - id successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid rank argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the id

Notes:
This function returns a string that uniquely identifies the process group
that the local process belongs to.  The string passed in must be at least
as long as the number returned by 'PMI_Get_id_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_Get_id( char id_str[], int length );

/*@
PMI_Get_kvs_domain_id - obtain the id of the PMI domain

Input Parameter:
. length - length of id_str character array

Output Parameter:
. id_str - character array that receives the id of the PMI domain

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - id successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the id

Notes:
This function returns a string that uniquely identifies the PMI domain
where keyval spaces can be shared.  The string passed in must be at least
as long as the number returned by 'PMI_Get_id_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_Get_kvs_domain_id( char id_str[], int length );

/*@
PMI_Get_id_length_max - obtain the maximum length of an id string

Output Parameters:
. length - the maximum length of an id string

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - length successfully set
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the maximum length

Notes:
This function returns the maximum length of a process group id string.

@*/
int PMI_Get_id_length_max( int *length );

/*@
PMI_Barrier - barrier across the process group

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - barrier successfully finished
- PMI_FAIL - barrier failed

Notes:
This function is a collective call across all processes in the process group
the local process belongs to.  It will not return until all the processes
have called 'PMI_Barrier()'.

@*/
int PMI_Barrier( void );

/*@
PMI_Get_clique_size - obtain the number of processes on the local node

Output Parameters:
. size - pointer to an integer that receives the size of the clique

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - size successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the clique size

Notes:
This function returns the number of processes in the local process group that
are on the local node along with the local process.  This is a simple topology
function to distinguish between processes that can communicate through IPC
mechanisms (e.g., shared memory) and other network mechanisms.

@*/
int PMI_Get_clique_size( int *size );

/*@
PMI_Get_clique_ranks - get the ranks of the local processes in the process group

Input Parameters:
. length - length of the ranks array

Output Parameters:
. ranks - pointer to an array of integers that receive the local ranks

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - ranks successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the ranks

Notes:
This function returns the ranks of the processes on the local node.  The array
must be at least as large as the size returned by 'PMI_Get_clique_size()'.  This
is a simple topology function to distinguish between processes that can
communicate through IPC mechanisms (e.g., shared memory) and other network
mechanisms.

@*/
int PMI_Get_clique_ranks( int ranks[], int length);

/*@
PMI_Abort - abort the process group associated with this process

Input Parameters:
+ exit_code - exit code to be returned by this process
- error_msg - error message to be printed

Return values:
. none - this function should not return
@*/
int PMI_Abort(int exit_code, const char error_msg[]);

/* PMI Keymap functions */
/*@
PMI_KVS_Get_my_name - obtain the name of the keyval space the local process group has access to

Input Parameters:
. length - length of the kvsname character array

Output Parameters:
. kvsname - a string that receives the keyval space name

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - kvsname successfully obtained
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to return the kvsname

Notes:
This function returns the name of the keyval space that this process and all
other processes in the process group have access to.  The output parameter,
kvsname, must be at least as long as the value returned by
'PMI_KVS_Get_name_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Get_my_name( char kvsname[], int length );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Get_name_length_max - obtain the length necessary to store a kvsname

Output Parameter:
. length - maximum length required to hold a keyval space name

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - length successfully set
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to set the length

Notes:
This function returns the string length required to store a keyval space name.

A routine is used rather than setting a maximum value in 'pmi.h' to allow
different implementations of PMI to be used with the same executable.  These
different implementations may allow different maximum lengths; by using a 
routine here, we can interface with a variety of implementations of PMI.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Get_name_length_max( int *length );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Get_key_length_max - obtain the length necessary to store a key

Output Parameter:
. length - maximum length required to hold a key string.

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - length successfully set
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to set the length

Notes:
This function returns the string length required to store a key.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Get_key_length_max( int *length );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Get_value_length_max - obtain the length necessary to store a value

Output Parameter:
. length - maximum length required to hold a keyval space value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - length successfully set
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to set the length

Notes:
This function returns the string length required to store a value from a
keyval space.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Get_value_length_max( int *length );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Create - create a new keyval space

Input Parameter:
. length - length of the kvsname character array

Output Parameters:
. kvsname - a string that receives the keyval space name

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - keyval space successfully created
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to create a new keyval space

Notes:
This function creates a new keyval space.  Everyone in the same process group
can access this keyval space by the name returned by this function.  The
function is not collective.  Only one process calls this function.  The output
parameter, kvsname, must be at least as long as the value returned by
'PMI_KVS_Get_name_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Create( char kvsname[], int length );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Destroy - destroy keyval space

