PetscCommDuplicate

 Duplicates the communicator only if it is not already a PETSc communicator.

Synopsis

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscCommDuplicate(MPI_Comm comm_in,MPI_Comm *comm_out,PetscMPIInt* first_tag)
Collective on MPI_Comm

Input Parameters

comm_in -Input communicator

Output Parameters

comm_out - Output communicator. May be comm_in.
first_tag - Tag available that has not already been used with this communicator (you may pass in PETSC_NULL if you do not need a tag)

PETSc communicators are just regular MPI communicators that keep track of which tags have been used to prevent tag conflict. If you pass a non-PETSc communicator into a PETSc creation routine it will attach a private communicator for use in the objects communications.

See Also

PetscObjectGetNewTag(), PetscCommGetNewTag()

Level:developer
Location:src/sys/objects/tagm.c
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