Input Parameters:
. kvsname - keyval space name

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - keyval space successfully destroyed
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - unable to destroy the keyval space

Notes:
This function destroys a keyval space created by 'PMI_KVS_Create()'.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Destroy( const char kvsname[] );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Put - put a key/value pair in a keyval space

Input Parameters:
+ kvsname - keyval space name
. key - key
- value - value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - keyval pair successfully put in keyval space
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KVS - invalid kvsname argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY - invalid key argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL - invalid val argument
- PMI_FAIL - put failed

Notes:
This function puts the key/value pair in the specified keyval space.  The
value is not visible to other processes until 'PMI_KVS_Commit()' is called.  
The function may complete locally.  After 'PMI_KVS_Commit()' is called, the
value may be retrieved by calling 'PMI_KVS_Get()'.  All keys put to a keyval
space must be unique to the keyval space.  You may not put more than once
with the same key.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Put( const char kvsname[], const char key[], const char value[]);

/*@
PMI_KVS_Commit - commit all previous puts to the keyval space

Input Parameters:
. kvsname - keyval space name

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - commit succeeded
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - commit failed

Notes:
This function commits all previous puts since the last 'PMI_KVS_Commit()' into
the specified keyval space. It is a process local operation.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Commit( const char kvsname[] );

/*@
PMI_KVS_Get - get a key/value pair from a keyval space

Input Parameters:
+ kvsname - keyval space name
. key - key
- length - length of value character array

Output Parameters:
. value - value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - get succeeded
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KVS - invalid kvsname argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY - invalid key argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL - invalid val argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
- PMI_FAIL - get failed

Notes:
This function gets the value of the specified key in the keyval space.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Get( const char kvsname[], const char key[], char value[], int length);

/*@
PMI_KVS_Iter_first - initialize the iterator and get the first value

Input Parameters:
+ kvsname - keyval space name
. key_len - length of key character array
- val_len - length of val character array

Output Parameters:
+ key - key
- value - value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - keyval pair successfully retrieved from the keyval space
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KVS - invalid kvsname argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY - invalid key argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY_LENGTH - invalid key length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL - invalid val argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL_LENGTH - invalid val length argument
- PMI_FAIL - failed to initialize the iterator and get the first keyval pair

Notes:
This function initializes the iterator for the specified keyval space and
retrieves the first key/val pair.  The end of the keyval space is specified
by returning an empty key string.  key and val must be at least as long as
the values returned by 'PMI_KVS_Get_key_length_max()' and
'PMI_KVS_Get_value_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Iter_first(const char kvsname[], char key[], int key_len, char val[], int val_len);

/*@
PMI_KVS_Iter_next - get the next keyval pair from the keyval space

Input Parameters:
+ kvsname - keyval space name
. key_len - length of key character array
- val_len - length of val character array

Output Parameters:
+ key - key
- value - value

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - keyval pair successfully retrieved from the keyval space
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KVS - invalid kvsname argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY - invalid key argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEY_LENGTH - invalid key length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL - invalid val argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_VAL_LENGTH - invalid val length argument
- PMI_FAIL - failed to get the next keyval pair

Notes:
This function retrieves the next keyval pair from the specified keyval space.  
'PMI_KVS_Iter_first()' must have been previously called.  The end of the keyval
space is specified by returning an empty key string.  The output parameters,
key and val, must be at least as long as the values returned by
'PMI_KVS_Get_key_length_max()' and 'PMI_KVS_Get_value_length_max()'.

@*/
int PMI_KVS_Iter_next(const char kvsname[], char key[], int key_len, char val[], int val_len);

/* PMI Process Creation functions */

/*S
PMI_keyval_t - keyval structure used by PMI_Spawn_mulitiple

Fields:
+ key - name of the key
- val - value of the key

S*/
typedef struct PMI_keyval_t
{
    char * key;
    char * val;
} PMI_keyval_t;

/*@
PMI_Spawn_multiple - spawn a new set of processes

Input Parameters:
+ count - count of commands
. cmds - array of command strings
. argvs - array of argv arrays for each command string
. maxprocs - array of maximum processes to spawn for each command string
. info_keyval_sizes - array giving the number of elements in each of the 
  'info_keyval_vectors'
. info_keyval_vectors - array of keyval vector arrays
. preput_keyval_size - Number of elements in 'preput_keyval_vector'
- preput_keyval_vector - array of keyvals to be pre-put in the spawned keyval space

Output Parameter:
. errors - array of errors for each command

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - spawn successful
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - spawn failed

Notes:
This function spawns a set of processes into a new process group.  The 'count'
field refers to the size of the array parameters - 'cmd', 'argvs', 'maxprocs',
'info_keyval_sizes' and 'info_keyval_vectors'.  The 'preput_keyval_size' refers
to the size of the 'preput_keyval_vector' array.  The 'preput_keyval_vector'
contains keyval pairs that will be put in the keyval space of the newly
created process group before the processes are started.  The 'maxprocs' array
specifies the desired number of processes to create for each 'cmd' string.  
The actual number of processes may be less than the numbers specified in
maxprocs.  The acceptable number of processes spawned may be controlled by
``soft'' keyvals in the info arrays.  The ``soft'' option is specified by
mpiexec in the MPI-2 standard.  Environment variables may be passed to the
spawned processes through PMI implementation specific 'info_keyval' parameters.
@*/
int PMI_Spawn_multiple(int count,
                       const char * cmds[],
                       const char ** argvs[],
                       const int maxprocs[],
                       const int info_keyval_sizesp[],
                       const PMI_keyval_t * info_keyval_vectors[],
                       int preput_keyval_size,
                       const PMI_keyval_t preput_keyval_vector[],
                       int errors[]);


/*@
PMI_Parse_option - create keyval structures from a single command line argument

Input Parameters:
+ num_args - length of args array
- args - array of command line arguments starting with the argument to be parsed

Output Parameters:
+ num_parsed - number of elements of the argument array parsed
. keyvalp - pointer to an array of keyvals
- size - size of the allocated array

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - success
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_ARGS - invalid number of arguments
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARGS - invalid args argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_NUM_PARSED - invalid num_parsed length argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_KEYVALP - invalid keyvalp argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_SIZE - invalid size argument
- PMI_FAIL - fail

Notes:
This function removes one PMI specific argument from the command line and
creates the corresponding 'PMI_keyval_t' structure for it.  It returns
an array and size to the caller.  The array must be freed by 'PMI_Free_keyvals()'.
If the first element of the args array is not a PMI specific argument, the function
returns success and sets num_parsed to zero.  If there are multiple PMI specific
arguments in the args array, this function may parse more than one argument as long
as the options are contiguous in the args array.

@*/
int PMI_Parse_option(int num_args, char *args[], int *num_parsed, PMI_keyval_t **keyvalp, int *size);

/*@
PMI_Args_to_keyval - create keyval structures from command line arguments

Input Parameters:
+ argcp - pointer to argc
- argvp - pointer to argv

Output Parameters:
+ keyvalp - pointer to an array of keyvals
- size - size of the allocated array

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - success
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - fail

Notes:
This function removes PMI specific arguments from the command line and
creates the corresponding 'PMI_keyval_t' structures for them.  It returns
an array and size to the caller that can then be passed to 'PMI_Spawn_multiple()'.
The array can be freed by 'PMI_Free_keyvals()'.  The routine 'free()' should 
not be used to free this array as there is no requirement that the array be
allocated with 'malloc()'.

@*/
int PMI_Args_to_keyval(int *argcp, char *((*argvp)[]), PMI_keyval_t **keyvalp, int *size);

/*@
PMI_Free_keyvals - free the keyval structures created by PMI_Args_to_keyval

Input Parameters:
+ keyvalp - array of keyvals
- size - size of the array

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - success
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
- PMI_FAIL - fail

Notes:
 This function frees the data returned by 'PMI_Args_to_keyval' and 'PMI_Parse_option'.
 Using this routine instead of 'free' allows the PMI package to track 
 allocation of storage or to use interal storage as it sees fit.
@*/
int PMI_Free_keyvals(PMI_keyval_t keyvalp[], int size);

/*@
PMI_Get_options - get a string of command line argument descriptions that may be printed to the user

Input Parameters:
. length - length of str

Output Parameters:
+ str - description string
- length - length of string or necessary length if input is not large enough

Return values:
+ PMI_SUCCESS - success
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_ARG - invalid argument
. PMI_ERR_INVALID_LENGTH - invalid length argument
. PMI_ERR_NOMEM - input length too small
- PMI_FAIL - fail

Notes:
 This function returns the command line options specific to the pmi implementation
@*/
int PMI_Get_options(char *str, int *length);

#if defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif

#endif